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Plaud · 1 day ago

Head of Design, UED

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$250K/yr - $350K/yr

8+ years exp

Plaud Inc. is building the world's most trusted AI work companion for professionals. The Head of Design will define the global product experience standard, lead the design of AI-native interaction paradigms, and ensure high-quality design specifications across teams.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define the global product experience standard and visual language; build and maintain the cross-platform Design System (App/Web/Desktop)

Design and implement AI-native interaction paradigms (Agents, intent-based workflows, multi-turn dialogues)

Lead information architecture and core interaction frameworks, delivering high-quality, high-fidelity design specifications

Serve as the design quality gatekeeper, reviewing and elevating deliverables from the China-based design team to ensure international SOTA standards

Establish effective cross-cultural and asynchronous collaboration processes, enabling scalable and consistent design execution across global teams

Qualification

UI/UX design experienceDesign SystemsAI product interactionCross-platform Design SystemCommunication skillsProblem framingCross-cultural collaborationEnglish fluency

Required

8–12+ years of UI/UX design experience with real product launches in North America or Europe

Demonstrated ability to build Design Systems, visual languages, and multi-platform interaction frameworks

Strong experience in AI product interaction (e.g., agents, conversational UX, intent modeling, AI workflows)

Deep product thinking and the ability to articulate design rationale, problem framing, and end-to-end decision-making

Excellent communication skills; fluent in English; proven cross-cultural collaboration experience in distributed teams

Benefits

Top-tier healthcare for employees and dependents, including dental and vision, and a generous employer subsidy.

401(k) plan for full time employees with company matching.

Unlimited PTO, plus 13 paid holidays.

12 weeks of paid time off to spend time with your new family, regardless of gender.

Minimum of 3x in office per week.

New hires are equipped with their choice of new top-of-the-line laptops and workstation setups.

Best office equipment.

Annual offsites.

Free office drinks and snacks.

Company

Plaud

Plaud is building the world's most trusted AI work companion for professionals through AI note-taking solutions.

Founded in 2021

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.plaud.ai/

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