Founding Designer

Tangible
Tangible

Design

GBP 80k-90k / year + Equity

Posted 6+ months ago

Founding Designer

Location: London

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation : £80k-90k + Generous Equity package

The Role

We're seeking a Founding Designer to lead all design efforts and establish our design foundation. This is a unique opportunity to be the first design hire and shape both our product experience and visual identity. You'll work directly with the founding team to translate complex financial and climate concepts into intuitive, beautiful user experiences.

As our sole designer initially, you'll wear multiple hats while building toward establishing a broader design function as we grow.

About Tangible

Tangible is a seed stage climate / fintech startup looking to unlock critical capital for hard tech innovators. Our platform offers tools to help these companies all a the way through their financing journey. We are a small and nimble team, passionate about seeing these hardware companies succeed. The company has 3 co-founders with a mix of product, technology and capital markets expertise. You can find out more about our thesis here.

What You'll Do

  • Lead product design for our core platform, creating user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs
  • Establish our visual identity and design system from the ground up
  • Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to ensure seamless implementation
  • Conduct user research and usability testing to inform design decisions
  • Create marketing assets and presentation materials that communicate our vision
  • Build design processes and best practices as the team scales
  • Champion user-centred design principles across the organisation

    • What We're Looking For

    Essential:

  • 5+ years of product design experience, with a strong portfolio showcasing visual design skills
  • Experience with B2B SaaS products, ideally in fintech or financial services
  • Proficiency in design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite)
  • Strong understanding of UX principles with exceptional visual design execution
  • Experience working in fast-paced, early-stage environments
  • Self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity

    • Preferred:

  • Background in financial technology, payments, or banking products
  • Interest in climate tech and sustainability
  • Experience building design systems from scratch
  • Front-end development skills (HTML/CSS knowledge)
  • Previous startup or founding team experience

    • Why Join Us

  • Founding impact: Shape our design DNA and build something from zero to one
  • Mission-driven: Work on products that create positive climate impact
  • Growth opportunity: Lead design as we scale and potentially build a team
  • Competitive package: Equity stake reflecting your foundational contribution
  • Direct influence: Work closely with founders and have significant input on product direction

    • What does the hiring process look like?

    Screening Calls

  • Introductory call with CPO ~ 45 minutes
  • Follow up email, with feedback and initial questions

    • Interviews

  • Creative workshop 90min to help untangle a real life problem we are trying to solve. Ideally we do this in person in our London office but can be done remotely. ~90 min
  • Follow up email, with feedback and questions
  • 30 minute call with CEO to answer your questions on the company

    • Offer stage

  • Reference calls
  • Offer call

    • Our Values

    We believe great design should make complex things simple, create genuine user delight, and drive meaningful environmental impact. We're looking for someone who shares our passion for both exceptional craft and positive change.

    Ready to help us design the future of climate fintech?

    Send us your portfolio, resume, and a brief note about why you're excited about this opportunity to: careers@tangible.finance

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