Founding Product Designer: Craft Feel, Motion & Play

a vinyl bar in shibuya; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Vinyl Bar in New York seeks a Founding Designer to own how our products feel, look, and behave. You will work directly with the founder and engineers, in the studio, shipping constantly.

This role focuses on end-to-end product surfaces, evolving visual language, and playful music interfaces. You will prototype quickly, make fast decisions, and collaborate closely with engineering to release features regularly.

Qualifications

• Experience designing consumer products people actually use.
• Fluency in Figma and shipping-focused tools.
• Ability to own a product surface end to end.
• Interest in motion, interaction, or systems.
• Personal aesthetic with scalability.
• Curiosity about music, games, toys, or creative tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the design from first frame to shipped behavior.
• Define and evolve visual and interaction language across product and brand.
• Design music interfaces that feel tactile, playful, and expressive.
• Prototype ideas quickly and test with real users.
• Collaborate with engineering to ship daily or near-daily.
• Invent new formats and tools for musical play.

Skills

Product design

Motion design

Design systems

Visual design

Tools

Figma

Job description

Vinyl Bar in New York seeks a Founding Designer to own how our products feel, look, and behave. You will work directly with the founder and engineers, in the studio, shipping constantly.

This role focuses on end-to-end product surfaces, evolving visual language, and playful music interfaces. You will prototype quickly, make fast decisions, and collaborate closely with engineering to release features regularly.