Product Designer

About Saiga

Hi, we are Saiga, a new company working on revolutionising the way people deal with the bureaucracy and administrative issues in their lives. Saiga is founded by an ex-DeepMind researcher and will employ the latest in Machine Learning as part of our offering.

Position

• As our first product designer you will shape our brand and products. This includes visuals and iconography as well as our style guide, UI and UX
• Working closely with the other two pillars of the company (engineering and product), you will be intimately involved in designing and developing our product, not only from the aesthetic point of view, but also taking the users' perspectives into account 
• You will help design user journeys and create the design language that allows us to turn life admin into a magical and positive experience
• On the design front, you will oversee all aspects of our product, designing key elements yourself and managing contractors and later on your own team members
• Likewise you will help develop our user experience from the ground up, working closely with the rest of the company to turn that vision into a tangible product
• The early stage of the company gives you the freedom to paint on a blank canvas, while at the same time it requires a willingness on your part to pick up the brush and do a good amount of that painting yourself

Your qualification

• 7+ years of relevant experience in digital product design, UI and UX
• A strong background in designing consumer products (digital and otherwise!) 
• Great design skills and the vision and creativity to turn the mundane into the magical
• Deep experience in user research and UX design 
• Experience of working in startups or on products from the point of inception is a big plus
• Embracing the uncertainty that comes with such a state of flux a strict requirement

We know that box-ticking is dull and that nobody fits all the boxes. Even if not all of this applies to you, we'd love to hear from you!

What we offer

In addition to a competitive salary and equity plan, following aspects are central to our company culture:

• Work-life balance: we operate short core-hours to give full flexibility to working parents and night owls alike
• Real responsibility: as an early employee in an ambitious startup we give you a lot of responsibility (and expect you to own it). We are looking for people who want this
• Growth: you bring a lot of experience to the table. We won't stop here - expect an incredibly steep learning curve and the growth opportunities that come with that
• We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. (Really!) We consider all applications equally and strongly encourage people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. We can help with immigration