Founding Designer

Role overview

Lead product design for a two-sided marketplace serving organizations commissioning videos and creators delivering them. As the first designer, you will own the full experience—from research and problem definition through interaction design, polished interfaces, launch measurement, and the foundations of a future design practice.

• Shape the end-to-end experience for both sides of the marketplace, from discovery through shipped product.
• Establish a lightweight research process that turns observed user behavior into product direction.
• Translate ambiguous problems into user flows, interactions, visual designs, and post-launch learning.
• Create a durable design system and shared language that improve consistency while preserving character.
• Define practical ways of working for critique, documentation, collaboration, and eventual team growth.

• At least 7 years of product design experience, including lead-level ownership of significant work.
• Experience creating or substantially maturing a design practice in an early-stage or fast-moving environment.
• A portfolio demonstrating sound judgment, systems thinking, interaction craft, and measurable outcomes.
• Ability to lead without a current design team while remaining hands‑on and creating clarity for engineers.
• Fluency in English for day‑to‑day work.

• Experience with marketplaces, creator tools, or other products serving multiple user groups.
• Front‑end familiarity, motion‑design skills, or a strong eye for short‑form video.

• Fully remote work with written processes designed to support distributed time zones.
• Meaningful equity and ownership of problems from initial ambiguity through shipped results.
• Direct participation in decisions, with work discussed openly among the people responsible for delivery.
• Annual funding for learning and professional development.
• Paid vacation that employees are encouraged to take.