Senior Product Designer

Company:

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.

Team:

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.

Responsibilities and key results:

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)

Must-haves:

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:

Experience with social/viral product mechanics

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.

Conditions:

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