Lead Product Designer, AI & Experience

• Own the design vision and execution for our civic engagement platform
• Design user-empowering AI interfaces that enable organizations to generate insights and content
• Make opinionated design decisions about information hierarchy and user journeys
• Pioneer change management through design via intuitive flows and feature adoption
• Build and evolve our visual identity and brand expression across the platform
• Design dynamic, responsive interfaces for AI-generated content
• Partner with PMs and engineers to define interaction paradigms for LLM-driven features
• Conduct user research with civic leaders and organizers
• Establish and maintain design systems for data experiences and flexible content creation

• Strategic design leadership with a focus on business outcomes and user value
• Product fluency in AI/LLM UX, including prompt interfaces and progressive AI results
• Full-spectrum design skills: UX research, UI design, interaction and visual design
• Strong technical collaboration with frontend teams
• Research and validation expertise via interviews, testing, and behavioral analysis
• Experience managing or collaborating with contractors and remote teams
• Data-informed design approach using analytics and A/B testing
• 10+ years of product design experience, including senior or lead-level roles
• Proven experience designing products that simplify complex data and workflows
• Strong collaboration history with engineering in fast-paced product environments
• Experience in engagement-driven domains like political tech, social media, or civic tech
• Familiarity with AI/ML product development, conversational interfaces, or prompt engineering
• Background in user research and translating insights into product strategy

Bonus: Experience with design systems and scalable design infrastructure