Designer Advocate (London, United Kingdom)

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

Our Advocacy team drives this mission - building impactful content, high-value interactions, and a strong user voice. We're looking for a Designer Advocate to partner closely with our Marketing, Sales, and Product teams. You'll bring deep design expertise, strong product intuition, and a genuine love for the design community into our go-to-market strategies, while championing our users' voices internally to help shape our product evolution.

What it asks for · 5

• Deep, hands-on Figma expertise and an entrepreneurial drive, with experience integrating Figma within real product teams and a track record of taking ideas from early exploration to impactful, polished outcomes
• A thorough understanding of modern product design workflows and development environments, with experience building, managing, and using design systems, tokens, and AI-assisted design or prototyping, while collaborating closely with engineers and other cross-functional partners
• Clear and compelling communication skills, especially when explaining complex workflows or systems, with confidence speaking publicly and engaging large audiences
• Strong technical design skills and an understanding of how design decisions translate into development
• A passion for the design community, eagerness to engage and contribute, and comfort traveling up to 25% of the time to connect with that community in person

Also a plus

• Experience working with developer handoff tools or code-connected design workflows

What the job covers

• Empower users at scale: Collaborate closely with Sales and Customer Experience teams to help customers unlock the full potential of Figma across real product workflows
• Create compelling content: Develop written, visual, and video resources that reflect how modern teams actually design and build, from early exploration to production-ready systems
• 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 community events, sharing practical insights from real-world design work
• Champion user voices: Stay attuned to community feedback, sentiment, and emerging design trends—advocating internally to inform product decisions and improvements

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• design15×
• product8×
• community7×
• experience5×
• workflows5×
• user4×
• closely3×
• excited3×
• ideas3×
• skills3×
• systems3×
• voices3×
• bring2×
• building2×
• collaboration2×
• compelling2×

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