Staff Product Designer

Benchstrength; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Alta is seeking a Product Designer (Full-Time) to own all design responsibilities. This role involves crafting polished user interfaces, conducting user research, and managing multiple design projects in a dynamic environment.

The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of UX design experience with mobile products, proficiency in Figma, and the ability to create both prototypes and high-fidelity designs. The position offers a competitive package, including a base salary of $200-250k plus equity and healthcare benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of UX product design experience with mobile-first products.
• Ability to create both quick prototypes and high-fidelity designs.
• Experience in creating a comprehensive design system.

Responsibilities

• Craft user interfaces that build trust and showcase AI technology.
• Conduct user research to understand behaviors and motivations.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced startup environment.

Skills

User research

Figma

User interface design

Prototyping

Brand design

Job description

Role

Product Designer (Full-Time)

We are looking for the first product designer to own all design responsibilities at Alta.

Fit

• Thrive in ambiguous problems, shaping the frontier of how shoppers interact with AI, and the 0 to 1 journey. Think strategically and have conviction in your design choices.
• Early adopter of AI products, excited about crafting an UX that is personalized, empathetic and adaptive.
• Interested in having more product roadmap involvement.
• Embody Alta’s values:

1. Trustworthiness: We believe in acting with high-integrity.
2. Work hard: We work hard & take ownership in building the best product.
3. Continuous improvement: We are constantly learning and shipping.
4. Customer obsession: We all talk to users.

Responsibilities

• Craft beautiful, polished, and delightful user interfaces that build trust and showcase the power of our AI technology.
• Conduct user research & experiments to understand user behaviors and motivations.
• Find creative ways to ship high-quality work in a fast-paced, often ambiguous, resource-constrained startup environment. Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Provide design assistance to marketing & social media roadmaps.
• Stay updated with the Alta community & apply feedback to designs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of UX product design experience working on a consumer mobile‑first product, ideally at an early‑stage startup.
• Can both hack together prototypes quickly, as well as make pixel‑perfect hi‑fi designs.
• Experience creating a design system. Expert proficiency in Figma.
• Comprehensive understanding of user research.
• Have touched brand design and spent time thinking about colors, textures, iconography, and how beautiful landing pages can tell a story & how high‑end brands build their status.
• Excited about productivity tools, shopping.
• Familiar with AI tools and products, ideally worked on AI features.

Nice to have

• Experience designing a consumer AI product & have thought deeply about related questions, such as how to design a product that makes users feel successful & listened to by the AI.
• Experience with 3D or animation.
• Experience with video content (TikTok, YouTube, etc.).
• Front‑end coding skills, or use AI coding tools like Cursor or Claude.

Location & Compensation

• Ideally in-person (NYC), open to remote.
• Competitive package: $200‑250k base + Alta equity + healthcare benefits.