Senior Product Designer
- Role
- Design
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Startup
Open to Anywhere in EU & Europe. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Senior product designer for a consumer AI student platform, working across mobile and web. Must have B2C product experience at scale, strong product thinking, experimentation/A/B testing comfort, and early-stage or founding designer experience. Remote in the EU/Europe.
Core skills
Company:
SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students. We help them stay motivated to study their subjects - everything from Biology and Mathematics to Literature and Art.
Our small team has already helped +1.5 M students worldwide (UK, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia) study better, and ~40–50k new students join us every week.
We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, having recently raised ~$4M seed round with incredible investors from Strava, OpenAI, and Meta.
Team:
Two current designers — both very strong in execution (Figma, component systems, detail work) .The new hire would need strong senior craft and design thinking skills across mobile and web. Reports directly to Oisin.
Responsibilities and key results:
- Own the full design process end-to-end — from understanding ambiguous problems to shipping solutions, without needing the problem framed in advance
- Partner directly with Oisin and a founding designer as well as wider team on product direction, roadmap priorities, and design philosophy — bring a point of view and defend it
- Drive consumer experience design: onboarding, social/viral loops, retention, growth surfaces.
- Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment — ship features, measure impact, iterate fast
- Eventually help shape the broader design team alongside founding designer (~3 total planned)
Must-haves:
- Strong product thinking — takes a vague brief and frames + solves the problem independently. Shows "why" before "how"
- Consumer product background — has designed for B2C audiences at scale
- Opinions and backbone — has a design philosophy, can defend it under pushback, willing to disagree with a founder
- Chemistry and personality — interesting hobbies, curiosity, authenticity
- Ownership mindset — end-to-end, from problem definition to shipped solution
- Comfortable with experimentation, A/B testing, data-led iteration
- Early-stage or founding designer experience
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with social/viral product mechanics
- Background at companies like Spotify, Strava, Notion, Monzo, or similar consumer PLG products
- Some craft/taste for visual design (not just process)
- Hobbies: Enjoys the outdoors, sports, or some other physical activity.
Conditions:
- Remote in Europe (preference: Western/continental Europe)
- Portugal/Lisbon relocation sponsorship possible
- Salary: no fixed budget, flexible
- Stock options: yes
- Contract type: full-time employment, independent contractor
What you'll do
- Own the full design process end-to-end, from understanding ambiguous problems to shipping solutions without needing the problem framed in advance.
- Partner directly with Oisin, a founding designer, and the wider team on product direction, roadmap priorities, and design philosophy; bring a point of view and defend it.
- Drive consumer experience design, including onboarding, social/viral loops, retention, and growth surfaces.
- Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment: ship features, measure impact, and iterate fast.
- Eventually help shape the broader design team alongside the founding designer.
What they require
- Strong senior craft and design thinking skills across mobile and web.
- Strong product thinking: can take a vague brief, frame and solve the problem independently, and show why before how.
- Consumer product background: has designed for B2C audiences at scale.
- Has opinions and backbone: has a design philosophy, can defend it under pushback, and is willing to disagree with a founder.
- Chemistry and personality: interesting hobbies, curiosity, and authenticity.
- Ownership mindset: end-to-end from problem definition to shipped solution.
- Comfortable with experimentation, A/B testing, and data-led iteration.
- Early-stage or founding designer experience.
- Preferred: Experience with social/viral product mechanics.
- Preferred: Background at companies like Spotify, Strava, Notion, Monzo, or similar consumer PLG products.
- Preferred: Some craft/taste for visual design, not just process.
- Preferred: Enjoys the outdoors, sports, or some other physical activity.
Benefits
- Portugal/Lisbon relocation sponsorship possible.
- Stock options.
SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students. It helps them stay motivated to study subjects from Biology and Mathematics to Literature and Art.