product designer for AI-powered work tools

Granola; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Private health insurance

Mallorca villa access

Relocation assistance

Office-based 5 days

Job summary

Granola is building AI-powered work tools, evolving its product into a multiplayer, multi-platform experience. The team collaborates in the London office, shipping features rapidly while refining interactions, typography, and motion.

We seek a senior/staff designer with cross‑platform experience who can prototype, iterate, and evolve the brand language. Relocation to London is available, and equity plus private health insurance are offered.

Qualifications

• Senior-level product design experience shipping to real users.
• Ability to architect flexible systems and design open-ended tools.
• Balance rapid iteration with attention to interaction, typography and motion.
• Strong prototyping skills and hands-on design craft.
• Interest in solving problems with code and AI tools.
• Focus on shipped design outcomes beyond polished Figma files.

Responsibilities

• Define early features and work with engineers to ship and market them.
• Improve the product’s fit and finish to craft a polished UX.
• Spend time with users to explore use cases, test features, and decide what to build next.
• Prototype, test and iterate, moving between ideas and refining interactions, typography and motion.
• Develop and apply a consistent brand design language across the product.

Skills

Senior-level design

Open-ended tool design

Prototyping skills

AI tools usage

Rapid iteration

Typography

Motion design

Cross-platform design

Startup experience

Kindness & pragmatism

Job description

Granola is developing AI-powered work tools, evolving its product into a multiplayer, multi-platform tool that goes beyond note-taking.

Задачи

• Define early features and work closely with engineers to ship and market them
• Improve the product’s fit and finish, crafting a polished user experience
• Spend time with users to investigate use cases, test features, and identify what to build next
• Prototype, test, and iterate, moving between exploring new ideas and refining promising features, interactions, typography, and motion
• Evolve the brand and design language and apply it consistently across the product

Требования

• Several years of experience shipping well-designed products to real users; this is a senior/staff-level role
• Experience designing open-ended tools and architecting flexible systems
• Ability to balance rapid iteration with attention to interaction, typography, and motion details
• Strong prototyping skills
• Interest in solving problems with code and using the latest AI tools
• Focus on shipped design outcomes, not just polished Figma files
• Comfortable designing across Mac, iOS, and web, with awareness of established platform patterns
• A builder mindset
• Interest in startup environments or experience working in a startup, especially the zero-to-one phase
• Values kindness, ambition, and pragmatism in colleagues

Условия

• Offers equity and benefits, including private health insurance and access to a Mallorca villa
• Relocation assistance is available for candidates moving to London
• The team works together in the office five days per week