Lead AI Experience Designer
Eliza · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Lead / Founding Hire
- Fully remote
- AI & LLM focus
- Equity options
- Client-facing role
As the first dedicated designer at Eliza, you will define how the company approaches design across its portfolio of AI services. You will partner with AI Product Managers and Forward Deployed Engineers to transform complex AI capabilities into polished, trustworthy products.
The role balances high-level strategy with hands-on execution, requiring you to build reusable design systems while delivering production-ready interfaces for priority client engagements. You will use modern AI tools to accelerate your workflow while maintaining rigorous design standards.
What you'll do
- Establish design principles, standards, and operating rhythms for AI products
- Build reusable design systems and interaction patterns for engineering teams
- Lead user discovery, workflow research, and usability testing with stakeholders
- Design end-to-end experiences from early concepts to high-fidelity interfaces
- Partner with engineers to translate AI constraints into interface standards
- Use AI-native tools to accelerate research, ideation, and prototyping
- Present design rationale and guide decisions in client-facing sessions
What you'll need
- 5+ years in product, UX, or service design
- Proven experience owning end-to-end product design cycles
- Strong capability in user research, interviews, and usability testing
- Ability to make clear recommendations in ambiguous environments
- Portfolio demonstrating thoughtful interaction design and visual craft
- Experience collaborating with product managers and engineers to ship products
- Strong client-facing communication and facilitation skills
- Comfort managing multiple concurrent workstreams effectively
- Practical understanding of how modern AI systems shape user experiences
Nice to have
- Experience designing AI-enabled or data-heavy enterprise products
- Familiarity with LLMs, agents, and human-in-the-loop system constraints
- Background in consulting or professional services environments
- Experience designing for complex or regulated industries
- History of building design systems or reusable interaction patterns
What you get
- Founding opportunity to define company design practice
- Competitive base salary plus performance incentives
- Equity options in a growing AI services company
- Exposure to diverse industries and high-impact AI problems
- Travel opportunities for on-site client engagements