Staff Map Designer

About Mapbox

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. It is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox due to the platform’s flexibility, security, and privacy compliance. Organizations utilize Mapbox applications, data, SDKs, and APIs to craft customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers.

The Map Design Team

The Map Design team at Mapbox is a small, versatile group of product designers and cartographers dedicated to finding systematic solutions to complex problems and inventing the future of location interaction. They recently launched Mapbox Standard, a 3D basemap that is setting new standards for digital map design.

The Role: Staff Map Designer

Mapbox is seeking a Staff Map Designer to join their team and define the vision for stunning, customizable maps that users globally can leverage via Mapbox Studio or out-of-the-box through their SDKs. This role involves executing design visions and collaborating with product, data, and engineering teams to ensure high quality, performance, and desirability of the product.

What You'll Do

• Drive the roadmap for basemaps that Mapbox ships as part of their product portfolio, working closely with engineers from the map rendering and geodata teams.
• Lead concept design for future map-related products and developer tools.
• Work with cross-functional teams to help define the map renderer specification and set the bar for visual quality.
• Participate in user research/customer success conversations to stay close to customer needs.
• Build static and interactive prototypes for sales and customer conversations.
• Assist enterprise customers with map design requests, including building custom base maps and providing consultations on customer’s maps.
• Contribute to internal tooling around the cartographic design workflow.

Important Traits For This Role

• Proven experience designing maps or map-related products.
• Excellent visual design skills to demonstrate ideas.
• Ability to rapidly prototype product ideas using Figma or code.
• Discipline to manage your own schedule in alignment with the team’s overall needs.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
• Expertise with design tools, such as Figma or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Expertise in UX design or visual/graphic design.
• Experience in shipping successful software products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in designing for automotive or navigation-focused products.
• Familiarity with design frameworks and methods, such as design thinking.
• Familiarity with frontend development, command line tools, and Git / Github.
• Familiarity with Mapbox Studio & Mapbox GL style specification, including expression syntax.

Key skills/competency

• Map Design
• Cartography
• Product Design
• Visual Design
• UX Design
• Prototyping
• Figma
• Mapbox Studio
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• User Research