Design Lead
About The Position
Sun Day is a tech-driven consumer carwash chain reimagining a legacy category. Founded by leaders from Blue Bottle Coffee, Modern Animal, and Square, we’re building premium, experience-first locations across California with ambitious growth ahead. We currently operate 6 locations, with our 7th launching soon, and are at an inflection point where design quality directly impacts customer trust, conversion, and long-term retention. We’re looking for a Design Lead to own design across Sun Day’s digital and on-site experiences, operating at the intersection of product design, brand expression, and customer experience. You’ll work closely with a small, senior engineering team and company leadership to shape how customers, members, and operators interact with Sun Day every day, from first impression to repeat visits. This role starts product-heavy and expands into broader brand and marketing ownership as we grow.
Requirements
- 4+ years of product design experience, ideally on consumer-facing products
- Strong portfolio showing product thinking and visual taste
- Deep proficiency in Figma
- Experience designing for mobile screens
- Familiarity with design systems and scalable components
- Ability to clearly articulate design decisions and tradeoffs
- Thrives in small, fast-moving teams with real ownership
- Comfortable with ambiguity and setting direction where none exists
- Has strong opinions, but iterates quickly and pragmatically
- Excited to modernize a traditional, physical-world business through software and design
Nice To Haves
- Experience with retail, hospitality, or location-based businesses
- Familiarity with POS or operational software
- Adobe Creative Suite experience
- Early-stage startup background
Responsibilities
- Product Design: Own end-to-end design for our POS, member web app, admin tools, and marketing site
- Brand Expression: Maintain and evolve our visual language across digital products, on-site screens, and all other customer touchpoints
- Design Systems: Build and scale a shared component library across multiple products and platforms
- Customer Experience: Identify UX friction, experiment with solutions, and ship improvements that drive conversion, retention, and clarity
- Marketing & Growth Assets: Support new location launches, promotions, referrals, loyalty, and lifecycle initiatives
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- Real ownership and influence over product and brand direction
- Free car washes at any Sun Day location
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
