About Lightnote

Lightnote is a system of record for creative ideas. We transform any piece of digital media into a standalone artifact—one that can be easily saved, retrieved, shared, and expanded. Lightnote is a simple solution to the growing fragmentation of creative tools — a place where any digital medium can be turned into something coherent and valuable.

We’re a small team born out of the South Park Commons Founder Fellowship and are backed by Shine Capital, Mercuri and the the first backers of Notion, Vimeo and Patreon. Previously, we built AI products from scratch at Spotify, led Product and Strategy teams at Google, and conducted research at Oxford and Imperial College on generative media and natural language processing.

What you’ll do 💻

As the first and Founding Designer at Lightnote, you will be instrumental in shaping the overall product vision. You will design intuitive and simple interfaces on top of an orchestration of AI models working in concert with each other - transforming technical complexity into simplicity. You will steer design decisions informed by a comprehensive understanding of customer’s needs. You will have the autonomy to push design principles forward based on new capabilities made possible by generative AI, but in a way that remains unwaveringly human centered. You will work with us to:

• Reimagine the creative toolset based on new capabilities from generative modalities in text, image and audio - and translate this vision into an intuitive and simple web interface.
• Collaborate with the engineering and product teams on product requirements, creating user flows, wireframes, and interface prototypes.
• Plan, facilitate, and run research and usability testing to gather insights that inform design decisions, focusing on the needs of a new class of digital creators.
• Ensure the consistency of our visual and interaction design across the entire product, from initial concept to final implementation, creating a seamless experience for users creating audio, video, and images.
• Design a new product category that is fundamentally different, not incrementally better.

Who you are 💫

• You’re a builder. You have a track record of shipping products in a fast-paced environment.
• You consistently seek out and experiment with the latest generative tools for creativity.
• A bias to product. You want (and know how) to translate backend capabilities to frontend UIs that solve real-world problems.
• A natural collaborator, has extensive experience working closely with product managers, developers, designers, and other stakeholders
• You thrive in a startup environment. You’re excited to solve user problems through quick iterations, you’re ok with priorities changing and you’re comfortable with risk.
• You value working with people who are low ego, ambitious and pragmatic.
• You are excited to design things that haven’t existed before.

What you’ll need 🛠️