Head of Design
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What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
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How old is it?
Posted 62d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-09-01). Last seen at its source 1h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 1 Sep 2026 (62 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 1 hour ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
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Who may apply?
United States
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Pay not stated
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Ashby employer's own board first seen 62d ago · last seen 1h ago
- posted 2026-10-26
The listing
About ActAI
There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks, calendar and they're not AI-native. Our mission is to build proactive applications for anyone in the world, who are not used to complex prompting. We aim to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal to no prompting.
Our first application is an agent-first mobile communication app. We believe building applications that users use daily for communication, coordination and collaboration needs will help integrate AI into their lives. The net effect is to eliminate misinformation, achieve low coordination costs, enable high quality tasks and collaboration at scale with minimal or little prompting.
About the Role
The Head of Design will own product design quality across the group's consumer products and brands. This is a hands-on design leadership role with direct involvement in our most important products and user experiences.
What you will be doing
Set the design direction and quality bar across group products.
Work directly on or review critical user journeys, product concepts and interfaces.
Turn complex financial and AI workflows into simple consumer experiences.
Set standards across product design, interaction, visual design and design systems.
Review shipped products and identify specific usability and design problems.
Work with product and engineering from early concepts through production.
Recruit and assess senior product, UI and brand designers.
What you will need
Strong portfolio of shipped consumer technology products with meaningful usage.
Deep product and interaction design capability, not primarily people management.
Strong visual judgement and attention to interface details.
Ability to prototype and communicate product interactions directly.
Experience working closely with product and engineering on shipped products.
Hands-on design style - able to create, critique and materially improve design work directly.
Portfolio Submission (Mandatory)
Applicants are required to submit a portfolio as part of their application. The portfolio should showcase relevant design work, projects, and achievements that demonstrate your experience, creative capabilities, and suitability for the Chief Design Officer role.
Please provide a link to your portfolio in the application form. Portfolio submission is mandatory for this role.