What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Product Designer (Hybrid) position at Lightci?
About Us
One of our portfolio companies is developing a platform that enables anyone, regardless of technical expertise, to create and deploy web applications simply by describing their vision. The platform leverages AI to handle the design and development process, allowing users to focus on their ideas rather than code. The company is expanding its focus from frontend development to full-stack capabilities, with a mission to help users quickly ship production-ready applications that can scale to millions.
Role Mission
As a Senior Product Designer, you will drive the transformation of our AI-powered platform into a seamless, intuitive experience. You’ll reshape how users interact with AI, moving beyond basic chat interfaces to dynamic, context-driven design patterns. Your work will directly influence the core user experience, from intuitive AI interactions to a complete rebranding that makes our platform approachable and fun. By collaborating closely with users and cross-functional teams, you'll help us define the future of personal software and deliver features that solve real-world problems.
\n- Core Experience Evolution: Redesign the platform to make AI interactions more intuitive. Transition from a chat-based interface to context-driven designs, enabling users to manipulate elements and modify their work seamlessly.
- User Insights & Research: Regularly engage with users to gather feedback, identify pain points, and prioritize design changes based on real-world needs.
- Brand Overhaul: Lead the rebranding effort to make the product more intuitive, approachable, and fun for a broader audience.
- Feature Design & Execution: Own the design of key features like: Uploading and managing assets. Managing deployed applications. Simplifying database management (similar to Notion-style tables). Introducing a "select-to-edit" feature for contextual website edits.
- Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with product, engineering, and other teams to deliver polished solutions, and mentor junior designers to foster growth.
- 4 years of product design experience, with a focus on user-facing tools.
- Expertise in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity design.
- Strong understanding of AI and its potential to improve user experiences.
- Proven ability to balance speed with quality—delivering results quickly without sacrificing design integrity.
- A passion for user research and creating products that meet real user needs.
- Experience designing products that simplify complex workflows
- Experience designing complex tools that are technically advanced yet easy for users to navigate.
- Familiarity with motion design or microinteractions.
- Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) or experience working closely with developers to implement designs.
- Equity: 1.25% - 2.0%
- Hardware Setup: New MacBook Pro, large display, and accessories to set you up for success.
- Unlimited Vacation with flexible work-life balance.
- Hybrid Work Schedule: 3 days onsite, with flexible remote work options.