Design Lead

Responsibilities

• Design new products from scratch, research, experience, interface, and prototype.
• Create pitch decks that close deals, strategic narratives, not templated slides.
• Build brand identities and visual systems for new ventures.
• Run research that shapes decisions, interviews, synthesis, and actionable insights.
• Design internal tools dashboards, workflows, and documentation.
• Produce launch assets, landing pages, social content, and campaigns.
  

Requirements

• Experience Level: 3+ years across design research, product, brand, and experience design, and similar fields.
• Educational Background: Degree in design (communication, product, experience, UX/UI, or related).
• Strategic Design: Business goals into design opportunities. Problem framing.
• Design Research: User interviews, synthesis, journey mapping.
• Experience Design: End-to-end journeys across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Product and UX: Wireframes, UI, design systems, prototyping.
• Brand and Visual: Identity systems, typography, color, assets.
• Communication: Pitch decks, data visualization, and visual storytelling.
• Required Tools: Proficiency in industry-standard tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Framer, Miro, and AI tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini, Runway, etc.
  

What We're Looking For

• Degree in design (communication, product, experience, UX/UI, or related).
• 3+ years across strategy, research, product, brand, and experience design.
• Portfolio with range and depth.
• Comfort with ambiguity.
• Clear communication.
• Self-direction.
• AI fluency.
  

Bonus Points

• Founder's office or chief of staff experience.
• Vibe coding (Cursor, Replit, Lovable, v0).
• Motion design or video editing.