Junior Product Designer

Pocket Orchard; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

18 days vacation + holidays

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Laptop and home-office equipment

Annual design education allowance

Transit or parking contribution

Job summary

Pocket Orchard in Austin, Texas is hiring a Junior Product Designer to strengthen the web and mobile experience for self-employed customers. The role is based in Austin with a hybrid schedule (three office days per week).

You will collaborate with a Product Design Lead and focus on well-scoped areas of the product, from invoice setup to account settings. You’ll build Figma prototypes, translate problems into user flows, and work with engineers to implement designs while growing toward Product

Qualifications

• Portfolio with two digital product, website, or mobile projects.
• Understanding of layout, typography, interaction patterns, and accessibility.
• Familiarity with Figma or a similar interface-design tool.
• Ability to explain problems, processes, and design decisions.
• Openness to feedback and willingness to revise designs.
• Strong written communication and attention to interface details.

Responsibilities

• Translate defined customer problems into user flows, wireframes, and interface concepts.
• Create interactive prototypes for design reviews and usability sessions.
• Use design-system components across web and mobile screens.
• Produce clear specifications and assets for software engineers.
• Review implemented features and identify differences from approved designs.
• Join customer interviews and summarize observations relevant to product decisions.
• Iterate designs in response to feedback, constraints, and usability results.

Skills

Portfolio 2+ projects

Layout basics

Typography basics

Interaction patterns

Accessibility

Figma

HTML/CSS basics

Strong written communication

Tools

Figma

HTML/CSS

Job description

Pocket Orchard is hiring a Junior Product Designer to strengthen the web and mobile experience for self-employed customers. The role is based in Austin, Texas with a hybrid schedule (three office days per week). You will collaborate with a Product Design Lead and focus on well-scoped areas of the product, from invoice setup to account settings.

What you’ll work on

You’ll tackle specific product surfaces such as invoice setup, expense categorization, savings goals, and account settings. Your day-to-day includes turning defined customer problems into structured design work, building Figma prototypes for review, and refining designs based on usability findings and technical constraints.

Responsibilities

• Translate defined customer problems into user flows, wireframes, and interface concepts.
• Create interactive prototypes for design reviews and usability sessions.
• Use design-system components across web and mobile screens.
• Produce clear specifications and assets for software engineers.
• Review implemented features and identify differences from approved designs.
• Join customer interviews and summarize observations relevant to product decisions.
• Iterate designs in response to feedback, constraints, and usability results.

Training and development

During your first three months, you’ll work alongside a more experienced designer. You’ll start by improving existing workflows and won’t be expected to lead major product areas immediately. Pocket Orchard provides training in accessibility, user interviews, product metrics, and designer-to-engineer handoff. Progression to Product Designer is based on portfolio growth and the ability to complete projects with increasing independence.

Requirements

• A portfolio showing at least two digital product, website, or mobile application projects.
• Basic understanding of layout, typography, interaction patterns, and accessibility.
• Familiarity with Figma or a comparable interface-design tool.
• Ability to explain the problem, process, and design decisions behind your work.
• Openness to feedback and willingness to revise designs.
• Strong written communication and attention to interface details.

Nice to have

• Experience with design systems, user research, prototyping, or basic HTML and CSS is helpful but optional.

Tools and technologies

Figma and basic web knowledge including HTML and CSS.

Compensation and schedule

Salary: $72,000–$82,000 per year (full-time, salaried).
Schedule: Monday–Friday, generally 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Reports to: Product Design Lead.
Office rhythm: the product team works from the Austin office Tuesday through Thursday and remotely on Monday and Friday. New hires may attend additional office days during their first two weeks. No on-call support or routine weekend work.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• 18 days of paid vacation plus sick leave and company holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Laptop and home-office equipment.
• Annual design education and conference allowance.
• Monthly public transportation or parking contribution.