Senior Product Designer

SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students.
We help them stay motivated to study their subjects - everything from Biology and Mathematics to Literature and Art.
Our small team has already helped +1.5 M students worldwide (UK, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia) study better, and ~40–50k new students join us every week.
We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, having recently raised ~$4M seed round with incredible investors from Strava, OpenAI, and Meta.

Two current designers — both very strong in execution (Figma, component systems, detail work) .The new hire would need strong senior craft and design thinking skills across mobile and web. Reports directly to Oisin.

• Own the full design process end-to-end — from understanding ambiguous problems to shipping solutions, without needing the problem framed in advance

• Partner directly with Oisin and a founding designer as well as wider team on product direction, roadmap priorities, and design philosophy — bring a point of view and defend it

• Drive consumer experience design: onboarding, social/viral loops, retention, growth surfaces.

• Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment — ship features, measure impact, iterate fast

• Eventually help shape the broader design team alongside founding designer (~3 total planned)

• Strong product thinking — takes a vague brief and frames + solves the problem independently. Shows "why" before "how"

• Consumer product background — has designed for B2C audiences at scale

• Opinions and backbone — has a design philosophy, can defend it under pushback, willing to disagree with a founder

• Chemistry and personality — interesting hobbies, curiosity, authenticity

• Ownership mindset — end-to-end, from problem definition to shipped solution

• Comfortable with experimentation, A/B testing, data-led iteration

• Early-stage or founding designer experience

• Experience with social/viral product mechanics

• Background at companies like Spotify, Strava, Notion, Monzo, or similar consumer PLG products

• Some craft/taste for visual design (not just process)

• Hobbies: Enjoys the outdoors, sports, or some other physical activity.

• Remote in Europe (preference: Western/continental Europe)

• Portugal/Lisbon relocation sponsorship possible

• Salary: no fixed budget, flexible

• Stock options: yes

• Contract type: full-time employment, independent contractor