User Researcher, UX Designer, UI Designer

We're an early-stage, stealth startup building a new kind of mobile-first product — one that blends evidence-informed learning design with AI-enabled coaching.

We're small, moving fast, and deliberately keeping the details close while we validate product-market fit. What we can share: this is not a content library. It's an experience designed around practice, feedback, and measurable progress — built with care for trust, tone, and real-world outcomes.

If you enjoy shaping products from the earliest chapters, working directly with senior decision-makers, and turning ambiguity into momentum, this is a rare chance to have outsized impact.

We're looking for a three-in-one generalist
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User Researcher, UX Designer, and UI Designer who can move fluidly between discovery, experience design, and visual craft.

This role carries equal weight across all three disciplines:

• User Research
  :
  Plan and run studies that answer critical product questions
• UX Design
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  Design end-to-end mobile experiences with strong interaction and IA foundations
• UI Design
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  Create beautiful, accessible, consistent visual interfaces that feel polished and purposeful

You ll help us run a dual-track discovery approach: rapid, decision-focused prototype testing alongside cohort-based journey validation, using a mix of remote testing platforms and hands-on field research.

This is a hands-on role with real autonomy: you ll shape how we learn, how we design, and how we scale our design practice — in a product where the quality of insights and interactions genuinely matters.

Research & Discovery (⅓ of role)

• Plan and run mixed-method research
  : moderated/unmoderated remote tests, surveys, interviews, diary-style feedback, and observational/field work
• Design and execute cohort-based studies (recruitment, instrumentation, check-ins, analysis) to validate end-to-end journeys over time
• Translate insights into clear, decision-ready outputs
  : opportunity framing, test readouts, prioritised recommendations, and experience hypotheses
• Build confidence in what we ship by tightening the feedback loop between prototypes, user evidence, and product decisions

UX Design (⅓ of role)

• Lead mobile-first UX design for iOS and responsive experiences, with strong attention to interaction design, information architecture, and content clarity
• Design for trust and clarity in AI-enabled experiences (e.g., what the system is doing, why it's asking, and how to recover when it's wrong)
• Ensure designs meet accessibility expectations (WCAG-minded patterns, inclusive UX, readable UI, sensible touch targets)
• Create rapid prototypes at varying fidelity (from flows to clickable to working prototypes) to accelerate learning

UI Design (⅓ of role)

• Own visual interface design
  : typography, colour, spacing, component styling, iconography, and motion
• Create production-ready designs that feel polished, modern, and appropriate for our audience
• Kick-start and evolve an early design system
  : components, patterns, interaction standards, tokens/guidelines, and documentation that scales with the team
• Ensure visual consistency across the product while maintaining velocity

AI-Enabled Design Workflows

• Use AI-assisted design tools to accelerate iteration (Figma AI features, prompt-to-prototype workflows, generative explorations)
• Leverage AI where useful for rapid prototyping, content generation, or concept exploration
• Turn prototypes into structured user tests using remote recruitment/testing services (set tasks, measures, success criteria, and iterate quickly)

Design Operations & Scalable Foundations

• Establish lightweight, repeatable ways of working
  : research repository basics, consent & ethics considerations, study templates, and a cadence for sharing learning
• Help us set the bar for craft and consistency while keeping pace high
• Document design decisions and patterns so the team can move faster as we grow

• Mid-career experience spanning user research, UX design, AND UI design (you can be stronger in one, but must be credible in all three)
• Strong visual design craft
  : demonstrable ability to create beautiful, modern, accessible interfaces
• Expert-level Figma skills
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