Product Design Lead, Founding Team
Core
Lead product design for an AI-native social and community platform, defining the design system, core product surfaces, and interaction language from scratch.
Role type
Senior IC product design lead (founding team)
Builds
AI-native social and community platform
Domain
Social media, community platforms, AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Design system architecture, end-to-end product ownership, motion and interaction design, user research, competitive analysis, design handoff
Preferred skills
Zero-to-one product experience, consumer social/creator tools background, personal projects in music/culture/media
Technologies
Design tokens, component libraries, pattern documentation
Responsibilities
Build and own the design system from scratch; design creator- and member-facing product surfaces; define product feel and partner with the founder; conduct research to flag experience gaps; deliver specs from concept to shipped screen; maintain the design system as the source of truth.