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We’re redefining how people consume news, offering a personalized, free, on-demand experience across connected TVs, mobile, web, and automotive interfaces. We partner with hundreds of broadcasters and are expanding into premium experiences that bring trust, innovation and simplicity to everyday news consumption.\nAbout the Role\nWe’re looking for an experienced Product/UX Designer to shape how viewers experience Haystack across all device surfaces. You’ll help deepen engagement, strengthen retention, and make the product easier and more enjoyable for millions of users.\nThis is a hands-on IC role within a small, nimble team. You’ll collaborate closely with the founders, engineering and QA to make thoughtful design decisions, advocate for user-centered improvements, and take work from concept through polished implementation. We work in short, experimental cycles, shipping quickly, learning and refining.\nResponsibilities\nCross-platform product design\n Own end-to-end design for a variety of new features across product surfaces (onboarding, personalization, discovery, playback, subscription flows) across iOS, Android, web, connected TV and automotive systems. Ensure cohesion and accessibility across touchpoints, and work closely with engineering during implementation to maintain fidelity and polish.\nUser-centered problem solving\n Translate product goals into clear flows, wireframes and high-quality UI. Use research insights, user feedback and data to refine and iterate on your work.\nEngagement & retention design\n Create experiences that help viewers get more value from Haystack by improving discovery, enjoyment and long-term retention.\nCollaboration & communication\n Work with founders, engineering and QA to scope projects, validate assumptions, support implementation and ensure designs are built as intended. Communicate design decisions clearly and collaboratively.\nDesign system contributions\n Contribute to our cross-platform design system - including components, patterns, interactions and visual standards - to improve consistency and scalability as the product evolves.\nExecution & iteration\n Prototype solutions, test concepts quickly, gather insights and ship incremental improvements. Help design and evaluate product experiments; you’ll help shape hypotheses, create testable UI variations, review results, and use insights to refine the experience.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nExperience: 4+ years designing consumer digital products with a strong portfolio showing mobile, web and/or CTV work. 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