Key skills
AIFigmaPhotoshopIllustratorPrototypingCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Swoon is seeking a Product Designer with strong UI and visual craft to join their AI Research team. The role involves designing innovative AI experiences, interactive demos, and digital touchpoints while collaborating with a cross-functional team to shape the future of AI-driven products.
Responsibilities:
- Design intuitive, high-impact interfaces and prototypes for AI-driven demos across web and mobile
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, elegant user experiences
- Partner with researchers, engineers, and PMs to rapidly move from concept → prototype → polished demo
- Evolve the AI Research web presence (site, blog, and digital storytelling) with marketing
- Create visual assets across formats: Product demos, Presentation design, Social and brand visuals
- Develop wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs with speed and precision
- Contribute to and refine design systems and standards
- Clearly communicate design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences
Requirements:
- A strong portfolio showing end-to-end product design (concept → shipped or demo-ready work)
- Exceptional UI/visual design craft with a modern, polished aesthetic
- Ability to turn ambiguous, complex ideas into clean, usable experiences
- Comfort working in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Figma (primary)
- Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro)
- Ability to prototype in code or 'vibe-code' when needed
- Experience designing for AI, data-rich, or experimental products
- Familiarity with storytelling through demos or interactive experiences
- Bonus: front-end prototyping (HTML/CSS/JS or similar)