Founding Product Designer
12 days ago
City of London
Founding Product Designer for Stealth startup Location: London (Kings Cross) – on-site 4–5 days per week Compensation: £100–130K+ (depending on experience) Our client is a stealth-mode communications and AI startup founded by early Facebook product engineers. Backed by top-tier venture capital and respected angel investors, they are rethinking how people connect and get work done, combining the power of AI with human-centered design. The founders are engineers with a strong eye for UI, and every pixel in the product so far has come from them. Now they’re looking for their first design partner: the fourth person to join the team, and the first hire outside of the founders. That’s how much they value design. The Role Looking for a Founding Product Designer who can move fast, design with clarity, and bring ideas to life on screen. This role is hands-on: prototyping, iterating, and shipping product with speed and precision. You’ll design for web and mobile (iOS/Android), helping to solve complex product challenges like how AI fits into human workflows, whilst ensuring the product feels personal, intuitive, and connected. What You’ll Do • Design intuitive, aesthetically sharp experiences across web and mobile., • Rapidly prototype and iterate in Figma (or your preferred tools)., • Collaborate daily with founders to turn product ideas into polished UI., • Balance speed with user insight, always considering real-world use cases., • Explore new ways to integrate AI while keeping human connection at the center., • Bring fresh ideas, challenge assumptions, and push the team to think differently. About You • Strong track record designing consumer-grade products with high aesthetic quality., • Skilled at simplifying complex problems into elegant user experiences., • Scrappy and execution-focused—you get pixels on screen fast., • Comfortable with ambiguity and motivated to shape a product from zero to one., • Open, collaborative, and able to give and receive feedback well., • Bonus: technical fluency or ability to tweak code (e.g. CSS, HTML, React, React Native) (not required). Why Join Us • Impact from day one: Shape the product and company from the ground up., • Design-led culture: Work with founders who deeply value design., • Strong backing: Supported by leading VCs and respected angel investors. If you’re excited to design the future of AI-powered communication, we’d love to hear from you!