First Product Designer (On-Site, NYC) — Equity

Makers Fund; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 734,000 - 918,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

Vision

Dental

401(k)

DoorDash credits

Job summary

Packz, a gamified collectibles platform, is hiring its first full-time product designer in New York City. You will own the user experience end-to-end across web and iOS, shaping how Packz looks, feels, and works as we scale.

You will collaborate with founders and engineers, move between product thinking and high-craft UI, and raise the design quality bar while maintaining startup speed. This role spans design strategy, interaction design, and execution.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product design experience, ideally on consumer products with both mobile and web surfaces.
• A strong portfolio showing visual design, interaction design, systems thinking, and product judgment.
• Ability to take ambiguous problems and turn them into clear product directions and elegant user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own product design end-to-end across Packz web and iOS, from early ideas and flows to polished UI and final handoff.
• Lead design on the core customer journey, including pack discovery, purchasing, opening, reveal moments, collection management, redemption, and cash-out.
• Turn complex product, collectibles, and value-exchange mechanics into simple, intuitive, and high-trust user experiences.
• Partner closely with founders, engineering, and other cross-functional teammates to shape priorities, pressure-test ideas, and ship quickly.
• Use AI-assisted tools, prototyping, and lightweight code to explore flows, test ideas, and refine interfaces quickly.
• Conduct lightweight but high-signal user research, usability testing, and feedback synthesis to better understand customer behavior.
• Establish and evolve Packz's design system, interaction patterns, and visual language across platforms.
• Improve the product's overall level of polish, consistency, and craft while maintaining startup speed.
• Work directly with engineering during implementation to ensure quality in the shipped product, not just in mockups.
• Help define how design operates at Packz, including process, standards, critique, and how we work with external partners when needed

Skills

End-to-end design

Product thinking

Interaction design

High craft UI

Collaboration with engineers

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Job description

Packz, a gamified collectibles platform, is hiring its first full-time product designer in New York City. You will own the user experience end-to-end across web and iOS, shaping how Packz looks, feels, and works as we scale.

You will collaborate with founders and engineers, move between product thinking and high-craft UI, and raise the design quality bar while maintaining startup speed. This role spans design strategy, interaction design, and execution.