Founding Product Designer

C10 Labs is a venture studio fund focused on transforming AI-First startups, and they are seeking a Founding Product Designer to shape the user experience of their platform. The role involves evaluating existing products, creating intuitive workflows, and collaborating closely with founders and engineers to enhance the user experience and product direction.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate existing product experiences and identify usability improvements
• Translate business requirements into intuitive user workflows
• Create multiple design concepts and recommendations for key product initiatives
• Partner with founders to shape product direction and user experience strategy
• Help define design principles and standards across the platform
• Design end-to-end user journeys and workflows
• Create wireframes, user flows, mockups, and interactive prototypes
• Conduct usability reviews and recommend improvements
• Simplify complex operational and analytical workflows into intuitive experiences
• Design for enterprise users operating in logistics, asset management, manufacturing, and sustainability environments
• Create and maintain scalable design systems in Figma
• Establish reusable components and interaction patterns
• Ensure consistency across product experiences
• Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure designs can be efficiently implemented
• Participate in product roadmap and feature planning discussions
• Bring product and customer insights into company discussions
• Challenge assumptions and advocate for users
• Help establish the product culture and design standards of the company
• Work cross-functionally across engineering, operations, and leadership
• Operate with a founder mentality and ownership mindset

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in Product Design, UI/UX Design, or User Experience roles
• Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work
• Advanced proficiency in Figma
• Experience creating wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and design systems
• Strong understanding of UX principles, information architecture, and interaction design
• Experience collaborating directly with engineering teams
• Ability to clearly communicate design decisions and rationale
• Experience designing SaaS, enterprise software, analytics platforms, operational tools, or workflow applications
• Experience in startup or early-stage environments
• Familiarity with data-heavy applications, dashboards, and reporting tools
• Experience conducting customer interviews and usability testing
• Understanding of AI-enabled products and workflow automation