Product Designer Founding Team

## ## ## At Keel we're looking for a Product Designer to join our founding team and shape our product from the inception

Full-time | Remote | £75,000 - £110,000 | 0.8%-1% Equity

## ## What we’re looking for

After raising a seed round from some fantastic investors we’re now looking for the people who will form our founding Design team. This is an incredible opportunity to join a business at one of the most exciting times - going from nothing to something.

Working closely with the founders you will play a key role in designing and building the first version of the product and getting it in the hands of early customers. We’re building a technically complex product where great design is just as important as making the right technical decisions. By joining this early you will be laying the foundations for design and shaping the product experience.

Please have a quick read about our mission, what drives us and how we work

## ## What you'll do

Although there are still a million decisions to make both big and small, if you join us you will almost definitely be doing some of the following.

Running research sessions to deeply understand our customers and define our product
Shaping the product from the high level proposition right down to the finer details
Creating sketches and prototypes to explore concepts
Distilling complex technical challenges into user experiences that feel intuitive and natural
Defining the early stages of our visual language and design system
Helping to build excellent user interfaces (we are looking for designers with some web development knowledge)
Documenting and communicating your ideas and process with the whole team Shaping our design team culture

## ## How you’ll do it

We are building a team that prides itself on these things.

🚤 Can ship fast. At this early stage of product development we will inevitably make a lot of changes to how things work and so we are comfortable with things being “good enough” until they are proven.
✍🏼 Understand the values of words. Sometimes a written document or flowchart can be worth a thousand Figma artboards and we regularly use these tools to communicate our ideas.
🤝 Gives clear and direct feedback. One of our core values is to help each other out and the best way we can do that is by being honest with each other. So when we’re pairing, sketching concepts, or discussing ideas we always are forthcoming with our feedback.
❓ Embraces ambiguity. There is still so much to work out, both technically and organisationally, but we don’t let that hold us back. We fill in the gaps, use our intuition and do the best we can with the information we have.
🥳 Has fun. We may be building a serious business but we have fun while doing it. Fun doesn’t mean easy though, and we have the most fun when we’re tackling the really hard problems.

## ## ## Equipment

Top spec M1 Macbook Pro
Generous budget to set-up your office space

## ## Benefits

Our benefits are designed to allow everyone to do their best work so it’s about quality over quantity and equity over equality. Also life can get complicated and when things get more challenging we want to support you.

Wellbeing & Health

Comprehensive private health insurance
Access to accredited therapists for one-off or long term mental health support
£1,000/year health and wellness budget
Flexible time off when needed; whether it’s period pains, feeling down, or your child is sick. Whatever the reason, no need to justify or explain, just take the time off.

Childcare & Parental leave

We want all parents to be treated equally and supported in their career growth. That’s why we offer support for childcare and equal parental leave for all.

Maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave - 13 weeks at 100% pay and 13 weeks at 50%
20 days emergency childcare a year + quarterly offsite days
Tax-Free Childcare (in countries where available)

Financial

25 days paid holiday + local national holidays
Pension - we pay 5% of your salary
Share options scheme to ensure everyone owns a piece Keel
Company card for any work related expenses, such as travel to and from an offsite, a team lunch or drinks, or your favourite stationary
Local salary sacrifice schemes where applicable (e.g. Cycle to work, Tax-Free Childcare and EV leasing for the UK)

If you feel something major is missing, don’t let it put you off. Get in touch and let us know!

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Salary and compensation

$90,000 — $150,000/year

Location

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