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London, United Kingdom£70K–£95K + Equity

Founding UI Designer at Fast-growing early-stage tech startup

Are you a visionary designer ready to build a brand from the ground up? Join this well-funded London startup as their Founding UI Designer to define the visual language and user experience for a high-impact platform. With meaningful founding equity and a direct seat at the table with the founders, you'll have the autonomy to shape a design culture and ship products that will reach thousands of users. If you're looking for a career-defining role where your creative fingerprint will be on every pixel, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Overview

Role overview

As the first dedicated design hire, you will shape the visual identity and user experience of a new platform from the ground up. Working directly with the founders and engineering team, you will turn complex problems into elegant interfaces, defining the design culture and building scalable systems for a well-funded venture.

Company

About the company

Fast-growing early-stage tech startup

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Design and ship high-fidelity product interfaces across web and mobile platforms using Figma.
  • Create, document, and maintain a comprehensive design system to ensure consistency as the team scales.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and high-quality user interactions.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • Over 4 years of experience designing digital products for B2B or B2C markets with a strong portfolio.
  • Proficiency in modern design tools and a deep understanding of front-end development constraints.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, making high-level design decisions without existing established processes.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Rare opportunity to join as a founding team member and define the entire design language and product aesthetic.
  • Backed by top-tier VCs, providing the stability of funding with the creative freedom of a startup environment.
  • High-impact position with meaningful equity and the autonomy to build a design system from scratch.

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