Founding Product Designer
Client: Stealth Startup
Location: London, UK
Work style: Full-time, on-site 4/5 days
Package: £100k - £130k pa
About The Client
Our client is a stealth-mode communications and AI startup founded by early Facebook product engineers. Backed by top-tier venture capital and respected angel investors, they are rethinking how people connect and get work done, combining the power of AI with human-centered design.
The founders are engineers with a strong eye for UI, and every pixel in the product so far has come from them. Now they’re looking for their first design partner: the fourth person to join the team, and the first hire outside of the founders. That’s how much they value design.
What You’ll Do
Looking for a Founding Product Designer who can move fast, design with clarity, and bring ideas to life on screen. This role is hands-on: prototyping, iterating, and shipping product with speed and precision.
You’ll design for web and mobile (iOS/Android), helping to solve complex product challenges like how AI fits into human workflows, whilst ensuring the product feels personal, intuitive, and connected.
Design intuitive, aesthetically sharp experiences across web and mobile.
Rapidly prototype and iterate in Figma (or your preferred tools).
Collaborate daily with founders to turn product ideas into polished UI.
Balance speed with user insight, always considering real-world use cases.
Explore new ways to integrate AI while keeping human connection at the center.
Bring fresh ideas, challenge assumptions, and push the team to think differently.
What You’ll Bring
Strong track record designing consumer-grade products with high aesthetic quality.
Skilled at simplifying complex problems into elegant user experiences.
Scrappy and execution-focused—you get pixels on screen fast.
Comfortable with ambiguity and motivated to shape a product from zero to one.
Open, collaborative, and able to give and receive feedback well.
Bonus: technical fluency or ability to tweak code (e.g. CSS, HTML, React, React Native) (not required).
Why Join Us
Impact from day one: Shape the product and company from the ground up.
Design-led culture: Work with founders who deeply value design.
Strong backing: Supported by leading VCs and respected angel investors.
If you’re excited to design the future of AI-powered communication, we’d love to hear from you!
