Founding Product Designer for AI-Powered Creator Ads

arcadia; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadia is seeking a Founding Product Designer to lead design across the full platform, including the brand-facing web dashboard, creator mobile app, and company website.

You will own the design system and collaborate with a lean engineering team to ship features quickly, from Figma to production, while incorporating user feedback. This is ideal for someone who wants broad influence and thrives in a fast-moving startup.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of product design experience on live software products with an active user base.
• Startup experience required in an early-stage environment, comfortable with ambiguity, wearing multiple hats.
• Portfolio demonstrates interaction design, visual design, and systems work.
• Advanced Figma skills including components, variables, auto layout, and interactive prototypes.
• Experience using AI in design workflows; good judgment on when AI helps a product experience.
• Experience designing for both data-heavy B2B SaaS and consumer mobile apps.
• Ability to move quickly without sacrificing quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX/UI design for the brand-facing web dashboard, the creator mobile app, and the company website.
• Turn customer feedback into shipped features, partnering directly with engineering (no PM layer).
• Simplify complex data views like campaign metrics, creator performance, content approvals, and payout tracking.
• Own and evolve the Figma design system, keeping it in sync with the coded component library.
• Shape AI-powered features and prototypes to keep the interface informative.
• Prototype and test ideas using AI tools to move faster than a traditional design cycle.

Skills

Product design

Startup experience

Portfolio

Advanced Figma

AI in design workflow

Data-heavy B2B SaaS

Consumer mobile apps

Tools

Figma

Claude

Cursor

Job description

Arcadia is seeking a Founding Product Designer to lead design across the full platform, including the brand-facing web dashboard, creator mobile app, and company website.

You will own the design system and collaborate with a lean engineering team to ship features quickly, from Figma to production, while incorporating user feedback. This is ideal for someone who wants broad influence and thrives in a fast-moving startup.