Responsibilities

• Lead design projects from start to finish with autonomy and authority, including discovery, ideation, workshops, definition, high-fidelity design, design systems, handoff, and visual QA.
• Plan and facilitate design workshops, client reviews, user research, and user testing sessions.
• Work collaboratively with the Big Human design team to solve complex product and UI challenges; contribute hands-on design work when needed.
• Provide feedback and guidance to ensure work meets high visual standards and incorporates best practices.
• Lead, mentor, and guide designers at both an individual and team level with high-level strategic design direction.
• Articulate and defend design decisions clearly to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Navigate ambiguity and pivot quickly with changing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Oversee and provide creative direction across 1–2 additional concurrent projects beyond your own hands-on work, guiding other designers to maintain quality and consistency.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product design experience, with agency experience required.
• A high-caliber portfolio showcasing complex products with strong visual design, UI/UX, prototyping, typography, and visual hierarchy.
• Masterful knowledge of user-centric and data-informed product design; strategic decision-making rooted in data, research, analytics, and business context.
• Experience designing mobile apps, web products, and marketing websites.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions to clients and stakeholders.
• Expert-level Figma proficiency and working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and a willingness to ask questions in times of uncertainty.

Benefits

• Medical: Up to $950/month company contribution (~$11,400/year).
• Dental: 100% of premiums covered (~$700/year).
• Vision: 100% of premiums covered (~$100/year).
• 401(k) with 3% salary match.
• Home internet reimbursement: $900/year.
• Home office upgrade stipend: $960/year.
• Shared experience fund: $960/year.
• Coworking stipend: $960/year.
• Education stipend: $1,500/year.
• 10–16 weeks parental leave.
• 14 paid holidays + generous vacation time.
• Summer Fridays.
• Donation matching.
• Yearly team retreat + quarterly coworking events.