Product Designer (SF)

CAPSA; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Playad in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Product Designer to define how marketers work with an AI agent team across the growth cycle—from planning and creative production to campaign execution, performance analysis, next-best-action recommendations, and continuous iteration.

You will map the full marketing loop, translate AI capabilities into clear experiences across interaction, visual, and systems design, and collaborate with engineers to ship features in weekly sprints.

Qualifications

• Shipped complex products where problem was fuzzy and direction wasn’t defined.
• Background in marketing is a big plus and Campaigns experience welcomed.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating craft across interaction, visual, and systems design.
• Experience building or contributing to design systems.
• Ability to communicate design decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Proactive self-starter who takes initiative and brings ideas forward.
• Startup experience is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Map and design the full marketing loop: plan → make creative → launch → learn from performance → get recommendations → iterate fast.
• Translate AI capabilities into clear, intuitive experiences with craft across interaction, visual, and systems design.
• Proactively bring ideas to the table and shape product direction.
• Articulate and defend design decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to ship features.
• Build and contribute to our design system.
• Work in weekly sprints with fast turnaround.

Skills

Shipped complex products

Marketing background

Design systems experience

Startup experience

Job description

2026.08.25

Ongoing

About Playad

About GIGR

GIGR (Giver's Ground) is on a mission to eliminate uncertainty from digital advertising. We believe that in the age of AI, marketing performance shouldn't rely on guesswork or slow, fragmented production cycles. It should be a high-velocity, feedback-driven science.

To achieve this, we are building playad.ai, a multi-agent marketing workflow designed to support the full creative lifecycle—briefing, production, experimentation, measurement, and iteration. We are starting by revolutionizing interactive ads for global brands, but our ultimate goal is to become the foundational infrastructure for all creative marketing. Backed by world-class investors like BRV Capital and Mirae Asset, we are a high-density team of "Givers" building for a J-curve growth trajectory. We aren't just building a tool; we are building the ground where the future of advertising is defined.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Product Designer to define how marketers work with an AI agent team across the entire growth cycle—from planning and creative production to campaign execution, performance analysis, next-best-action recommendations, and continuous iteration.

Responsibilities

• Map and design the full marketing loop: plan → make creative → launch → learn from performance → get recommendations → iterate fast.
• Translate complex AI capabilities into clear, intuitive experiences with strong craft across interaction, visual, and systems design
• Proactively bring ideas to the table and shape product direction
• Articulate and defend design decisions clearly to stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with engineers to ship features
• Build and contribute to our design system
• Work in weekly sprints with fast turnaround

Preferred Qualifications

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have

• Shipped complex products where the problem was fuzzy and the direction wasn’t fully defined—and you can clearly explain how your decisions shaped the product (not just the UI).
• A background in marketing is a big plus. If you’ve actually run campaigns (yes, clicked buttons in Ads Manager and watched the CPMs do their thing), even better.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating craft across interaction, visual, and systems design
• Experience building or contributing to design systems
• Ability to communicate design decisions clearly to stakeholders
• A proactive self-starter who takes initiative and brings ideas forward
• Startup experience is a huge plus

Job Information

Company Playad

Location San Francisco, CA

Employment Type Full-Time

Workplace Type On-Site

Application Deadline Ongoing

Application Method External Site