Roles & Responsibilities:

• Work on real client projects across product UI, web design, and pitch decks
• Translate founder briefs into interfaces, user flows, and visual systems
• Build and ship in Figma daily, with feedback loops from senior designers
• Use AI design tools as a core part of your workflow, not an afterthought
• Support graphic design needs across decks, social assets, and brand collateral
• Build and maintain Framer sites for client landing pages and microsites
• Collaborate directly with founders, project leads, and Persist Designs leadership
• Iterate fast, ship faster, and learn in public with the team

Requirements:

• A portfolio that shows taste and thinking, not just output
• A strong niche or point of view in design
• Strong Figma fluency: components, auto-layout, variants, prototyping
• Working knowledge of current AI design tools
• Comfort with graphic design fundamentals: type, layout, hierarchy, color
• Basic Framer skills, enough to build and ship simple landing pages
• High agency, sharp questions, fast execution
• Bonus: shipped a side project, brand, or product of your own
• Bonus: prior experience working with founders or startups, even informally