Crossing Hurdles · 18 hours ago
Founding Designer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expCrossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with a fast-growing, product-led consumer technology company that is redefining how creators, communities, and digital businesses monetize online. The role involves owning end-to-end product design for a platform that enables creators to sell digital products and subscriptions, requiring collaboration with product and engineering teams to define product direction and improve user experiences.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end product design across creator-facing and customer-facing experiences, from onboarding to monetization, payouts, and growth features
Design intuitive, high-conversion interfaces that balance power-user functionality with simplicity for first-time creators
Partner closely with product, engineering, and leadership to define product direction in a fast-moving, low-bureaucracy environment
Translate ambiguous product ideas into clear user flows, interaction patterns, and polished, production-ready UI
Create and evolve scalable design systems that support rapid experimentation without sacrificing quality or consistency
Drive improvements across checkout, subscriptions, analytics, and creator tooling to increase activation, retention, and revenue
Use data, experimentation, and user feedback to iterate quickly and make informed design decisions
Act as a strong individual contributor with ownership over large product areas and visible business impact
Qualification
Required
5–8+ years of experience as a Product Designer working on consumer-facing or marketplace products
Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership, product thinking, and high-quality visual execution
Experience designing complex workflows involving payments, subscriptions, or transactional systems
Comfortable working in fast-paced startup environments with evolving requirements and minimal process
Strong collaboration skills with engineers, PMs, and leadership
Deep fluency in modern design tools (Figma, auto-layout, components, variants)
Ability to balance speed, craft, and business impact
Strong product judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete information
Benefits
Competitive base
Meaningful equity
Company
Crossing Hurdles
At Crossing Hurdles, we specialise in customised recruitment and staffing solutions designed to drive success for businesses and professionals.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase