Job Description
Own design end-to-end for one of Toast’s new ventures —from fuzzy early concepts to shippable experiences (and everything in between). Use AI tools to iterate quickly: generate and compare concepts, accelerate exploration, and bring workflows to life through rapid prototyping. Design information-dense experiences that are still highly scannable and decision-oriented—prioritizing hierarchy, progressive disclosure, and clear actions. Create prototypes that feel real—clickable flows, interaction models, and lightweight specs that help product and engineering make decisions fast. Make smart tradeoffs under constraints—move fast with MVP patterns, while sweating the details that matter most (hierarchy, states, error handling, accessibility, and clarity) Run with a bias for action and testing: quickly validate assumptions via low-fi experiments, usability testing, dogfooding, and iterative refinement. Operate autonomously: set your own plan, seek input when needed, and keep momentum without waiting for perfect clarity – while partnering closely with product and engineering teams. Communicate clearly: tell the story of what you’re building, why it matters, and what you learned—through artifacts, demos, and written narratives.Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to move from ambiguity to a strong point of view, then turn that into tangible UI flows quickly with modern tools
- Demonstrated strength translating complex workflows and high volumes of inputs/data into interfaces that are simple, scannable, and decision-oriented.
- Strong product thinking: you can connect user needs, business outcomes, and feasibility into a cohesive experience.
- High comfort working in 0→1 environments where priorities shift, learning is the output, and “done” is an iteration—not a finish line.
- Ability to work as a team-of-one designer: self-directed, organized, and proactive about aligning stakeholders.
- Most important: you have a clear pattern of using AI tools to accelerate design—exploration, iteration, prototyping, critique, synthesis, or communication—and you can speak specifically about how you use them to ship better work faster.
