Founding Designer
a vinyl bar in shibuyaJersey City (NJ)
$95k–$175k
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a vinyl bar in shibuyaJersey City (NJ)
SENIORITY
Lead
SALARY
$95k–$175k
About the role
Please submit your application here: https://tally.so/r/Ek2o0NThis role owns how our products feel, look, and behave. Not as a service function. Not as a layer. As an author. You will drive product design end to end. Interface, interaction, motion, visual language, and the thousand small decisions that make something feel inevitable instead of generic. You will work directly with the founder and engineers, in the studio, shipping constantly. This is not a role for someone who wants clean tickets, long specs, or a big design org around them. It is for someone who wants the product to feel right and is willing to be responsible for that.
The Work:
- Own the design of our products from first frame to shipped behavior
- Define and evolve the visual and interaction language across product and brand Design music interfaces that feel tactile, playful, and expressive Make fast decisions about flow, hierarchy, motion, and detail
- Prototype ideas quickly and put them in front of real users
- Collaborate tightly with engineering to ship daily or near-daily Help invent new formats and tools for musical play, not just polish existing ones
- How You Work You care deeply about how things feel, not just the look You move quickly and revise without drama
- You have taste and can explain it without hiding behind theory
- You notice when something is off and fix it You are comfortable being the final design decision maker
Is This You?
- Experience designing consumer products people actually use
- Comfort owning a product surface end to end
- Fluency in Figma and whatever else helps you ship faster Interest in motion, interaction, systems, or code, even if you are not an expert
- A personal aesthetic, plus the restraint to build something scalable Real curiosity about music, games, toys, or creative tools
- Solo projects count. Shipped experiments count.
- Big-company pedigree alone does not.
- Practicalities Title: Founding Designer Compensation: roughly $95k–$175k plus meaningful equity, depending on scope and experience Location: in-person New York strongly preferred. LA or SF possible for the right person after an initial period Pace: startup hours. Real ones.
Application
To apply please fill out this form https://tally.so/r/Ek2o0N
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