Design Lead, Topsort
Office located in Somerville, MA
AI-first infrastructure platform
Posted today
AI-first infrastructure platform
21-100 employees
Posted today
Office located in Somerville, MA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To democratize world-class auction and AI-based monetization technology that giants in Silicon Valley have been using as a profit engine into the wider ecosystem of eCommerce.
Role
Who you are
- This is a high-impact, hands-on role for a designer who’s ready to lead, ship, and scale, and who thrives in early-stage, product-led environments
- 6+ years of experience across product design and brand/visual design, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates both
- Experience designing and shipping complex digital products, ideally in B2B, SaaS, or technical domains
- Comfortable working with and leading a small team, including mentoring, direction-setting, and feedback
- Fluent in tools like Figma and comfortable owning systems, prototypes, and design documentation
- Strong understanding of interaction design, layout, and visual hierarchy
- Able to think and speak cross-functionally, working with engineers, marketers, and execs alike
- A builder’s mindset: you seek feedback, move quickly, and focus on delivering impact
- A passion for clarity, simplicity, and polish in every design decision
- Excitement about owning a zero-to-one design journey and influencing company-wide aesthetics and UX
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a creative, hands-on, and cross-functional Design Lead to own and elevate design at Topsort across both product and brand
- This role is perfect for someone who can zoom between pixels and systems, detail and direction, and who’s excited to shape the visual identity of a fast-growing adtech company from the ground up
- You’ll set the quality bar, and work directly with product, marketing, and leadership to ensure our user experiences are not only functional, but elegant and cohesive
- You’ll guide everything from feature-level UI/UX to brand campaigns and visual storytelling, making sure Topsort looks and feels like the category-defining product we’re building
- Lead and evolve Topsort’s design function, spanning both product UX and brand design
- Work hands-on in Figma to create intuitive, delightful user experiences for our platform, APIs, and tools
- Define and maintain a cohesive design system that balances speed, scalability, and craft
- Mentor and support a small team of designers, fostering collaboration and growth
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and go-to-market teams to align design decisions with business goals
- Translate complex concepts (auctions, APIs, data flows) into clear, user-friendly interfaces and communications
- Shape and refine Topsort’s visual identity across touchpoints—from the app to the website to event collateral
- Balance speed with precision, making smart trade-offs in a fast-moving, startup environment
- Champion design quality and usability, helping the team think in systems, not just screens
Our take
With the likes of Meta, Amazon, and Google hosting the majority of ad campaigns, contemporary strategies can become overly complicated and lacking in owner control. Topsort has created a simple and customisable API through which users can create advertising elements like sponsored listings, banner and video ads, and control how they’re shown to potential customers.
Where the platform stands out is in its transparency and privacy-first approach - delivering a direct replacement of the “cookie” system usually used in sponsored ads. Topsort’s “clean room” is an encrypted technology that has zero-visibility into privacy data, ensuring anonymity for those being analysed.
This exciting new approach to media marketing analysis and campaign planning has turned investors' heads, at a time when data privacy is a hot topic. Topsort has enjoyed an impressive Series A of $20M, which will be used to scale and accelerate its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$8m
SEED
Total funding: $28m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Regina Ye
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Product Lead at Hopin, and Founder at ZIRUI Inc.
Francisco Larrain
(Co-Founder & CTO)Currently a Board Member at Maxxa. Previously worked in Local Engineering at Groupon, and was Founder and CEO of Zappedy.
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