Founding Designer

Summary

**Location:** San Francisco \- Hybrid **About Pathos:** Pathos is an early\-stage startup building the world’s first truly intelligent emotional\-health companion. Pathos is a science\-driven, AI\-powered experience designed to make high\-quality emotional support more accessible. Co\-founded by leaders across neuroscience, mental\-health innovation, and consumer tech, Pathos is in active development and preparing for its first product launch. We’re creating a secure, private, multilingual platform grounded in evidence\-based therapeutic approaches, and we’re looking for builders who want to shape the product from the ground up. **The person we’re looking for:** We’re seeking a **Founding Designer** with a proven ability to own the end\-to\-end design process, create polished and intuitive user experiences, and solve user and business problems using design thinking. You thrive in a fast\-paced startup environment and can move quickly without compromising the quality of your outputs. **Job Overview:** Some things you will be responsible for: * Lead the design of a new mobile app from scratch, creating beautiful visuals, intuitive interactions, and innovative UX for our flagship product. * Build a comprehensive, future\-proof design system, with accessibility, internationalization, and modularity in mind. * Collaborate with engineers and product leadership to prioritize the roadmap and scope new features. * Apply a strong user\-centered approach to research and design, translating real user needs into clear, actionable product direction. * Leverage AI tools to accelerate ideation while producing human\-centered, polished designs that align with the Pathos brand. **Requirements** * Proven experience as a product designer, preferably in consumer mobile products. * Expert proficiency in Figma, with strong skills across UX, visual design, typography, iconography, and animation. Nice to have: marketing design experience. * Strong visual communication and design thinking. * Good at understanding users and using research to guide decisions. * Comfortable working in a small, fast\-moving startup team, managing multiple projects, and meeting deadlines. * Understands current and emerging AI trends and can use them to create practical, user\-centered designs. **Benefits** * Health and dental benefits * On\-site parking * Public transportation reimbursement Compensation Range: $140K \- $240K