Product Designer, Mirage
$175-250k
Offers Equity
More information about location
Office located in Union Square, NY
AI-powered creative studio
Open for applications
AI-powered creative studio
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$175-250k
Offers Equity
More information about location
Office located in Union Square, NY
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower our customers, regardless of background or experience, with the ability to bring their vision to life in seconds.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in product design, with demonstrated ownership of complex, consumer-facing digital products (mobile and/or desktop)
- Proven track record leading end-to-end design initiatives from strategy through launch, with measurable impact
- Strong systems thinker with experience building or scaling design systems
- Portfolio demonstrating strategic problem framing, high-quality execution, and shipped work
- Deep proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools
- Experience influencing and collaborating with cross-functional partners, including product, engineering, and executive stakeholders
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and drive clarity
- Strong communication skills and a solid understanding of technical constraints and trade-offs
What the job involves
- Partner closely with the executive and product teams to shape product vision, strategy, and long-term roadmap, influencing high-level business and product decisions
- Own complex, cross-functional product initiatives from concept through launch, driving design strategy and execution across multiple workstreams
- Translate ambiguous business and user problems into clear, actionable design frameworks, user journeys, and high-fidelity prototypes
- Lead and elevate product thinking across the organization by articulating clear design rationale grounded in user insights, data, and business objectives
- Drive and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research to inform product direction, identify opportunity areas, and validate solutions
- Establish, scale, and evolve a robust design system to ensure cohesion, quality, and efficiency across all product surfaces
- Provide mentorship and design leadership through thoughtful critique, feedback, and guidance to other designers and cross-functional partners
- Champion user-centric decision-making at every stage of the product lifecycle while balancing technical constraints and business priorities
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve product experience, workflows, and internal processes
- Stay ahead of emerging design patterns, technologies, and industry trends, bringing forward-thinking ideas into the product organization
Our take
As AI integration grows in creative fields, concerns arise about the future of professions like writing and design. However, Mirage (formerly known as Captions), sets out to transform these anxieties into opportunities by harnessing AI technology to streamline the creative workflow.
By automating tasks in music, graphic design and video production, Mirage allows users to generate compelling content directly from their mobile devices. As the demand for captivating digital content rises, the company has expanded from processes like captioning, editing, dubbing and soundtracking into more sophisticated models specified for things like pacing, framing, and attention dynamics.
Mirage's innovative approach has seen it raise considerable funding which has supported team growth, in-house research and the expansion of its technical infrastructure. As it expands its offering to serve industries like advertising and marketing, it has secured fresh funds that will fuel this moderated (and lucrative-looking) direction.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2026
$75m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $160m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Anything you need to do your best work
- We’ve done team off-sites to places like Paris, London, Park City, Los Angeles, and Nashville with more planned in the future
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Gaurav Misra
(CEO & Founder)Previously the Head of Design Engineering at Snap Inc, Senior Software Engineer at Localytics, Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, and Software Engineer at Lattice Engines.
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