Design Staff: AI UI Craft & Prototyping (On-site)

highlightai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Team lunches

Relocation

Job summary

Highlight is seeking a world-class design professional to define visual and interaction language for AI-native software. As a Member of Design Staff you’ll own craft from pixels to motion, shipping high‑fidelity interfaces that feel inevitable and delightful.

You’ll collaborate with product and engineering to turn ideas into production-ready prototypes, often moving from concept to testable interfaces within hours. This hands-on role requires on-site presence in our SF/NYC office.

Qualifications

• World-class visual and interaction design capability.
• Strong experience shipping production UI at scale.
• Proficient in creating high-fidelity prototypes and interactive mockups.
• Experience designing AI-native interaction patterns is a plus.
• Comfort with ambiguity and turning rough concepts into concrete interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Own visual and interaction quality across Highlight’s product
• Regularly talk to users and translate insights into designs
• Translate concepts into confident, high-fidelity UI with the Head of Design
• Collaborate with engineers to bring polished interfaces and micro-interactions into production
• Prototype AI-native interaction models quickly, often hours from idea to prototype
• Refine micro-interactions, animations, transitions, and layout systems
• Define new patterns for user interaction with AI systems
• Maintain a high bar for visual craft, consistency, and accessibility across the product

Skills

Visual design

Interaction design

UI design

Prototyping

Motion design

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Highlight is seeking a world-class design professional to define visual and interaction language for AI-native software. As a Member of Design Staff you’ll own craft from pixels to motion, shipping high‑fidelity interfaces that feel inevitable and delightful.

You’ll collaborate with product and engineering to turn ideas into production-ready prototypes, often moving from concept to testable interfaces within hours. This hands-on role requires on-site presence in our SF/NYC office.