Senior Product Designer

Cantina • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $190,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Cantina Labs is a social AI company developing real-time models and a social AI platform. The Senior Visual Product Designer will create polished, high-fidelity interfaces across mobile and desktop and help build the design system that supports a consistent product as it grows. This is a hands-on design role on a small team, working closely with design leads, product designers, engineers, and product managers. The role emphasizes visual craft and systems thinking rather than process management.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience in interactive art direction or visual product design.
• A portfolio of shipped, consumer-facing work demonstrating exceptional visual craft in typography, spacing, layout, color, and overall look and feel.
• Hands-on experience building a design system or the visual foundations of a large platform, including tokens, components, and the rules behind them.
• A systems mindset, with the ability to design reusable components and rules and explain the reasoning behind them.
• Strong prototyping and tooling skills, such as Figma, and comfort iterating quickly based on feedback.
• Confidence working with many stakeholders, with a clear point of view, openness to feedback, and ability to deliver high quality at speed.
• Comfort with ambiguity and working live with cross-functional partners.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with generative AI products or video, media, or creation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design polished, high-fidelity interfaces across iOS, Android, and web, with attention to typography, spacing, hierarchy, color, and motion.
• Build and evolve the design system, including tokens, components, and patterns.
• Partner with product designers, engineers, and product managers to bring visual craft to features from concept through shipment.
• Raise the product’s visual quality through design work and thoughtful critique.
• Prototype and iterate quickly based on how people use the product.
• Help shape design culture and processes as the product and team scale.
• Translate the brand identity into product UI, including typography, color, iconography, illustration, and motion.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and generous company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina.
• 42 days of paid time off: 15 PTO days, 10 sick days, 15 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays.
• Generous parental leave and fertility support.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Lifestyle spending account of $500 per month.
• Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees.
• One Medical membership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed