About Air

Air is a Creative Ops System for Marketers. Our product automates the mindless tasks that marketers do every day to manage content and unlocks creativity through image recognition, automated versioning, and approval workflows. We launched in March 2021 and have raised $38M+ from world-class venture capital groups including Tiger Global, Headline Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, WndrCo, and Slack Ventures.

The Role

At Air, our Principal Designer will lead by example, working hands-on to deliver exceptional design outcomes. This role is focused on executing high-impact product design with minimal oversight. If youre passionate about shaping design strategy, tackling complex challenges, and driving innovative solutions that impact users and the business, this role will allow you to lead by example and leave a lasting mark on Airs product direction.

Shape and drive Air’s overarching design vision, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company goals.
Leverage your design expertise to tackle complex challenges and deliver high-quality, functional products that stand out in the market.
Lead user research initiatives, synthesizing qualitative and quantitative insights to continuously refine design approaches.
Mentor and elevate junior designers, fostering a strong culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence.
Influence cross-functional processes, identifying and implementing opportunities to refine design workflows across teams.

Your experience

You have 8+ years of experience in product design within a fast-paced, high-growth environment, with a proven track record of leading and developing design teams, ideally in SaaS or technology-driven businesses.
Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting design concepts, strategy, and research findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Proven ability to take concepts and ideas to execution and close, embracing both big-picture objectives and following through on details.
Detail-oriented, self-motivated with a passion for pixel perfection, consistency, organization, usability, and discoverability.
Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools. Familiarity with HTML / CSS / Javascript is a plus!