Staff Product Designer
Job description
About the role
Conveo is building an AI research platform designed to enable fast, affordable, and high quality consumer and B2B research through a new generation of intelligent tooling. The company serves global brands such as Unilever, Google, and Orange, who use its AI video interviewer across insights, marketing, and product teams to accelerate decision making. This Staff Product Designer role represents the first senior design hire at Conveo, placing you at the center of product definition for an entirely new category of AI-native research tools. You will own product design end-to-end, translating ambiguous, high-impact problems into clear, intuitive experiences that make complex research workflows feel effortless and delightful. Because product thinking is a shared discipline here, you will work directly with founders, engineers, and customers, rather than operating in a siloed product hierarchy. If you thrive in this kind of collaborative, fast-moving environment and want to shape the future of AI-assisted research, this role is a rare opportunity to define the foundations of the product and its long-term vision from the ground up.
Key facts
What you'll do
Deliver high-quality, user-centered designs that evolve Conveo's core product surfaces and elevate the overall experience across customer journeys.
Design, prototype, and test new AI-powered workflows - from interview setup to insight synthesis - ensuring complicated research processes feel simple, clear, and intuitive for users.
Shape the future of AI-assisted research tools by exploring interaction models that move beyond traditional SaaS patterns and lean into intelligent, adaptive experiences.
Turn ambiguous, high-impact problems into concrete products, navigating the journey from early vision and strategy, through roadmap definition, to successful execution and launch.
Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and leadership to define both long-term strategic direction and near-term execution details, aligning design with technical feasibility.
Craft high-quality UI and interaction design that sets a new standard for design excellence and consistency across Conveo's product portfolio.
Lead design reviews and contribute to a strong culture of feedback, iteration, and craft, helping the team refine outcomes through constructive critique and experimentation.
Help establish the foundations of the design system, processes, and product design culture as the first designer, creating structures that enable scalability and coherence as the company grows.
Explore emerging patterns for AI-driven research tools, advocating for experiences that balance depth of capability with ease of use for both expert and non-expert users.
Partner directly with customers to synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights, translating findings into design decisions that strengthen product-market fit.
Work iteratively in a fast-paced environment, using prototypes and experiments to validate assumptions and refine solutions before committing to full implementation.
Support the creation of design artifacts such as flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes that communicate vision clearly to stakeholders and builders.
Contribute to documentation and best practices that empower engineers and product colleagues to maintain quality and consistency over time.
Engage with leadership to articulate the design vision in a compelling way, securing alignment and buy-in for ambitious product initiatives.
Continuously learn and bring back insights from user research, competitive analysis, and industry trends to keep the design strategy current and impactful.
Requirements
8+ years of relevant product design experience at a product-driven tech company or high-velocity startup, demonstrating sustained responsibility and impact.
A portfolio that showcases strong design fundamentals, polished UI craft, and thoughtful end-to-end product thinking, from problem framing through execution and outcomes.
Experience partnering closely with cross-functional teams to shape product direction, working alongside engineers, researchers, and business stakeholders.
Ability to balance user needs, business goals, and multiple stakeholder inputs while maintaining clarity on priorities and tradeoffs.
Skilled at communicating design decisions clearly and persuasively across disciplines, using narrative, visuals, and data to influence outcomes.
Strong ability to influence product strategy and raise the design bar across the company, even in the absence of formal authority.
Comfortable presenting work to company leadership through a clear and compelling story that connects design choices to business and user impact.
Experience working on ambiguous, complex problems that span multiple product areas, requiring synthesis, judgment, and iterative exploration.
Comfort with navigating incomplete information and making reasoned decisions while moving quickly in a startup context.
Strong ownership mindset, taking initiative to identify gaps, drive progress, and follow through on commitments without needing constant direction.
Collaborative mindset, willing to give and receive critical feedback in a constructive way to improve both designs and team processes.
Commitment to maintaining high standards of design quality, usability, and accessibility in the products you help create.
Willingness to contribute hands-on design work, including prototyping and detailed UI refinement, when necessary to unblock the team.
Nice to have
Excitement about designing for AI-native products and strong opinions about what makes a great AI experience, backed by examples in your portfolio.
Experience designing tools for technical or expert users, such as researchers, analysts, builders, and data-focused professionals.
Comfort prototyping quickly using Figma, code, or AI tools, and leading through experimentation rather than only pixel-perfect outputs.
Ability to craft and advocate for new design patterns and interaction models that go beyond existing design systems and conventions.
Startup experience or a strong desire to build within a small, fast-moving team where scope and responsibilities can shift rapidly.
Passion for helping others grow and actively raising design maturity across the organization through mentorship and knowledge sharing.
Practical notes
This role can sit in either the London or Antwerp office, reflecting the hybrid working model.
The company operates a hybrid working model with a preference for 3 days a week in the office.
Social events include company gatherings such as rooftop drinks, dinners, sports, and run clubs to support team connection.
Selected candidates should expect to participate in team social activities as part of integration and culture building.
Why this role is special
This is not a "slot into an org chart" design role. As Conveo's first designer, you will define the product design function from scratch, shaping how AI and humans collaborate in research and building experiences that feel trustworthy, elegant, and deeply human. You will have direct influence over the company's direction and taste, helping to establish long-term product strategy and design culture from day one.
Why join us
Work with the latest AI models at the cutting edge of what is possible in research and knowledge workflows.
Work at a hyper-growth, Y Combinator-backed startup where speed, impact, and execution are highly valued.
Collaborate with a team that is obsessed with excellence and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes.
Access to competitive compensation, including meaningful equity (stock options) with real upside potential over time.
Hybrid working model with offices in London, Antwerp, and New York, supporting flexibility and location choice.
Regular company socials, including rooftop drinks, dinners, sports, and run clubs to strengthen relationships.
Summer and winter off-sites with past locations such as Austria and Las Vegas, and upcoming plans to gather in Portugal.
Private health insurance to support your wellbeing.
Enhanced employer pension contribution to support your long-term financial goals.
Referral program that rewards you up to $5,000 for every successful candidate you recommend who joins the team.
If you want to build the future of AI-powered knowledge work and do the best design work of your career, we invite you to apply and share your story with us.