Lead Product Designer – Web Somethings

Skills / Requirements

• Accessibility
• AI Tools
• Design Systems
• Microcopy
• Motion Design
• Product Design
• Prototyping
• Responsive Systems
• Typography
• UI Design
• UX Research
• Vibe Coding
• Web Design

Why Apply

This role is ideal for someone who leverages AI tools like Claude or Cursor in their design process. You'll be building AI-driven tools that enhance rather than replace human connections, aligning with vibe coding principles.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll lead the design of the Mentor Operations Platform, transforming it from functional to world-class. Your work will involve end-to-end design processes from research to prototype, ensuring the platform is intuitive and supportive for both mentors and teens.

Pay and Career Growth

The role offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 - $210,000, plus significant equity compensation. The culture emphasizes high performance, autonomy, and mission-driven work, with a focus on outcomes and craft quality.

Benefits and Perks

• Equity compensation
• Health Insurance
• Unlimited Days Off
• Work Ownership

Is This Role Right for You?

Original Job Description

About Somethings
Somethings is building the first social wellness platform for teens — a place where a teen can form a real relationship with a mentor who gets them, sticks with them, and helps them get better.
25 Million teens in the U.S. are struggling with their mental health. Every one of the thousands of teens who downloads Somethings is struggling. Our job is to make sure they don’t just show up — they stay, connect with real humans who care deeply about them, and get the support that they need to thrive.
We’re backed by General Catalyst and world-class healthcare + consumer investors, and we’re growing like crazy — in 2025 we grew 1100%, raised our $15M Series A, and are on track to 5x in 2026.
If you want to be a part of the generationally defining company in mental health, welcome home.

Role Overview
We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer to own the design of our Mentor Operations Platform — the web experience that powers everything our mentors and ops team do to support teens.
This role is high-agency, high-craft, and high-impact:
You will directly design the experiences that help teens stay, connect, and genuinely get better.
You won’t just “make screens.” You will own problems end-to-end — research → insight → concept → prototype → shipped reality in the hands of mentors and teens.
You’ll help build AI tools that don’t replace human connection but serve as true tools for our mentors and teens — technology that supports rather than substitutes the peer relationships at our core.

What You’ll Do
You’ll take full ownership of core missions tied directly to our 2026 strategy:

1. Elevate our Mentor Operations Platform from functional to world-class

Lead design of the web experience that mentors and ops staff rely on every day

Elevate the web experience from “functional and fragmented” to cohesive, elegant, and industry-leading

Design for reliability, clarity, and calm — experiences that help mentors focus on their teens, not wrestle with their tools

Sweat every detail: typography, empty states, motion, micro-interactions

2. Design tools that safely scale our mentor operation

Create mentor-facing tools that increase connection, clarity, and confidence

Build safety surfaces that help identify risk without feeling clinical or cold

Simplify complex workflows into elegant, calm product experiences

Ensure mentors feel empowered by our tools, not burdened by them

3. Make our teen × mentor experiences magical

Design experiences that feel warm, safe, fast, and deeply human

Infuse emotional intelligence into every interaction — designing for belonging, confidence, and care, not just usability

Define the future of teen-centered mental healthcare tools for mentors and clinical partners — simple, ethical, and trusted

4. Own the design process end to end

Lead UX research with teens, mentors, and parents

Turn messy problem spaces into clear direction and beautiful product

Design flows, prototypes, design systems, and polished UI

Partner closely with product, engineering, clinical ops, and growth

Work directly with engineers through delivery to ensure craft survives shipping

Who you are

5+ years of product design experience shipping real products

A portfolio that shows end-to-end thinking: insight → UX → beautiful UI

Deep experience designing complex web products — you understand responsive systems, interaction states, accessibility, and what it takes to make web experiences feel as polished as the best consumer apps

You love designing with AI tools like claude/cursor/other vibe coding tools

Mobile design experience is a plus

You care about craft — typography, microcopy, motion, states, feel

You are research-minded and excited to talk with real users

You’re a clear, thoughtful, direct communicator

You operate autonomously and create clarity for others with incomplete information

How We Work
We’re building a culture that blends high performance, deep belonging, and radical clarity:

We care about outcomes, not theatrics

We move quickly and learn constantly

We speak the truth early

We protect focus

We hold a high bar for craft and quality

We’re small, intense, collaborative, and mission-driven

We care about each other, and we care about the millions of teens we serve
If you’re looking for a place where you can have real ownership and build something that genuinely changes lives, this is it.

Work Environment

This is a full-time hybrid position in person in our NYC office in Williamsburg.

Remote considered for truly exceptional candidates.

Output-driven culture with flexibility where it supports life and excellence

What We Offer

💰 The annual salary range for this position is $140,000 – $210,000.

📈 Significant equity compensation, reflecting your foundational role and impact.

🏥 Comprehensive health insurance coverage.

🎯 Significant work ownership and autonomy

🎉 Unlimited days off.

Job level and actual compensation will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified

⚠️ Important Application Instructions
To be considered for this role, you must complete the following submission step:

Record a video (8–10 minutes) of yourself answering the questions listed below.

Application Questions

Introduce yourself

Talk to us about your experience with product design. It’s okay to brag!

What’s the product that you are most proud of designing and why?

Why do you want this job?

What are you best at professionally?

What do you not like doing professionally?

When you think about designing for ‘scale’ in human-centered work (like mentorship, counseling, teaching), what does that mean to you? How is it different from scaling transactional or data-heavy work?

A mentor opens their dashboard Monday morning after a weekend away. They have 6 active mentees, some haven’t messaged in days, one sent something at 2am, another had a breakthrough on Friday. How would you help this person triage their attention?

What’s the difference between designing for someone who needs to ‘stay on top of’ their work versus someone who needs to ‘be present with’ their work?

What are your career ambitions?

Equal Opportunity Employer
At Somethings, we’re committed to building a workplace where diversity is not just welcomed, it’s celebrated. We believe that innovation thrives on teams where everyone can be their authentic selves, bringing unique perspectives and backgrounds to the table. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Our commitment to inclusivity is woven into the fabric of our corporate culture, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed, learn, and grow with us.