Staff Product Designer

Gitwit

. Set and hold the visual and interaction quality standard for the studio's products .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeBentonville • United StatesLead💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product design with a focus on AI workflows, user experience, and cross-functional collaboration. Capable of leading product development from concept to launch while effectively synthesizing user research and design principles.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Product Design ExperienceAI-Native Interaction ThinkingCross-Functional CommunicationPrototyping SkillsUser Research Synthesis

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Hard Skills

TypographyLayoutHierarchyColor TheoryInteraction DesignDesign SystemsPrototypingUser TestingProduct JudgmentDesign Direction Generation

Soft Skills

CuriosityDecision-MakingCollaboration

Industry Keywords

AI ProductsUser ExperienceProduct IterationHuman Review WorkflowsFallback PathsDesign TradeoffsUser TrustProduct Strategy

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set and hold the visual and interaction quality standard for the studio's products
Lead zero-to-one product design for new AI products from blank canvas through first launch and iteration
Own the product experience from early concept through prototype, user learning, launch, iteration, and handoff
Resolve states, edge cases, and interaction details that make products feel finished
Design AI workflows involving changing outputs, uncertainty, human review, approvals, fallback paths, and clear next steps
Generate design directions, weigh tradeoffs, make decisions, and explain reasoning
Prototype quickly to test assumptions before overbuilding
Translate user research and usage signals into hypotheses, experiments, and design decisions
Collaborate closely with discovery, product strategy, engineering, brand, researchers, and venture leadership
Create design systems, flows, states, and build-ready specifications
Conduct lightweight user tests and experiments and convert early signals into prioritized iterations
Capture and share learnings about review, correction, approval, uncertainty, failure states, and user trust across ventures
Make clean handoffs to founding teams and move to the next early product problem

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in product design, hands-on and deep in the craft
Experience taking products from zero to one
Portfolio of work showcasing product design experience
Strong command of typography, layout, hierarchy, color, and interaction
Product judgment under uncertainty
Ability to generate multiple design directions, weigh tradeoffs, choose one, and explain the reasoning
AI-native interaction thinking, including workflows involving uncertainty, trust, human review, approval, and fallback paths
Ability to synthesize interviews, observations, research, and usage signals into product decisions
Clear cross-functional communication with engineers, strategists, researchers, and venture leaders
Genuine curiosity about how AI is reshaping product design
Willingness to work with regular in-person presence in Tulsa or Bentonville; relocation considered for exceptional candidates

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Meaningful equity in every venture the studio builds
8 weeks off per year: 5 weeks vacation + 3 weeks paid holidays
Excellent health, vision, and dental insurance, with 99% of employee premiums paid
401(k) with 4% match
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
Cell phone reimbursement
Monthly parking stipend
Weekly team lunches
Dog-friendly office
High-trust, high-autonomy culture
The chance to work on multiple high-impact ventures each year
Private office and collaborative workspaces
Flexible work from home for personal needs or heads-down building
Opportunity to work on multiple high-impact ventures each year