Founding Product Designer for Stealth startup
Location: London (Kings Cross) – on-site 4–5 days per week
Compensation: £100–130K+ (depending on experience)
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.
The Role
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.
What You’ll Do
* 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.
About You
* 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!