Product Designer, Design Systems

Captions is the AI-powered creative studio. Millions of creators around the world have used Captions to make their video content stand out from the pack and we're on a mission to empower the next billion.

Based in NYC, we are a team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, designers, and marketers. You'll be joining an early team where you'll have an outsized impact on both the product and company's culture.

We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, Lenny Rachitsky, and more.

Check out our latest milestone and our recent feature on the TODAY show and the New York Times.

** Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square) **

About the Role:

We are looking for a Design Systems Designer to join our Product Design team here at Captions. You will own and evolve our internal design system. This role involves designing key components, identifying opportunities and gaps, and setting a strategic direction to ensure the long-term effectiveness and relevance of our design systems. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with various design and engineering teams, lead the development of UI components and patterns for both desktop and mobile web, and native apps, and champion design excellence across the product organization.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of Captions' design system, driving it forward with innovative ideas and improvements.

• Design and refine UI components, identifying opportunities for system enhancement.

• Set a clear vision and strategy for the design system, focusing on long-term effectiveness and relevance.

• Collaborate closely with multiple design and engineering teams to ensure cohesive and innovative design solutions.

• Lead the development of UI components and patterns for a range of platforms including desktop, mobile web, and native applications.

• Drive design excellence across the product organization, supporting teams in delivering consistent and high-quality user experiences.

• Develop and maintain design system documentation, ensuring its accuracy and ease of discoverability. 

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a product or visual designer, with significant experience in designing native apps for iOS and Android. 

• Demonstrable experience building and maintaining a design system. 

• A Bachelor's degree in HCI, Interaction Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Demonstrated experience in exploring and defining emerging patterns, and evolving a design system through thoughtful systems thinking.

• Proven ability to utilize both quantitative and qualitative insights to inform and guide design decisions.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

• Anything you need to do your best work

• We’ve done team off-sites to places like Paris, London, Park City, Los Angeles, Upstate NY, and Nashville with more planned in the future.

Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.