Founding Product Designer
Job Description
Intro is seeking a Founding Product Designer to shape the design process from early concepts through shipped product for mobile and web. This is an end-to-end role grounded in user-centered design, research-informed iteration, and the creation of a consistent design system as the product evolves.
Based in Venice, CA, this position is onsite and is designed for someone who can lead design work independently while partnering closely across product and engineering.
What you’ll do
- Own the design process from ideation to execution across mobile and web
- Design intuitive, user-centered experiences using research, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and other stakeholders to iterate and refine product features
- Build and maintain a cohesive design system to support consistency across the platform
- Run user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions
- Mentor junior designers and help build a culture focused on design excellence and continuous improvement
What you bring
- 5+ years of product design experience, plus a strong portfolio featuring impactful mobile and web work
- Proficiency with design tools including Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD, and experience creating interactive prototypes
- Strong grasp of interaction design, visual design, and UX principles
- Demonstrated experience conducting user research and usability testing, with the ability to translate findings into actionable improvements
- Comfort working autonomously and collaborating effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Excellent communication skills for presenting and justifying design decisions clearly
Tools you’ll use
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe XD
Compensation & benefits
- Competitive salary: $175,000 - $250,000 per year
- Equity: you become an owner of the business
- Health insurance
- Apple equipment
- Company trips and events
- Allowances
- Flexible vacation days
- Flexible sick days
- Recharge days
Intro is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), 776, Alexis Ohanian (founder of Reddit), Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Durant, and a group of world-class investors.
Company values
- Impress the customer
- Be successful as a company
- Be creative, inventive, and scrappy
- Keep it simple and execute
- Take a moment to understand others
- Feedback should make us stronger, not weaker
- Ideas are important. Execution is 10x more important.
- Stay grateful
How onboarding and perks are approached
- On your first day, you’ll complete exercises to identify life goals
- After identifying your goals, Intro works together with you to help make them a reality
- You’ll also share what matters to you in the short term, which can include things like a gym membership, meditation classes, or an allowance for concerts
- Intro will create an open-ended perks package designed to help you feel valued
- Please note: they cannot yet buy a ticket on a SpaceX rocket
- Compensation range: $175K - $250K
Note: Certain aspects of compensation, benefits, and onboarding may not apply to contract and part-time roles.