Product Designer — Design Systems for Writers

Marker; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Calm work environment

Opportunity for creative work

Collaboration with leadership

Growth opportunities

Job summary

A writing platform company is looking for a mid-level Product Designer to create and evolve their design system across web and mobile. The ideal candidate will have experience with Figma and Cursor, strong visual instincts, and a focus on typography-led design. You will work with leadership and engineering teams to enhance product experience and design interfaces that help writers think. This role is based in London with a salary range of £60,000-£80,000, depending on experience, plus equity.

Qualifications

• Experience creating, owning, and evolving design systems for desktop and mobile applications.
• Strong visual instincts with a focus on typography-led design.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with high standards.

Responsibilities

• Create and evolve design systems for multiple platforms.
• Design user interfaces that support deep thinking for writers.
• Collaborate closely with the team to improve product experience.

Skills

Experience creating design systems

Strong product instincts

Visual design skills

Figma proficiency

Cursor experience

Typing-focused design

Tools

Figma

Cursor

Job description

UI and UX Design, Product Design, Figma, Cursor

Salary range

£60,000-£80,000 p.a. + equity, depending on experience (up to £100,000 forcandidates with exceptional relevant experience)

Apply

Email us at [e-mail] and tell us a little bit about yourselfand your interest in the future of writing, along with your CV / portfolio or a link to your CV / portfolio site.

What is Marker?

Marker is a writing platform that helps writers better understand, express, and refine their ideas. We're building software that acts as a thinking partner – using AI thoughtfully to help writers develop their voice and craft, not replace it.

What you'll do at Marker

We're looking for a mid-level Product Designer to own and evolve Marker's design system across desktop, app, and mobile. This role is ideal for someone with strong product and visual instincts—particularly someone drawn to utilitarian (but expressive), typography-led design rather than highly illustrative or photographic work. You should care deeply about creating software that helps writers think, rather than software that thinks for them.

Here are some examples of areas you will be working in:

• Create, own, and evolve our design system across desktop, app, and mobile platforms
• Design interfaces that feel natural to writers and support deep thinking
• Work closely with our co-founder and Chief Product Officer, as well as with our engineering team, to push the product forward visually and experientially
• Help define the visual language and interaction patterns that make Marker distinctive
• Balance craft with pragmatism; knowing when to iterate and when to polish
• Be a part of the early team to guide the future of our products and company at large

What we can offer

• A calm, human-friendly work environment among kind and experienced professionals
• Fun, creative, novel, and interesting work at the intersection of AI and creativity
• An opportunity to work with and learn about the latest advancements in AI and its use in augmenting human creativity
• Direct collaboration with leadership to shape how we understand and improve our product
• As much responsibility and growth opportunities as you want to take on

Are you a good fit for this role?

In order to be successful in this role, you will recognise yourself in the following:

• You have experience creating, owning, and evolving design systems for applications on desktop, app, and mobile
• You have strong product and visual instincts, with a lean towards typographic utility
• You deeply care about writers interacting with software that helps them think rather than thinks for them
• You're comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
• You can move quickly while maintaining high standards

An exceptional candidate for this role would be able to demonstrate some of thefollowing:

• Experience as a hybrid designer/product feature creator using AI tools—someone who works daily in both Figma and Cursor
• Being a writer yourself (fiction, non-fiction, essays)
• Experience designing for Rich Text Editing interfaces or collaborative writing tools
• A portfolio that demonstrates thoughtful, restrained design work focused on typography and interaction

However, you are NOT expected to:

• Be a software engineer - we're looking for visually-oriented product designers who care deeply and systematically about the user experience
• Have experience with every aspect of our tech stack
• Have a degree in design — we value practical experience and portfolio work over credentials

Apply now!

Interested? Email us at [e-mail] with your CV / portfolio (or a link to your CV / portfolios site).Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you'd like to work at Marker!

Please note that this role is currently only available based in ourLondon hub, and at this time we are not able to sponsor work visas in the UK.