Lead Product Designer

The Role

We7re looking for a lead product designer who will own how Ami feels end-to-end. You7ll be our steward of taste at Ami, defining the design language and emotional tone of the product. We7re looking for someone with exceptional taste, strong opinions, and the confidence to say “no” far more often than “yes” while bringing the team to consensus quickly and decisively.

You7ll run point on making sure that standard holds everywhere: the app, marketing, events, and anything physical we put into the world.

This is a small team building one cohesive experience. Every screen, animation, word choice, and edge case matters. There7s nowhere to hide behind process or volume.

• Define the design language, core product experiences, and emotional tone of the product
• Be an executor with low ego, but strong conviction. You will have a very close partnership with the CEO to be a critical voice in shaping the product
• You should have a strong compass for what7s good and be able to explain it clearly without hiding behind trends, frameworks, or jargon
• Create product and design systems that solve extremely difficult, real problems. For example - we need always-on location; users are very sensitive to this and iOS discourages it. How do we deliver value to the user as fast as possible to retain their location-always status?
• Validating the product by designing prototypes and collecting practical user research data
• Working closely with engineers and understanding technical constraints

• You have 5+ years of experience building mobile consumer applications
• You have exceptional design taste and the ability to articulate why something works
• Energized to work at an early-stage startup
  , especially on an ambitious consumer social product
• Oriented around outcomes—you thrive when design is driving impact across both product and business dimensions
• Excited to work in-person with a small, collaborative team in New York
• You have a superpower for solving problems and delivering value to users - not just creating beautiful designs
• Intense hunger to work hard and build something great

• iOS specific consumer product design including notifications, maps, AR, live activities, dynamic island, etc.
• Social products and a deep understanding of social mechanics a big plus
• Experience designing location-aware or physical-world products
• Background in brand or storytelling in addition to product design

• Flex your skills off to the world by being a key contributor of a brand new category of consumer social app
• Work with a team of experienced, visionary, hard-working founders and builders with the highest bar for quality
• Beautiful downtown location with the best NYC views of any startup office
• Fully stocked kitchen, fully stacked gym, amazing restaurants all around
• Early stage generous stock options (Pre Series-A)

Email your resume to shawn with the subject “Lead Product Designer Application”.

Please include the person who let you know about this opportunity, and feel free to leave a personal note or cover letter!