Product Designer

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About the Opportunity
We're seeking a product designer with strong visual and user interface skills. You'll collaborate with a small, focused design team to work on some of the most impactful experiences shaping entire industries and informing people's daily lives.

What You’ll Do

• Take broad concepts from clients and turn them into meaningful mobile and web interfaces. An example task is designing several mobile app screens based on a specification document and mood board the client provides.
• Interface with stakeholders, like the principal designer, the client, and external developers. An example task is presenting the team's concepts to clients and fielding questions.
• Lead design discovery to uncover the biggest and best opportunities for our clients and us.
• Support other design and marketing initiatives as needed. Some example tasks include designing marketing collateral, social media posts, copywriting pages, and adjusting advertisements.

Your Qualifications
You do not need to submit a cover letter, as we screen portfolios first. You are required to submit a portfolio for consideration. We recommend submitting a portfolio website (URL) with at least 2 product design case studies — user interface design abilities are of critical importance. 1-3 years of experience is ideal but not required.

• You have exceptional mobile and web interface design skills demonstrating impeccable craft and a strong eye for color, type, composition, and interactions.
• You have a solid foundation in UI norms and aesthetic trends but can make novel adjustments and create new interface patterns that do not currently exist.
• You possess an expert understanding of design tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite and an aptitude to learn new tools.
• You are fast but meticulous, can switch gears efficiently, and enjoy contributing to multiple projects at once.

Work quality is the most important factor in our hiring. The work on our site is a good benchmark for thhttps://wellfound.com/recruit/jobs/2412915e quality of design work that we're looking for.

Bonus Points

• Prior experience thriving in an unstructured, fast-paced, and ambitious environment (e.g., agencies, freelancing, startups, etc.)
• Product-design adjacent skills like animation, Webflow, software engineering, illustration, motion design, 3D design, and more.
• Marketing skills like copywriting, SEO, advertising, social media, etc.

Why Join Nen Creative

• Impact: We work with the most promising tech startups and partner directly with the world's largest institutions investing in companies like Doordash, Coinbase, Airbnb, Solana, Lyft, Instagram, Superhuman, and Gusto. At Nen Creative, help us design the future.
• Exposure: At Nen Creative, expect to contribute to a wide breadth of projects. Our work diversity give our designers and us an edge and helps our designers grow.
• Flexibility: More efficient late at night? Prefer to work on certain types of projects? That's fine by us. We are looking for people who get the job done. We'll do our best to accommodate your work schedule and staff you on projects that appeal to you — even if that means we need to find them.

About Nen Creative
Nen Creative is an interdisciplinary studio created to help early-stage companies accelerate their vision through brand, design, and marketing. We partner with the world’s most exceptional founders to craft enduring products and brands that are reshaping the world for the better.

Since our launch in 2022, Nen Creative has worked with some of the world’s premier operators, institutions, and companies. In the past few months, we’ve worked with Pear VC, LA Tech Week, Worca, Andreessen Horowitz, University of Pittsburgh, Somethings, Mercor, Mantis VC, Hearth AI, and more. We are growing rapidly and are looking for talented individuals to join our team!

Nen Creative was started by Jason and Michael, who have both successfully launched startups from the ground up. Jason has his design bachelors from Carnegie Mellon and worked with Google and Boston Consulting Group prior to cofounding Parthean (a Pear-backed consumer fintech startup). Mike has his M.B.A. from INSEAD, previously led growth at ProPhone (YC), and cofounded Jupiterpet, a leading pet-sitting platform.

Compensation and Logistics
Contract salary is based on experience and capabilities (listed in the range below). We're based in NYC and SF, but our teams mostly work hybrd and/or remote. For this role, fully remote is expected though if it converts to FT we'd likely require relocation to one of our locations.

Note
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