What are the responsibilities and job description for the Member of Design Staff position at Ideogram?
Ideogram's mission is to help people become more creative. Our thesis is that everyone has an innate desire to create. We are developing state-of-the-art AI tools that will make creative expression more accessible and efficient. We are pushing the limits of what's possible with AI, with a focus on creativity and a high standard for trust and safety. Our headquarters is in downtown Toronto, and we have a small presence in NYC. Read Ideogram 2.0 blog post and check out our text to image product at ideogram.ai to get a glimpse of what we're building.
About The Role
As a Member of Design Staff you will bring a deep understanding of people, design, and technology and help set the overall creative direction for the company. We're looking for a genuinely curious designer who will help develop a delightful and welcoming interaction between users, creators, technology, and the community.
What We're Looking For5 years as a Design or Creative Lead, with hands-on experience working as a software designerExpertise delivering successful and innovative projects with focus on simple and self-explanatory user experiencesExperience working with generative AI tools for image and video generation, with a strong understanding around the capabilities and limitations of existing productsAbility to balance quality with expectations around project deliveryA comprehensive understanding of the latest design tools and softwareAbility to think differently and from first principles to develop effective solutions to new design challenges
Founding team
Our founding team consists of world-renowned AI experts including Mohammad Norouzi, Jonathan Ho, William Chan, and Chitwan Saharia. This team has previously led transformative AI projects at Google Brain, UC Berkeley, CMU, and the University of Toronto. Our fundamental work in AI includes : Imagen : Google's text-to-image system, Imagen Video for video synthesis, Denoising Diffusion Models, which is the foundation of the recent generative media transformation.
Company Culture
We're a single flat team that transcends engineering, research, product, and operation roles. Everyone is willing to do whatever is necessary to make our company and customers successful. We believe that a small, dedicated team with a collaborative culture can move faster and build better and more coherent products than large hierarchical organizations. At Ideogram, we provide mentorship and support to help our employees grow with the company and achieve their ambitious career goals.
Ideogram is committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to remove exclusivity and barriers and encourage new thinking and perceptions, in a space of belonging. It is not about race, gender, or age, it is about the people.
