Lead Product Designer

Ladder is on a mission to redefine strength training with their top-ranked iOS app. They are seeking a Product Design leader to own the end-to-end user experience, craft intuitive interfaces, and lead user research to enhance the app's usability and visual design.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end user experience for your product area, from discovery to launch
• Design beautiful, intuitive interfaces that delight and drive results
• Turn complex problems into simple, elegant solutions
• Set and uphold the highest standards for usability and visual design
• Lead user research to uncover real needs and pain points
• Rapidly prototype and test concepts with real users
• Analyze usage and feedback to inform design decisions and iterate
• Work closely with product managers to align design with business goals
• Partner with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation
• Champion design thinking across the organization
• Move fast without sacrificing quality

Requirements:

• 5+ years as a UI/UX or Product Designer at consumer-focused companies
• Portfolio showcasing shipped products that drove meaningful business results
• Experience with user research, prototyping, UI/UX design, and usability testing
• Startup experience preferred - you thrive in fast-paced, high-agency environments
• Member obsessed - you lose sleep over anything less than 5-star reviews
• Design-driven intuition - strong gut backed by user feedback and data
• Relentless simplification - you cut clutter, sweat the pixels, and fight for clarity
• High agency - you don't wait for permission to solve problems
• Fitness/wellness industry experience or passion
• iOS app design background
• Experience designing for growth and engagement