Founding Product Designer

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Salary range: Rs 6000000 - Rs 7500000 (ie INR 60 - 75 LPA)

Min Experience: 3+ years

Location: Gurgaon

JobType: full-time

Work Mode: 6 Days a Week

Reporting: Directly to the Founders

About the Role

We are looking for a highly creative and hands-on Founding Product Designer to own and shape the end-to-end product design experience for an AI-powered consumer platform. The product aims to make everyday tasks easier for millions of Indian users through autonomous AI assistants that can understand intent, plan actions, coordinate services, manage bookings, make calls, and deliver verified outcomes.

This is not a traditional UI/UX role. You will work directly with the founders, product, and engineering teams to rethink how people interact with AI, moving beyond conventional chat-based interfaces towards proactive, agent-driven experiences.

As the founding designer, you will establish the product's design language, define its interaction principles, and build intuitive, engaging, and scalable consumer experiences from the ground up. You will also have the opportunity to shape the design vision and eventually build and lead the design team.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Product Design

• Own the complete product design lifecycle, from user research and problem discovery to wireframing, prototyping, implementation, and launch.
• Design intuitive, high-quality, mobile-first consumer experiences.
• Translate complex AI capabilities into simple, accessible, and engaging user interactions.
• Collaborate closely with founders, product managers, and engineering teams to develop and ship products rapidly.

2. AI-Native Interaction Design

• Design proactive AI experiences where the assistant anticipates user needs rather than relying entirely on user prompts.
• Create dynamic, context-aware interfaces that adapt to user intent, preferences, and tasks.
• Explore generative UI, conversational interactions, and agent-driven workflows.
• Simplify complex, multi-step user journeys into seamless and intuitive experiences.

3. Design Systems & Visual Excellence

• Build the product's design language and design system from scratch, including components, design tokens, typography, motion, and micro-interactions.
• Establish consistent and scalable design principles across the product.
• Deliver high standards of visual design, interaction design, usability, and accessibility.
• Balance aesthetic quality with functionality and product performance.

4. Product Thinking & Execution

• Work closely with engineers to translate design concepts and prototypes into production-ready experiences.
• Use Figma, interactive prototypes, AI-powered design tools, and rapid experimentation to validate design decisions.
• Leverage user research, behavioural analytics, and product feedback to continuously improve user experiences.
• Take ownership of the final product experience and shipped outcomes, not just design deliverables.

5. Founding Team Ownership

• Contribute to defining the product vision, design philosophy, and overall user experience strategy.
• Operate independently in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.
• Establish design processes, standards, and workflows as the product and team scale.
• Build, mentor, and eventually lead the design team as the organisation grows.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on product design experience, preferably within consumer-focused startups.
• Strong experience designing and shipping mobile-first, high-engagement consumer products end-to-end.
• Experience owning products from concept to production, ideally in zero-to-one or early-stage environments.
• Exceptional skills in UI/UX design, visual design, interaction design, prototyping, and design systems.
• Strong product thinking and the ability to simplify complex workflows into intuitive user experiences.
• Hands-on proficiency in Figma and modern prototyping tools.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and translate design concepts into functional products.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating shipped consumer products, design decisions, and measurable product impact.
• Ability to work with high ownership, autonomy, and adaptability in a fast-moving startup environment.

Must-Have Skills

• Product Design
• UI/UX Design

Good-to-Have Skills

• AI-Native Products
• Conversational Interfaces
• Agentic Workflows

Additional Advantages

• Experience designing consumer products at scale, particularly for Indian users.
• Experience building design systems from scratch.
• Exposure to AI-powered products, conversational interfaces, agentic workflows, or generative UI.
• Familiarity with Figma Make, AI-assisted design workflows, or frontend prototyping.
• Previous experience leading design initiatives or mentoring other designers.