Founding UX Designer

Consortia; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Flexible work

Founder access

Job summary

Consortia in London is seeking a Founding UX Designer to elevate our product from functional to lovable. You’ll work between the founder and a small design team, shaping the entire experience from discovery to deployment.

This role is pre-product-market fit, offering creative ownership, equity, and a hybrid London-based setup with remote-friendly options. You’ll craft AI-first workflows and design systems that scale with a fast-moving startup.

Qualifications

• Experience designing complex systems, ideally in startup environments.
• Experience pre-product-market fit and crafting usable tools.
• Value feedback and collaboration with founders.
• Structured in information architecture and interaction design.
• Able to apply AI-first design thinking.
• Able to work deeply with users and raw data without a dedicated research team.
• Cares about building products people want to use.

Responsibilities

• Shape the entire product experience from discovery to deployment.
• Collaborate between the founder and a small design team.
• Lead interaction design, information architecture and AI-first workflows.

Skills

Complex systems design

AI-first design thinking

Information architecture

Interaction design

Independent user research

Job description

You’re a problem-solver, not just a pixel-pusher. You obsess over user flows, not just colours. And you’re looking for a blank canvas-where your design thinking shapes not only the interface but the entire product experience.

If you’ve led UX design in early-stage startups or thrive in ambiguity with a founder who has built and exited a SaaS business, this might be your next adventure.

About the Opportunity

Our client-a Silicon Valley-backed AI startup-is reshaping how product teams collaborate, discover, and solve. With a product already near release and strong internal feedback loops, the challenge now is levelling up from "usable" to "unmissable".

They’re seeking a Founding UX Designer to elevate the product from functional to lovable. This is not a UI facelift-it’s deep, intentional work across interaction design, information architecture, and AI-first workflows.

You’ll sit between the founder and a small design team, helping drive clarity, connect the dots, and shape the entire experience. Your fingerprints will be on every detail—from discovery to deployment.

What’s On Offer

• Impact from Day One: Design a product you and your peers would want to use every day.
• Founder Access: Work side-by-side with a visionary founder, learning how to co-solve in high-trust environments.
• Creative Ownership: Start with a blank slate-no design-by-committee here.
• Flexible Working: London-based hybrid preferred, but flexibility is offered.
• Fast Feedback Loops: Work in cycles where your ideas get tested, not trapped.

You’ll Be a Great Fit If:

• You’ve designed complex systems, ideally in startup environments.
• You’re excited about working pre-product-market fit and love the challenge of crafting usable and lovable tools.
• You value feedback and collaboration, especially with fast-thinking founders.
• You’re structured in how you approach information architecture and interaction design.
• You can bring AI-first design thinking into the product (e.g. using AI to sketch, prototype, and iterate).
• You don’t need a team of researchers-you can go deep on your own with real users and raw data.
• You care about creating products people want to use-not just ones they can use.

What the Client Offers:

• Competitive Salary + Equity
• Flexible work setup (remote-friendly, ideally London-based for ad hoc meets)
• Work directly with a Silicon Valley founder and product-obsessed team
• Real ownership over product direction, design system, and customer experience

Key Information

Job Title: Founding UX DesignerLocation: London (Hybrid)Work Policy: Flexible; in-person meet-ups preferredSalary: Competitive + EquityBenefits: Flexible working, startup environment, strong founder access