Head of Design

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the overall aesthetic and user experience of Buenro across all product interactions for both event guests and curators.

• Personally create impactful product moments, including transitions, animations, micro-interactions, and visual hierarchy.

• Oversee the complete Buenro journey, transforming functional products into premium experiences.

• Develop user-friendly tools for curators to design events and highlight their individual brands.

• Craft the ticket purchasing and accommodation booking processes for guests.

• Design the event experience, encompassing schedules, updates, communications, and logistical details.

• Create post-event social engagement strategies, including profiles, connections, and retention initiatives.

• Reflect Buenro's brand identity in the product throughout the app, event experiences, invitations, and communications.

• Establish and manage the design system.

• Create conversational, AI-driven concierge experiences.

• Lead and mentor product designers in their craft.

• Ensure design quality receives final approval before engineering implementation.

• Uphold brand integrity, quality, consistency, and intentionality across all designs.

• Report directly to the CXO and guide the product design team.

• Collaborate closely with the Product Lead and work alongside the Brand & Marketing Lead.

• Conduct audits of the app, event pages, onboarding processes, booking flows, and curator interactions within the first 90 days.

• Define product design principles, enhance the design system, and deliver redesigned high-impact flows.

⛳️ Requirements

• A portfolio showcasing exceptional consumer product design; the portfolio is the primary evaluation criterion.

• Experience in creating visually appealing consumer products where the digital experience enhances real-world interactions, preferably with companies like Airbnb, Bumble, Hinge, Partiful, Dice, Raya, or similar.

• Excellent hands-on expertise in Figma.

• Strong understanding of motion design, visual aesthetics, and interaction details.

• Experience in establishing or enhancing a design system within a startup or scaling business.

• Ability to uphold a high-quality standard while operating in a dynamic startup environment.

• Experience in leading and mentoring design teams.

• Comfort working alongside opinionated founders and product leads.

• Insight into a discerning global audience interested in travel, experiences, close-knit communities, and premium design.

• Preferred: experience with premium, membership-based, or community-oriented products.

• Preferred: experience in designing AI or conversational interfaces.

• Preferred: familiarity with the travel, hospitality, or events sectors.

• Preferred: experience in shipping products on both iOS and Android while adhering to platform-specific conventions.

• Submit a portfolio, resume, and a brief cover letter.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity through the company's option plan.

• Generous paid time off.

• One week each year when the entire company takes a break together.

• Access to at-cost accommodations at Buenro's global locations.

• Fully remote work-from-home arrangement.