Staff Product Designer

Menlo Ventures; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup is seeking a Product Designer to lead all design responsibilities. You will create user-friendly interfaces and partake in shaping the future of shopping through AI. This role offers the opportunity for significant impact in a dynamic environment, with a competitive compensation package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Alta equity

Healthcare benefits

Qualifications

• 4+ years of UX product design experience on consumer mobile-first products.
• Proficient in Figma and experience creating a design system.
• Comprehensive understanding of user research methodologies.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

UX product design

User research

Prototyping

Figma

Brand design

Job description

Product Designer (Full-Time)

About Alta:

Alta is building the future of shopping with AI, starting with a consumer facing AI stylist.

We have raised $11M+ from a Tier 1 fund, a luxury conglomerate chairman, and angels like Karlie Kloss (Klossy), Tony Xu (Doordash), Manish Chandra (Poshmark), Jenny Fleiss (Rent the Runway), Amjad Masad (Replit), Shreya Murthy (Partiful).

You can find our product at AltaDaily.com, on the App Store as “Alta Daily” or follow us instagram.com/alta

The Role:

We are in search of our first product designer who will own all design responsibilities at Alta.

This is a fit if you:

• Thrive in ambiguous problems, shaping the frontier of how shoppers interact with AI, and the 0 to 1 journey. You think strategically & have conviction in your design choices.
• Are an early adopter of AI products & are excited about crafting an UX that is personalized, empathetic and adaptive.
• Are 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 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 hifi designs.
• Experience creating a design system. Expert proficiency in Figma.
• Comprehensive understanding of user research.
• Have touched brand design and spend 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:

• Ideally in-person (NYC), open to remote
• Competitive package ($180-250k base + Alta equity + healthcare benefits).

Interested in applying?

Please apply by emailing [e-mail] your portfolio and feedback on the Alta app. We’ll be in touch if your skills and experience are a strong match for what we are looking for.