Senior Product Designer - Special Projects

Angel•Provo, UT

10d•$130,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Angel is building a home for stories that amplify light. The Product Design team creates experiences that help people discover these stories, connect with Angel’s mission, and become part of the Angel community. The Senior Product Designer, focused on Special Projects, works directly with the EVP of Experience to explore new ideas, develop innovative concepts, and validate business opportunities that could become products, initiatives, or teams. The role centers on early-stage ideas and helps determine which opportunities merit further investment. The designer combines product design skills, entrepreneurial thinking, and an interest in applying AI to research, ideation, prototyping, and validation. Using AI-powered tools, including AI coding tools, the designer builds functional prototypes to test assumptions and learn from users. The role does not require engineering expertise, but does call for comfort with tools that can turn concepts into interactive experiences. The position requires ownership, curiosity, comfort with ambiguity, and a willingness to challenge assumptions and explore unconventional solutions. The designer helps shape Angel’s future by turning promising ideas into meaningful opportunities for the business and its audiences.

Requirements

10+ years of experience designing consumer-facing digital products, or equivalent impact demonstrated through strong design leadership and end-to-end ownership.
Strong product design skills, including expertise in interaction design, visual design, accessibility, and user-centered experience design.
A portfolio demonstrating the ability to take ideas from early exploration through prototyping, validation, and execution, with meaningful product or business impact.
Experience exploring new product concepts or solving ambiguous problems where the solution, requirements, or business opportunity are not clearly defined.
Strong product thinking and entrepreneurial curiosity, including the ability to identify opportunities, challenge assumptions, and connect customer needs with potential business value.
Demonstrated experience using AI tools throughout the product design process to explore ideas, solve problems, build functional prototypes, and improve design quality and efficiency.
Familiarity with AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor, and willingness to build interactive, working experiences; front-end engineering expertise is not required.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience using user research, customer feedback, market insights, and experimentation to validate ideas and inform decisions.
Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and move quickly between exploration, experimentation, and execution.
Experience collaborating across Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing, and business stakeholders, communicating design decisions clearly, building trust, and welcoming feedback.
Strong design leadership and communication skills, including presenting concepts, articulating opportunities, influencing stakeholders, and building alignment around new ideas.
Expert-level proficiency in Figma and modern design workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on early-stage products, startup ventures, innovation teams, or new business initiatives where ideas are developed and validated from the ground up.
Experience developing proof-of-concept prototypes or minimum viable products (MVPs) to test ideas and demonstrate business opportunities.
Experience evaluating business opportunities, developing business cases, or working with leadership to determine the viability of new product concepts.
Experience in entertainment, media, streaming, e-commerce, or subscription-based businesses.
Experience designing for multiple platforms, such as web, native mobile apps, or TV and connected-device experiences.
Experience contributing to a design system in both Figma and code.
Experience working in fast-moving startup or high-growth environments.
Interest in Angel’s mission, the Angel Guild, and the stories shared with audiences around the world.

Responsibilities

Partner with the EVP of Experience to identify, explore, and develop product concepts, business opportunities, and experiences that support Angel’s mission and long-term vision.
Take early-stage ideas from exploration through functional prototyping, user validation, and business case development.
Identify and champion opportunities by understanding customer needs, emerging technologies, market trends, and gaps in Angel’s existing experiences.
Use AI tools for research, ideation, prototyping, and validation, including tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to build working experiences.
Rapidly design, prototype, and test concepts while balancing speed and design quality, challenging assumptions, and refining solutions based on findings.
Connect with users directly or in partnership with Research to understand needs, validate assumptions, and gather feedback.
Work with the EVP of Experience and cross-functional partners to develop business cases evaluating customer value, business potential, technical feasibility, and required resources.
Define hypotheses, success metrics, and experiments to determine whether concepts should move forward, evolve, or be reconsidered.
Communicate concepts, prototypes, research findings, and recommendations to stakeholders to build confidence and alignment.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing, and other teams to understand constraints, uncover opportunities, and evaluate paths to execution.
Own the design quality of new concepts, including interaction design, visual design, usability, and alignment with Angel’s brand and user experience standards.
Transition validated concepts into actionable initiatives by providing design direction, insights, and documentation for teams taking ownership.