Lead Designer

Junior

• $90K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of design experience, ideally in product design
  • Demonstrated ability to take projects from concept to execution independently
  • Strong taste and design judgment
  • Excellent communication skills for client-facing interactions
  • A keen interest in AI tools and design-to-code cycles
  • Must be based in NYC, with emphasis on in-person collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop new modes of interaction with technology
  • Lead the design of innovative UI elements for LLMs
  • Create an AI-driven hypothesis tracker for investment research
  • Build a mobile app from concept to execution in three weeks
  • Collaborate with external partners to enhance product offerings
  • Contribute to product direction and prioritization
  • Ship design projects quickly with a focus on user impact

Benefits

  • Competitive pay and equity
  • Private healthcare
  • Gym membership
  • In-office cook
  • Unique summer work locations in Greece
Full Job Description
The Role

As our fifth Product Designer, you'll have the unique opportunity to:
  • Ship quickly & work alongside our team of 3 designers
  • Design and build new modes of working with computers
  • Work on groundbreaking projects involving LLMs
  • Collaborate closely with our external partners to fuel our growth
  • Contribute to product decisions, direction and prioritization
Sample set of projects
  • First of a kind human-in-the-loop UI design elements to guide LLMs
  • AI-driven, auto-filled, hypothesis tracker for investment research
  • Design & build a mobile app from scratch in 3 weeks
  • Real-time collaboration tools for consultants and investors


About You

We're looking for a product-minded designer who:
  • Has exceptional taste and design judgement
  • Strong product sensibilities
  • Is based in NYC - we have a huge bias for IRL work
  • Has experience leading projects end-to-end and taking ideas from conception to execution independently
  • Is opinionated about their work and eager to contribute to product decisions
  • Has strong communication skills and a desire for a client-facing role - as a small team, we expect that everyone will be working closely with our external partners
  • Loves collaborating with engineers-we have a lot more of them than designers
  • Is curious about AI tools and how they might speed up design-to-code cycles. We love experimentation and encourage it at every level


🌵 Benefits

All the usual benefits (competitive pay and equity, private healthcare etc). Unusual benefits:
  • Gym membership
  • In-office cook
  • Summers working in Greece by the beach


📩 How to Apply

If you're excited about the opportunity to drive innovation at Junior, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at [redacted] with your resume and a brief introduction. Please include:
  1. Your portfolio
  2. Your resume
  3. One thing you would change about our brand.

We can't wait to meet you!

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