Lead Product Designer, Emerging Products

The Lead Product Designer will discover and define new product opportunities through user research and experimentation. They will create user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UIs while collaborating closely with PMs, Engineers, and other Designers.

Responsibilities

• Discover and define new product opportunities through user research, data insights, and experimentation.
• Turn early-stage concepts into intuitive experiences.
• Create user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UIs that work across web and mobile.
• Develop the brand identity and visual language for new products.
• Bring a strong design voice to product discussions; influence what we build and how it works.
• Collaborate closely with PMs, Engineers, and other Designers to ensure ideas translate into great shipped experiences.
• Push forward System1’s design systems and visual language as our product portfolio evolves.
• Experiment with AI-powered tools and workflows to make design faster, smarter, and more exploratory.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing digital products, ideally in a startup or fast-paced product environment.
• A product-minded designer who thinks in flows, trade-offs, and user value.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to align stakeholders around design decisions.
• Strong visual design sensibility with experience crafting cohesive brand identities and product look-and-feel.
• Comfortable in a small, high-impact, collaborative team.
• Mastery of Figma and familiarity with animation/motion design.
• Curiosity and proficiency with AI tools to enhance the design process.
• A portfolio that shows clear, thoughtful problem-solving and end-to-end design craft.

Key Skills

• Figma
• Animation/motion design
• AI tools (e.g., Perplexity, ChatGPT, Uizard, UX Pilot, Midjourney, recraft.ai, Figma Make, Lovable, Cursor, v0)

Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events