Product Designer

We're looking for our first Product Designer to lead interaction and graphic design of a wide array of consumer and industry touchpoints, from web to mobile to physical products.

Loyal is a well-funded, SF-based biotech startup developing drugs to help dogs live longer, healthier lives. Founded in 2019, we're building a consumer-first pharmaceutical company around a set of deeply innovative products. We have a female, first-gen Founder/CEO, and our team is diverse and driven.

If you’re passionate about design and driven by our mission, this is a fantastic opportunity to help build something big from the bottom up, surrounded by a diverse and dynamic team of scientists, bioinformaticists, and software engineers—not to mention some wonderful dogs.

As a Product Designer you will:

• • Lead the interaction and visual design of our websites, mobile experiences, and other consumer-facing and industry touchpoints
  • Translate business and strategy objectives into user experiences that are both beautiful and effective
  • Translate highly complex technical concepts into clear and engaging graphics, illustrations, and online experiences
  • Research, conceive, and conceptualize new experiences for digital products
  • Develop user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to communicate and build consensus with stakeholders
  • Develop and deliver finished designs and specifications to the Engineering team, and collaborate closely in the development process.
  • Rapidly test and iterate your designs based on user and stakeholder feedback
  • Work cross-functionally with consumer, clinical, R&D and developer teams to specify and implement designs into finished products
  • Advocate for principled design decisions throughout the company
  • Notice and elevate areas that require UX/UI improvements
  • Advocate for the experience of the user, and commit to a great team environment that prioritizes owners and their needs

Experience and Proficiencies

• • • At least 5 years' experience designing rich and dynamic web and mobile experiences
    • Outstanding visual design chops, and a portfolio showing maturity and range in your use of typography, color, and space
    • Animation and illustration skills, or experience collaborating with specialists in these areas
    • Complete fluency with the major design platforms, including Figma and Sketch.
    • A track record of deploying user-centered design methodologies to outstanding effect: planning and conducting user research; user testing; rapid prototyping; heuristic analysis; usability and accessibility concerns
    • Working knowledge of front-end development is a plus: React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Terraform, AWS, NextJS, Gatsby, Python
    • Leadership and management experience is a plus
    • A formal education in biology is not required, but a strong interest and desire to learn are

How you work and think

The Fundamentality of Health | Good health is critical to every other human (and animal!) experience. We believe health is a fundamental right and are dedicating our lives to maximizing health and developing better medicines for the worst diseases.

Truth Seeking & Feedback Loops | Uniquely in biology, there is a predetermined truth of whether a specific drug will work or not — we just have to catch up with biology! We seek out this truth and do not shy away from inconvenient truths. This holds for personal development too: we are always searching for feedback loops and embody a perpetual growth mindset.

Morality & Empathy | We are developing medicines that may one day be given to a living animal, medicines that if designed badly could hurt that animal instead of help. This is a huge responsibility and should be respected as such. Our work needs to adhere to the strictest moral code and always integrate empathy for the patient.

Transparency | We believe full transparency in thoughts, opinions, intentions, and actions (both good ones and mistakes) is a better way to build a business and work together.

Kindness | Great business(wo)men do not need to be ruthless — you can execute excellently with kindness.

Dog gifs | We love them.