Lead Product Designer

About Us

What if social media worked more like the web — open, customizable, and full of possibility? That’s the future [REDACTED] is building. Our app is already used daily by millions, but it’s just the beginning: beneath it is a protocol supporting an entire ecosystem of apps, all connected by the same social graph.

We’re looking for a lead product designer who can do both: ship excellent design work themselves and lead a small team of designers doing the same. This is a player-coach role; you’ll be in the work every day, owning significant design problems end-to-end while also directing and growing the people around you.

About The Role

As our lead designer, you’ll define [REDACTED]’s visual identity and design culture. With your help, we’ll depart substantially from the current look and feel of the app and drive toward an entirely new vision for how social media can feel.

You’ll own complex, high-stakes design work yourself while directing a team of 2–4 designers, helping them grow and produce their best work. You will establish the craft standards, lead critiques, and serve as the design voice that product and engineering rely on for crucial decision-making.

This is a role for someone energized by both sides of the equation, solving hard product problems with their own hands and building a team culture where great design thrives. You’ll have substantial influence over what [REDACTED] builds, how it looks and feels, and how design grows as a discipline here.

Key Responsibilities

Design work

• Own significant design projects end-to-end — from early ideation and exploration through execution, launch, and post-release iteration
• Bring strong product judgment to decisions about scope, sequencing, and quality, including knowing when not to ship something
• Design clear, intuitive interaction flows and interfaces that…