Pika Product Designer at Pika owning design and product direction for the pika.art web app including video, image studio, and community features. Role involves hands-on design, prototyping in React/Next.js, and driving growth and monetization.
Responsibilities
We're seeking a web-first Product Designer who will take full ownership of the pika.art web app—including Video & Image Studio, Style Creator, agent-led workflows, plugins, and community features. You’ll drive the product and design roadmap for your core areas and directly influence our growth, monetization, and launch assets. This is a hands-on, self-directed role for a senior builder who’s as comfortable in design systems and specs as in code and shipping UI.
Lead product design and direction for core pika.art web surfaces—full-screen studio, style creator, agent-led tools, plugin integrations, and community features.
Act as both design and product owner: set priorities, write specs, break down decisions into actionable tickets, and QA every release.
Prototype directly in React/Next.js or with AI tools (Lovable, v0, Claude, Cursor); contribute UI code and maintain design-system consistency.
Own and iterate onboarding, paywalls, checkout, team plans, pricing, and system emails with an eye towards growth and monetization.
Design and ship marketing and launch work: landing pages, SEO assets, and new model launch visuals.
Collaborate daily with our Strategy & Design Lead, founders, and engineers—rapid feedback loops expected; sprint turnaround often under 24 hours.
Qualification
4+ years product design experiencePortfolio of shippedFluid across Figma (or similar)Strong product instinctsHands-on design-engineeringMarketing designYou’ll Thrive Here IfYou move fastYou sweat the details
Required
4+ years product design experience, including ownership at an early-stage startup.
Portfolio of shipped, web-based creative tools (editors, canvases, timelines, or similar).
Fluid across Figma (or similar), modern web stacks, and code prototyping tools.
Strong product instincts; able to self-direct, set priorities, and deliver outcomes beyond the ticket.
Hands-on design-engineering: able to build prototypes and contribute front-end code (React/Next.js preferred).
Experience running your own projects end-to-end—from brief, to spec, to handoff, to QA.
Comfortable working without daily management or structured mentorship.
Preferred
Experience on mobile products (native or web app).
Shipped creative/media or SaaS growth surfaces (checkout, onboarding, pricing, system emails).
Marketing design: landing pages, asset creation, SEO optimization.
Experience collaborating with distributed teams.
You’ll Thrive Here If
You move fast, ship daily, and own outcomes.
You embrace real-time feedback and quick pivots.
You sweat the details, obsess over polish, and ship what matters.
