Designer Advocate

Fast Facts

Join Figma as a Designer Advocate, where you'll connect with the design community and empower users through engaging content and collaboration, while working closely with marketing, sales, and product teams.

Responsibilities: Collaborate with sales and customer experience teams, create engaging educational content, nurture community relationships, present at industry events, and advocate for user feedback in product decisions.

Skills: Deep expertise in Figma, strong public speaking abilities, understanding of design workflows, technical design skills, empathy for designers' challenges, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Qualifications: Experience with Figma and design systems, passion for the design community, and ability to handle public engagements confidently.

Location: This is a full-time role based in New York, NY, with potential travel up to 25%.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $80,000 - $130,000.

At Figma, we're building a vibrant community where designers come together to learn, grow, and connect around their shared passion. Our Advocacy team is central to this mission—empowering our users through engaging content, meaningful interactions, and genuine advocacy.

We're looking for a Designer Advocate to partner closely with our Marketing, Sales, and Product teams. You'll bring deep design expertise, authentic storytelling, and a genuine love for the design community into our go-to-market strategies. You'll also champion our users' voices internally, ensuring their perspectives shape our product evolution.

This is a full time role available in New York.

What you’ll do at Figma

• Empower users at scale: Collaborate closely with our Sales and Customer Experience teams, enabling customers to unlock the full potential of Figma
• Create compelling content: Develop engaging written and video resources that educate, inspire, and resonate with designers everywhere
• Inspire community connections: Foster meaningful relationships within the Figma community, identify collaboration opportunities, and nurture user-driven initiatives
• Speak and engage at events: Regularly present at industry meetups, conferences, and Figma community events, amplifying our voice and sharing valuable insights
• Champion user voices: Stay attuned to community feedback, sentiment, and emerging design trends—advocating internally to inform product decisions and improvements

We'd love to hear from you if you have

• Have deep, hands-on expertise with Figma and experience integrating it within diverse design teams
• Are passionate about engaging with and contributing to the design community
• Are confident and comfortable speaking publicly, with the ability to captivate large audiences
• Have a thorough understanding of modern product design workflows and deep experience building, managing, or using design systems
• Can empathize with and address the evolving challenges faced by designers, especially those working at scale or alongside design-adjacent roles
• Possess strong technical design skills with meticulous attention to interface details
• Are entrepreneurial at heart—excited about bringing ideas from initial experiments to impactful, polished outcomes
• Are comfortable traveling up to 25% of the time to connect with our community in person

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Qualifications

• Skills: Deep expertise in Figma, strong public speaking abilities, understanding of design workflows, technical design skills, empathy for designers' challenges, and entrepreneurial spirit
• Qualifications: Experience with Figma and design systems, passion for the design community, and ability to handle public engagements confidently
• Have deep, hands-on expertise with Figma and experience integrating it within diverse design teams
• Are passionate about engaging with and contributing to the design community
• Are confident and comfortable speaking publicly, with the ability to captivate large audiences
• Have a thorough understanding of modern product design workflows and deep experience building, managing, or using design systems
• Can empathize with and address the evolving challenges faced by designers, especially those working at scale or alongside design-adjacent roles
• Possess strong technical design skills with meticulous attention to interface details
• Are entrepreneurial at heart—excited about bringing ideas from initial experiments to impactful, polished outcomes

Benefits

• Compensation: Not provided by employer
• Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $80,000 - $130,000

Responsibilities

• Join Figma as a Designer Advocate, where you'll connect with the design community and empower users through engaging content and collaboration, while working closely with marketing, sales, and product teams
• Responsibilities: Collaborate with sales and customer experience teams, create engaging educational content, nurture community relationships, present at industry events, and advocate for user feedback in product decisions
• You'll bring deep design expertise, authentic storytelling, and a genuine love for the design community into our go-to-market strategies
• You'll also champion our users' voices internally, ensuring their perspectives shape our product evolution
• Empower users at scale: Collaborate closely with our Sales and Customer Experience teams, enabling customers to unlock the full potential of Figma
• Create compelling content: Develop engaging written and video resources that educate, inspire, and resonate with designers everywhere
• Inspire community connections: Foster meaningful relationships within the Figma community, identify collaboration opportunities, and nurture user-driven initiatives
• Speak and engage at events: Regularly present at industry meetups, conferences, and Figma community events, amplifying our voice and sharing valuable insights
• Champion user voices: Stay attuned to community feedback, sentiment, and emerging design trends—advocating internally to inform product decisions and improvements