Founding UI/UX Designer (Staff / Principal)

Consumer Travel is Ripe for Disruption

Today's travelers are seeking personalized, immersive, and authentic experiences that reflect their unique tastes and interests. They want to be inspired, to feel the thrill of discovery, and to seamlessly benefit from technology throughout their journeys. Yet, the current travel landscape is a maze of disjointed self-serve transactions, often leaving travelers feeling frustrated and unfulfilled. The explosion of travel booking sites is sucking the fun out of getting away, with travelers needing to visit dozens of websites to plan a trip and often needing to resort to time consuming offline strategies. As a result, the joy of travel is often overshadowed by the stress of planning, with travelers spending significantly more time researching a vacation today than just a few years ago. 

Our AI-Native Travel Concierge

Introducing Everyday Agents, a stealth startup backed by four top venture funds that is reimagining the way we travel. Everyday Agents is building an AI-powered Travel Concierge (currently in private beta) that simplifies the process of discovering, planning, and booking trips, all in one app. It intuitively understands your preferences, assists in uncovering stays, activities, and dining options, and supports travelers throughout their journey, from exploring potential destinations to accommodating last-minute changes during a trip. It’s like having a personal travel agent, but better, as it’s affordable, available 24/7, responds within seconds, and is armed with local insights, captivating photos, maps, itineraries, pricing, and availability. By harnessing the latest advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) and pioneering breakthroughs in Agent Architectures, Everyday Agents is poised to revolutionize the travel industry.

Market Opportunity

Contributing over 10% to the global GDP, the travel and tourism sector is on the brink of a significant transformation resulting from fundamental shifts in consumer preferences. Newer generations are prioritizing experiences, particularly travel, over material possessions, and the influence of social media is further fueling this trend by inspiring travelers to seek out unique and personalized experiences. As a result, the online travel market, already a $2.3 trillion industry, is projected to grow by more than 10% per year through 2030. With its focus on crafting exquisite, personalized trips, Everyday Agents is well positioned to capitalize on these trends and transform the way we travel. 

Why Everyday Agents?

Everyday Agents' ability to execute this vision is underpinned by an experienced founding team and investors with highly-relevant expertise. Our CEO is Jonathan Downey, a three-time AI-startup founder, MIT engineer, and 3rd generation pilot with a lifelong passion for travel. Additional co-founders and founding team members bring decades of expertise in consumer apps and data-driven personalization and include a senior data leader from Stitchfix and the Head of ML from Candidate Labs. The company is backed by former executives from Pinterest, Twitter, and Stitchfix alongside top AI-focused venture funds including SignalFire, Moxxie Ventures, and Fuel Capital.

As the Founding UX/UI Designer, you will be at the forefront of our design and product development efforts. Your role is pivotal in pioneering and leading our research, prototyping, testing, and visual design initiatives. Your work will ensure that our design and product decisions are deeply rooted in user insights, thereby strengthening the user-centric foundation of our founding team. You will be tasked with imagining entirely new interactions between AI Agents, Consumers, and interactive User Interfaces, reporting directly to the Head of Product.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving a vision for how the product looks and feels overall. You will be ideating and designing new ideas that enable travelers to create exquisite, personalized trips. Your expertise in creating holistic products will be crucial in launching delightful experiences that people will love. Your work will directly impact the way travelers, their friends, and their families experience their journeys.

This is an exciting opportunity to help millions of people have the most enjoyable and easeful travel experiences. We are aiming to create the best possible experience for travelers, and your role will be instrumental in achieving this goal. If you are passionate about creating user-centric designs and have a knack for turning complex problems into simple, beautiful, and intuitive designs, then this is the perfect role for you.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Brings deep consumer expertise:

• Is an expert at zero to one: 

• Is a generalist who spikes in UX: You’re a respected designer and product thinker that has mastered your craft and will help establish foundational practices for discovery, research, testing & validation, IA, IXD, UI/UX, and yes, brand. You’ll have help in areas you need backup on, since no one can do all these things alone.

• Leads by doing: A leader who prefers to lead by doing. You can’t resist the urge to practice your craft by rolling up your sleeves and working alongside your team to unlock creativity

• Loves getting in early: This is a founding role with the opportunity to expand our beta offering and launch our full product to consumers within months. You’re excited about taking responsibility for how our overall product looks, feels, and solves problems for travelers.

Bonus Criteria

• You’ve been a founding designer or early designer on a successful consumer product

• You bring domain expertise from the travel & hospitality industry 

• You have experience in marketing & brand design

• You have a trusted network of specialist collaborators in research, design, storytelling, or marketing 

The compensation package for this role is meant to align with top Series-A companies and includes:

• Cash Compensation: The expected total cash compensation for US employees in this position is $160K - $220K.

• Equity: As a founding designer on the team, you will be granted significant ownership in the company

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents

Compensation Range: $160K - $220K