Founding Product & Brand Designer

<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Join an early-stage AI recruiting startup as its first full-time designer. You will shape product direction and brand, helping create useful, polished experiences for candidates and employers.</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Identify user needs and product opportunities, then help prioritize what to build.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead end-to-end design, from discovery and concepts through prototypes, polished interfaces, and launch.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Establish a consistent visual identity across the product, website, and other brand touchpoints.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build design system components and standards that help engineering move quickly while maintaining quality.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate closely with engineers, speak with users, and iterate based on how people use the product.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A functional portfolio demonstrating shipped, high-quality modern desktop B2B or SaaS products, with strong interaction and visual design.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Product design experience spanning user research, strategy, flows, prototyping, and detailed UI execution. No specific years of experience are stated.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfort working directly with engineers and taking ownership in an early-stage or entrepreneurial environment.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong product judgment, visual craft, and a bias toward shipping and improving real experiences.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with AI products, two-sided marketplaces, or frontend implementation is helpful but not required.</p></li></ul><h3>Location</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Remote within the United States or Europe. The role is full-time.</p>