Our Creative team is working on the next big startups and tech innovations, and we’re in search of a Contract Product Designer (UX/UI). Cie is looking for someone who can contribute to all aspects of product strategy and design, including ideation, research, interaction design, and visual design.
As a UX Designer at Cie, you will work closely with our partners to translate big vision into reality. You will be responsible for bringing a unique perspective to our current UX practices and continuously raise the bar to deliver an experience that exceeds expectations. You will collaborate with the engineering, product, design, and project management teams to build outstanding and innovative products. This is a high-autonomy role owning design strategy and delivery outcomes. We’re especially looking for a product designer who reaches for AI and LLM powered tools to move from idea to working proof of concept, fast.
Who you are:
- Empathic: Adept at understanding user needs, pain points, and expectations.
- Innovative: A creative thinker with the confidence to bring forward fresh perspectives and push the envelope.
- Master Storyteller: You can mesmerize an audience with intuitive designs.
- Energetic Team-Player: Happy to jump in and support when you’re needed – around you the team feels like every day is a Friday.
- Problem-Solver: Insightful when it comes to recognizing user needs and skilled in turning those into a seamless user experience.
- Detail-Oriented: If a pixel is at #FEE900 instead of #FFEA00, you will notice.
- Insatiably Curious: Always learning, asks thoughtful questions, and unafraid to challenge the status quo.
- Never Just Checks the Box: The obvious solution is your starting point, not the finish line.
- Open-Minded: Welcomes diverse perspectives and feedback to create superior project outcomes.
- Data-Driven: Data guides your design (but you know when to break the rules).
What you'll do:
- Collaborate with product managers on product concept ideation and development.
- Develop conceptual diagrams, interaction flows, wireframes, visual mockups, and interactive prototypes.
- Think through and visualize all paths, not just the happy path: edge cases, error states, and the messy real world flows users encounter.
- Design UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of web and on-device software.
- Conceptualize and bring to life the visual aesthetic of digital projects.
- Conduct user research and testing to validate designs and prototypes.
- Identify and apply market trends to design recommendations.
- Present design work and lead review discussions with the project team.
What you need to succeed:
- A portfolio featuring your design work.
- Experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar UX-related role.
- Experience in interaction design, usability, visual design, prototyping, and research.
- Hands on experience using AI and LLM tools (prompting, AI design and coding assistants, rapid prototyping platforms) to build functional prototypes, not just static mockups.
- Experience with designing for multiple types of devices.
- Understanding of composition, balance, symmetry, and white space.
- Ability to use human-centered product discovery methods to infer product design.
- Experience building products in an Agile software development environment.
- Demonstrated experience incubating and commercializing new ideas, working closely with technical teams from concept generation through implementation.
- Ability to build trusted partnerships and work seamlessly across internal and external teams.
- Strong consumer product instincts and a pragmatic design philosophy.
- Strong leadership skills to drive projects to completion.
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities and make things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Proficiency in Figma and other design tools.
Skills Required
- Portfolio featuring design work
- Experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar UX role
- Experience in interaction design, usability, visual design, prototyping, and research
- Hands-on experience using AI and LLM tools to build functional prototypes
- Experience designing for multiple device types (web and on-device software)
- Proficiency in Figma and other design tools
- Ability to conduct user research and testing to validate designs and prototypes
- Experience using human-centered product discovery methods
- Experience building products in an Agile software development environment
- Demonstrated experience incubating and commercializing new ideas with technical teams
- Strong leadership skills to drive projects to completion
- Strong consumer product instincts and pragmatic design philosophy
- Understanding of composition, balance, symmetry, and white space
What the Team is Saying
Cie Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Employer materials describe a full suite of medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life insurance. Public pages indicate core health coverage is positioned as a foundational part of the package.
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Retirement Support — Employer communications highlight a 401(k) plan with company match. Feedback suggests retirement benefits are presented as a standard element of total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Careers materials and postings indicate salary plus equity and emphasize equity opportunity for qualified roles. This signals potential upside tied to the venture‑studio model.
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What We Do
Cie is a venture studio that serves as an innovation lab and accelerator for bold entrepreneurs who want to transform disruptive ideas into thriving ventures. Cie blends Silicon Valley DNA with the business maturity of serial entrepreneurs, seasoned venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 executives. Combined with the team’s strategic and operational expertise in technology, product development, brand building, and customer acquisition, Cie consistently drives positive outcomes across a wide range of business challenges. Cie’s venture portfolio includes Cie Games (acquired by Glu Mobile), Nativo (acquired by Life360), ASAP Tire (acquired by Tire Rack), Titan School Solutions (acquired by LINQ), Performa Labs, Apollo Education System, Sparkhaus, and a growing list of emerging start-ups. Cie’s leadership team has served key roles at transformational companies such as Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Overture, Pepsi, Nestlé, Saks Fifth Avenue, Goldman Sachs, and Internet Brands.
Why Work With Us
We’re passionate about launching new businesses and accelerating growth in our ventures. We’re looking for people who are entrepreneurial at heart, want to be builders and creators, and are willing to roll up their sleeves. You’ll learn how we build successful startups, find the signal in all the noise, and incubate your own ideas.
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