Key skills
Product design experienceUser-centric designPrototyping skillsAI/ML product experienceHTML/CSS/JS knowledgeCollaboration skillsBuilder mindsetPassion for AIAIMLGenerative AISaaSPrototypingUser ResearchCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Gradial is a Seattle-based startup enabling digital experiences at the speed of thought. As a Senior Product Designer, you will work alongside product managers, engineers, and AI researchers to create intuitive design solutions for our generative AI platform, ensuring a seamless user experience for marketers and creative professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Set design vision and strategy for our AI-powered platform, ensuring each feature and flow is intuitive, consistent, and polished
- Develop user-centric solutions through user research, journey mapping, and prototyping, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to validate ideas
- Craft visual and interaction designs that reduce complexity, build trust, and highlight the power of Gradial’s generative AI capabilities
- Contribute to our design system by establishing patterns, components, and guidelines that scale across the product
- Rapidly prototype concepts using design tools or code to communicate ideas and gather feedback in a fast-paced startup environment
- Advocate for users’ needs and ensure diverse stakeholder perspectives are considered throughout the product lifecycle
- Help grow and mentor a culture of design excellence through design reviews, feedback, and knowledge sharing
Requirements:
- 3+ years of product design experience, with a focus on user-centric, data-informed workflows (enterprise/B2B SaaS or AI/ML product experience is a plus)
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates polished UI craftsmanship, thoughtful interaction design, and innovative solutions to complex problems
- A track record of end-to-end product ownership in ambiguous environments, from discovery to delivery
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, comfortable working with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to align on vision and execution
- A passion for AI and emerging technologies, with the desire to build solutions that let everyday users harness the power of generative models
- Experience with prototyping and user testing, and ideally some comfort with front-end code (HTML/CSS/JS) to bring designs to life
- Technical understanding of LLMs/AI
- Builder mindset