Senior Product Designer

About Us

Circle is building the world’s leading all-in-one platform for online communities. We make it possible for creators coaches educators and businesses to bring together their audience with engaging discussions live streams events chat courses and payments — all in one place all under their own brand.

We’re proud to be a fully remote company of around 150 (and growing!) team members from 30+ countries around the world. We strive to find exceptional talent empower them to do their best work and in turn have a meaningful impact in their own lives. We don’t track hours but we manage for outcomes in an a-synchronous culture.

Twice a year we bring the whole company together for incredible company retreats in beautiful places around the world!

About the Role

As a Senior Product Designer at Circle your role extends beyond crafting beautiful interfaces; you are a strategic partner influencing our community engagement SaaS platform's future. You'll have a high degree of autonomy and will be entrusted with significant responsibilities shaping user experiences and design outcomes. Your work will contribute to Circle's growing impact in a sector that is not only culturally significant but also a major economic driver generating billions globally. As Circle strives to be the go-to platform for creators looking to scale their communities and monetize their content your role will be instrumental in turning that vision into a reality.

What you'll be doing

• Lead end-to-end design projects from concept to launch ensuring exceptional UX/UI design.

• Craft detailed user flows wireframes prototypes and high-fidelity designs.

• Leverage analytics and user data to identify design opportunities optimize user experience and guide your design decisions.

• Communicate your design decisions effectively to senior leadership developers and other stakeholders ensuring that your vision is aligned with business goals and user needs.

• Stay updated on the competitive landscape keeping tabs on competitor movements and emerging trends in technology design styles and user engagement.

• Be proactive in researching improvements in the broader design and tech scene and bring fresh ideas to the table.

• Engage in various forms of communication—including asynchronous—to update teams ask the right questions and proactively remove blockers in your design process.

• Regularly review our live applications taking full ownership for the UI and UX state of features under your responsibility.

• Actively participate in the review process as a feature nears launch ensuring it meets the highest UI and UX standards.

• Work hand-in-hand with developers throughout the implementation process offering design guidance and ensuring fidelity to the original design.

What you'll need to be successful

• Strong alignment with our values. Find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet.

• You are proficient in English (spoken written and reading) at a CEFR Level C1 / ILR Level 5 .

• 6+ years of experience in product design with a strong portfolio showcasing UX/UI expertise.

• Proficiency in Figma demonstrating your skill in creating detailed high-fidelity design mockups and prototypes.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills capable of presenting complex design concepts clearly and persuasively.

• A data-driven approach leaning on both qualitative and quantitative insights to guide your designs.

• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with multiple departments.

• Keen attention to detail ensuring a seamless and pixel-perfect end product.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design Human-Computer Interaction or a related field is preferred.

$120000 - $130000 a year

Cash compensation is a starting point and we want all of our team members to be able to grow in their roles. In addition to equity benefits and perks our cash compensation is subject to an annual review and increase on a once per year basis on the hire date anniversary.

The fun stuff

Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!

Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.

Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years.

Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.*

Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family or medical reimbursement options where applicable!*

Parental leave for parents expanding their family or just starting one.

Home office stipend to help you get up and running.

Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.

Annual bonus potential for roles that don't already receive variable income or commission.

Company retreats: Twice a year the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia Portugal and Mexico with more planned on the horizon.

Check out our Careers page for more.

* Your role location and unique circumstance may affect this.

Diversity Equity & Inclusion

As a fully-remote international company diversity is baked into our DNA. Here’s how our CEO Sid Yadav frames our hiring mission: “let’s find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world set them up to do the best work of their lives and in turn change their life.” To achieve this hiring mission we offer competitive U.S.-benchmarked compensation no matter where someone’s located in the world and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds cultures and lived experiences in our teams.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such we do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.