Founding Product Designer

Listen Labs

$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product design experience, preferably in startups or fast-paced environments.
  • Strong visual taste with meticulous attention to typography and design details.
  • Proficient in Figma and adept at creating and maintaining design systems.
  • Possess a robust product sense with a focus on tradeoffs, value, and impact.
  • Enthusiastic about experimenting with AI tools for rapid prototyping.
  • Collaborative spirit, working closely with founders, engineers, and customers.
  • Excellent communicator capable of articulating design decisions clearly.
  • Action-oriented with a history of delivering finished products.

Responsibilities

  • Lead comprehensive design efforts for all customer interactions, ensuring a seamless journey.
  • Establish and refine Listen's design system and visual language.
  • Rapidly prototype concepts using Figma or other suitable tools to convey vision.
  • Shape product direction, influencing what is built alongside visual execution.
  • Simplify complex research workflows into user-friendly experiences.
  • Translate brand elements into various marketing materials, including visuals and social content.
  • Maintain high design standards while enabling quick iterations based on user feedback.
  • Develop foundational design systems and principles that will evolve with the company.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation packages including equity ownership.
  • Comprehensive healthcare and dental benefits for overall well-being.
  • Flexible time off to encourage work-life balance and personal recharge.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and the ability to shape company processes.
  • Supportive environment that values trust and teamwork.
Full Job Description
TL;DR: We're hiring a Founding Product Designer to turn complex, week-long consulting projects into elegant, simple experiences powered by AI. If you love rethinking products from the ground up, turning complexity into beauty, and obsessing over every detail, we should talk.

What You'll Do
  • Lead end-to-end design across all customer-facing experiences, creating a seamless and intuitive journey from first touch to long-term engagement.
  • Define and evolve Listen's design system, visual language, and component library.
    Collaborate closely with product and engineering to ship thoughtful, high-impact features.
  • Prototype ideas rapidly using Figma, AI tools, or whatever communicates the vision best.
  • Influence product direction - you'll shape what we build, not just how it looks.
  • Translate complex research workflows into simple, intuitive, and delightful user experiences.
  • Bring our brand to life across marketing moments - from launch visuals to merch and social content.
  • Balance high design standards with rapid iteration - knowing great work comes from both craft and momentum.
    Champion customer insight in every decision, helping the team focus on what truly matters.
  • Build the design foundations - systems, principles, and processes - that will scale as we grow.


Who You Are
  • 5+ years of product design experience, ideally at startups or high-velocity teams.
  • Strong visual taste and attention to detail - you sweat the typography, not just the flow.
  • Expert in Figma and confident in building/maintaining design systems.
  • Strong product sense - you think deeply about tradeoffs, value, and impact.
  • Excited to experiment with AI-driven tools and fast prototyping approaches.
  • Thrive in close collaboration with founders, engineers, and customers.
  • Clear communicator who can articulate design decisions and reasoning.
  • Bias toward action - you don't stop at concepts; you ship.


Life at Listen Labs
  • Competitive Compensation: We're backed by world-class investors, including Sequoia Capital, Conviction, AI Grant, and Pear VC, and offer competitive compensation packages with meaningful equity ownership.
    • Over $30B in market cap has been created in adjacent industries (Medallia, AlphaSense, GLG, Ipsos, Kantar). Our Sequoia partner, Bryan Schreier, was the first investor in Qualtrics-a $12B company tackling similar problems to ours.
  • Benefits that Support You: Comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage, flexible time off to recharge, and an environment that values balance and trust.
  • Room to Grow: As an early member of the team, you'll have the opportunity to take on new responsibilities, shape processes from scratch, and grow alongside the company. We value people who want to stretch beyond their role and build something lasting.

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