What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Designer position at Motion Recruitment?
A well-established events SaaS company is expanding into Raleigh, NC and looking to hire a Senior Product Designer to work closely with the CTO on the next evolution of their platform.
Their existing web application supports thousands of venues and event planners, helping them manage bookings, contracts, payments, client relationships, and day-to-day operations. With a strong customer base, proven product-market fit, and a profitable business, they are now investing in a new AI-native product experience built for the future of the industry.
This is an early and highly influential hire offering the opportunity to shape the direction of a next-generation platform from the ground up.
In this role, you’ll lead discovery and design initiatives that directly influence product strategy and design systems. That includes conducting customer research, analyzing competitors, and identifying best practices across emerging AI-driven products in adjacent markets. You’ll turn those insights into intuitive user experiences, workflows, build wireframes, prototypes and working with Figma.
Required Skills & Experience
Posted By: Shannon McCarthy
Their existing web application supports thousands of venues and event planners, helping them manage bookings, contracts, payments, client relationships, and day-to-day operations. With a strong customer base, proven product-market fit, and a profitable business, they are now investing in a new AI-native product experience built for the future of the industry.
This is an early and highly influential hire offering the opportunity to shape the direction of a next-generation platform from the ground up.
In this role, you’ll lead discovery and design initiatives that directly influence product strategy and design systems. That includes conducting customer research, analyzing competitors, and identifying best practices across emerging AI-driven products in adjacent markets. You’ll turn those insights into intuitive user experiences, workflows, build wireframes, prototypes and working with Figma.
Required Skills & Experience
- 6 years of experience in Product Design, UX/UI Design, or related roles, with a strong focus on SaaS products
- Proven experience designing AI-powered or AI-native product experiences, including workflows that incorporate automation, recommendations, copilots, or generative AI features
- Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design work across complex web applications and data-rich platforms
- Experience leading user research, usability testing, customer interviews, and translating insights into product decisions
- Deep understanding of interaction design, information architecture, user flows, and systems thinking
- Ability to design scalable experiences within complex product ecosystems and multi-step workflows
- Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Framer, or similar platforms
- Experience building and contributing to design systems and component libraries
- Strong collaboration skills with Product Managers, Engineers, and executive stakeholders in fast-paced environments
- Comfortable working closely with engineering teams on implementation details, technical constraints, and product tradeoffs
- Understanding of AI/ML concepts, LLM-driven experiences, prompt-based interactions, and human-in-the-loop workflows
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts into intuitive and user-friendly experiences
- Experience working in startup or high-growth environments with a bias toward ownership and execution
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale and influence product direction
- Passion for emerging AI trends, user-centered design, and building products that solve real operational problems
- Bonus eligible
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 15 Days Paid Time Off, 5 Sick Days
- 12 Company paid holidays
- 401K w/ 100% match up to 4%
- HSA
Posted By: Shannon McCarthy