Founding Product Designer
Gurgaon
I’m helping a fast-growing consumer startup find its Founding Product Designer. Name stays quiet for now, but the numbers don’t:
📈 150K+ organic downloads (zero paid hype)
🤝 1,200+ real-world meetups happening every month
⏳ 25,000 people waiting on the next product
The mission is to help people build and keep friendships in real life, and the next chapter is bigger: making plans with friends, meeting your next favourite people, and giving your IRL life an identity you’re proud to share.
The design questions are the fun part:
→ How do you make asking someone to hang out feel less awkward?
→ How do you make a weekly plan feel more exciting than a calendar invite?
→ What makes a profile so good that people want to share it?
Who I’m looking for:
✦ Exceptional visual taste, plus real love for interaction design and motion
✦ Strong product judgment: you can take a fuzzy social problem, explore a few directions and say which one is worth testing
✦ A real pulse on Gen Z and Gen Alpha culture. You know what feels fresh, what feels forced, and when a brand is trying too hard
✦ A knack for making things people want to share. If something you designed has ever gone viral, been screenshotted, or turned into a meme, I want to hear about it
✦ Low ego, high standards, and the energy of someone who actually runs the group chat
Bonus points if you:
can prototype in code or with AI tools
have designed invitations, feeds, reactions or sharing mechanics
have strong opinions about art, fashion and what’s on your home screen
keep your friend group’s slightly absurd traditions alive
Probably not a fit if your portfolio is mostly B2B or enterprise, stops at static screens, or you do your best work inside a large team with heavy process.
It’s a founding role in a small team, with competitive salary and meaningful equity.