Phonely
Founding Designer
$140K–$230K
San Francisco, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional design experience.
About the job
Own Phonely’s brand and product design, establishing a cohesive visual identity and design system while helping implement designs in its customer-facing platform.
What you'll do
- Audit and evolve brand and product design, defining visual guidelines and maintaining consistency across customer-facing materials.
- Build and maintain a scalable design system and design polished interfaces for complex voice AI workflows.
- Collaborate with founders and frontend engineers to implement designs, use AI development tools to standardize implementation, and contribute frontend code when needed.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of professional design experience; ideally in B2B SaaS, technology, or a design-forward company.
- Portfolio demonstrating high-quality brand and digital product work, with exceptional visual design skills.
- Experience building or maintaining design systems and establishing consistent standards.
- Experience designing web applications and working with frontend engineering teams; able to own projects through implementation.
Nice to have
- Previous experience as a Founding Designer or early design hire at a startup.
- Hands-on frontend experience with HTML, CSS, React, or similar.
Pay
$140,000–$230,000 USD base salary; $140K – $230K USD base salary
Tools
Figma, Claude, HTML, CSS, React, GitHub
AI focus
Use AI tools such as Claude to translate design guidelines into code and standardize implementation; design interfaces for voice AI workflows.
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