What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Designer position at Bowerbird?
About The Role
We're seeking a Product Designer who can create beautiful, intuitive experiences for museums, galleries, and collectors worldwide. You'll design the interfaces that help curators manage priceless artifacts and collectors track valuable assets worth millions.
This role requires someone who can balance sophisticated aesthetics with practical usability, working across complex workflows for cataloging, search, exhibitions, and AI-powered features.
What You'll Do
We're seeking a Product Designer who can create beautiful, intuitive experiences for museums, galleries, and collectors worldwide. You'll design the interfaces that help curators manage priceless artifacts and collectors track valuable assets worth millions.
This role requires someone who can balance sophisticated aesthetics with practical usability, working across complex workflows for cataloging, search, exhibitions, and AI-powered features.
What You'll Do
- Design end-to-end product experiences from concept to pixel-perfect implementation
- Create elegant solutions for complex workflows in cataloging, search, and asset management
- Design interfaces that work beautifully across desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Conduct user research with museum curators and private collectors to understand their needs
- Build and maintain our design system to ensure consistency across the platform
- Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure designs are implemented with high fidelity
- Design AI-powered features like visual search and automated cataloging
- Create prototypes to validate concepts and gather feedback
- 3 years of product design experience, preferably in B2B or SaaS
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design process and shipped products
- Proficiency in Figma and modern design tools
- Experience designing complex, data-heavy interfaces
- Understanding of responsive design and mobile-first principles
- Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate design decisions
- Attention to detail and appreciation for typography, spacing, and visual hierarchy
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative environment
- Experience with design systems and component libraries
- Background in museum technology, archives, or cultural heritage
- Appreciation for fine art, antiques, or collecting
- Experience designing AI/ML features or data visualization
- Front-end development skills (HTML/CSS/React)
- Motion design or prototyping expertise
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Remote-friendly with optional NYC office access
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Professional development and conference budget
- Latest design tools and equipment
- Work with world-class museums and prestigious collectors