Founding Product Designer

ABOUT US

Conversion is the AI-native marketing automation platform for modern software companies. Our platform lets growth teams run their entire go-to-market motion in one place, from acquisition through retention, with AI agents doing the work that legacy tools like Marketo, HubSpot, and Pardot can't.

We've raised $28M+ from Abstract Ventures, True Ventures, and HOF Capital. The team is based in San Francisco and includes engineers, designers, and operators from Airbnb, Palantir, Pinterest, IMC, Shopify, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Hey there! 👋 Kyle here - Head of Product at Conversion. This is a special role to me, as I started here as a product designer, and Levi and I currently own every design decision at Conversion, from design systems to interaction patterns to sock designs. It's a hard role for me to relinquish, but one I'm really excited to fill and bring on some more amazing design talent.

We work in a very competitive space with legacy incumbents (HubSpot, Salesforce, Adobe), which means design and user interactions carry a large weight in convincing customers to ditch incumbent software for a small startup. We care very deeply about craft because we already have to show we are reputable, intentional, elegant software. And having an email designer that is used by design and content teams only is icing on the cake.

With that being said, here's what we are looking for in our first designer:

- High visual design craft and taste. We have an established design system and component library. Arranging those pieces is easy, but working on finer interactions, building in moments of delight, and being opinionated about those decisions is much harder. Someone who can flex (and is excited!) about doing some visual work when needed (LinkedIn banners, company merch, etc.) is a bonus.

- A strong understanding of our product. I don't need a PM, but I need someone who will use our tool and have an opinion on how and what to craft. All of our eng...