About the Role
- Team has two current designers — both very strong in execution (Figma, component systems, detail work).
- The new hire would need strong senior craft and design thinking skills across mobile and web.
- Reports directly to Oisin.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own the full design process end-to-end — from understanding ambiguous problems to shipping solutions, without needing the problem framed in advance.
- Partner directly with Oisin and a founding designer as well as wider team on product direction, roadmap priorities, and design philosophy — bring a point of view and defend it.
- Drive consumer experience design: onboarding, social/viral loops, retention, growth surfaces.
- Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment — ship features, measure impact, iterate fast.
- Eventually help shape the broader design team alongside founding designer (~3 total planned).
What You'll Bring
Strong product thinking — takes a vague brief and frames + solves the problem independently. Shows "why" before "how".
Consumer product background — has designed for B2C audiences at scale.
Opinions and backbone — has a design philosophy, can defend it under pushback, willing to disagree with a founder.
Chemistry and personality — interesting hobbies, curiosity, authenticity.
Ownership mindset — end-to-end, from problem definition to shipped solution.
Comfortable with experimentation, A/B testing, data-led iteration.
Early-stage or founding designer experience.
Nice to Have
Background at companies like Spotify, Strava, Notion, Monzo, or similar consumer PLG products.
Some craft/taste for visual design (not just process).
Hobbies: Enjoys the outdoors, sports, or some other physical activity.
Compensation & Benefits
- Remote in Europe (preference: Western/continental Europe).
- Portugal/Lisbon relocation sponsorship possible.
- Salary: no fixed budget, flexible.
- Stock options: yes.
- Contract type: full-time employment, independent contractor.
About SimpleStudy
- SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students.
- We help them stay motivated to study their subjects - everything from Biology and Mathematics to Literature and Art.
- Our small team has already helped +1.5 M students worldwide (UK, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia) study better, and ~40–50k new students join us every week.
- We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, having recently raised ~$4M seed round with incredible investors from Strava, OpenAI, and Meta.