As the first designer at Kiki Club, you will lead the transformation of a fragmented product into a cohesive, high-quality user experience. Working directly with the CEO and engineering team, you’ll rebuild the iOS app from the ground up and shape the future of their AI-driven trust marketplace.
Founding Product Designer at Kiki Club
Join Kiki Club as their Founding Product Designer and take ownership of the design vision for an invite-only sublet community growing at 30% monthly. Backed by $5.5M from Blackbird and marketplace legends from Airbnb and Uber, Kiki is solving the human trust problem in property sharing. You'll work directly with the CEO in Shoreditch to rebuild the iOS app and design the future of an AI-driven mutual-friend marketplace. With a £160k total package and two years of runway, this is a rare chance to be the first design hire at a high-growth startup making a massive impact on how people live and move globally.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£70k-£75k + £90k Equity
Company
Kiki Club
Role overview
Media & Internet, Social Networks
At Kiki, we’re on a mission to unchain people from the financial constraints of rent. We’re working to create a world where people can leave their homes without the burden of paying rent while they’re away. Many people are hesitant to let someone stay in their home, which creates a massive trust gap. Our goal is to bridge that gap, building the kind of trust that makes people feel comfortable with a stranger in their home- just as they would with family or close friends. Once we break through this barrier, our Kikiers will experience the freedom of being able to travel, spend time with family, or take work trips without being financially tied to their homes.
What you will do
- Redesign key product flows end-to-end, starting with the iOS app to create a seamless, cohesive user experience across the entire platform.
- Establish and scale the company’s design foundations, including the design system, UI patterns, and the overall bar for craft and quality.
- Collaborate on the strategic roadmap to design the world’s first AI-centric mutual-friend marketplace, translating user insights into innovative features.
Who this is a fit for
- A senior or lead product designer with 7+ years of experience shipping high-quality consumer products, specifically with deep expertise in iOS and mobile craft.
- An autonomous, opinionated builder who is comfortable being the sole designer and enjoys facilitating design sprints and principles within an engineering team.
- A Shoreditch-based creative excited to work in person 5 days a week in a high-energy, fast-paced startup environment with established product-market fit.
Why this role is remarkable
- True founding opportunity as the first designer in a team of six, directly partnering with the CEO to define the brand’s visual identity and product direction.
- Exceptional growth trajectory with 30% monthly growth and $4.2M gross ARR achieved without marketing spend, supported by $5.5M in funding and two years of runway.
- High-impact work building a trust-based community backed by world-class investors and executives from Airbnb, Facebook Marketplace, and Bumble.
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