Lead Designer

About the role

At Hover, collaboration and critique are central to how we design. We prototype early and often, challenge each other thoughtfully, and keep the user at the center of every decision. As a Lead Designer, you’ll help solve meaningful user problems while raising the bar for craft, clarity, and design thinking across the product.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Data partners to design, prototype, test, and ship high-quality product experiences.
• Bring strong design fundamentals and product understanding to cross-functional conversations, helping teams navigate constraints and tradeoffs.
• Contribute to and evolve Hover’s design system as the product scales.
• Design and ship end-to-end product experiences.
• Prototype and test ideas early and often.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product or UX design.
• Strong fundamentals across UX, UI, and visual design.
• Proficiency in Figma and prototyping tools.
• Experience solving complex design problems.
• Ability to clearly articulate design decisions.
• A portfolio demonstrating thoughtful, high-quality work.

Nice-to-haves

• Design system experience.
• Motion design or advanced prototyping skills.
• Experience using data to inform design decisions.

Benefits

• Compensation - Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company.
• Healthcare - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents.
• Paid Time Off - Unlimited and flexible vacation policy.
• Paid Family Leave - Generous paid parental and new child bonding leave.
• Mandatory Self-Care Days - A day set aside each month to allow employees to recharge.
• Remote Wellbeing Resources - Recurring fitness classes, meditation/mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance.
• Learning - Encouragement and financial support for continued education, including management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications.

Schedule

Hybrid roles at Hover require employees living within a 50-mile radius of our offices in San Francisco or New York City to come into their local Hover office at least three times a week.

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $185,000 - $300,000 annually. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.