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• This is a full-time, in-person role based in San Francisco (Presidio) - we work from the office 5 days a week.

• You must be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate before starting.

• We require US work authorisation, but are open to O-1 or J-1 visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates.
  

About the role

We're looking for a Designer to make Sauna beautiful — from the brand that represents it to the pixel-perfect screens users see every day. This isn't an abstract "design thinking" role. You'll take user flows the product team has designed and execute them to the highest visual standard: typography, color, spacing, interactions, all of it. You'll also own how Sauna looks to the world — brand guidelines, marketing materials, and the visual identity that earns attention.

Heads-up: while we don't use seniority titles at Wordware, this role is intended for designers with 3+ years of experience who have already shipped polished work at a company that cares about craft.

What you'll be doing:

• Turn user flows into pixel-perfect, production-ready Figma files

• Work closely with the product designer and engineering to ensure visual fidelity across all surfaces

• Build and maintain brand guidelines: typography, color, iconography, visual language

• Design all outward-facing brand assets: website, social, launch content, decks

• Own the visual consistency of the product across web, mobile, and email

• Move fast — iterate on designs in hours, not days

You should probably:

• Have 3+ years of visual design experience, with a portfolio that shows pixel-level craft

• Be proficient in Figma — you prototype and specify in Figma faster than anyone

• Understand the difference between design and art: every decision serves a user and a goal

• Have strong brand instincts — you can take a brand direction and build a complete system from it

• Be able to execute from a brief without needing to own the strategy

• Work cleanly: organized files, clear naming, design systems you'd actually want to maintain

If you have:

These capabilities would make you exceptionally suited for the role.

• Experience at a fast-growing startup that shipped a polished consumer product

• Motion design skills (Figma prototyping, Lottie, After Effects)

• Experience designing for both product and brand in the same company

• A personal aesthetic — something distinct in your portfolio that isn't just "clean and minimal"

• AI tools already in your workflow (Figma AI, code assistants, etc.)

• A portfolio of brand work: logos, visual identities, design systems

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $140K–$220K + meaningful early-stage equity + health, dental, 401(k), considerable PTO, gym budget, lunch.