Lead Product Designer
Los Angeles, CA
Mid-level +2 · Full time
Posted 2 years ago
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About Us
Piñata Farms is a team of 35 who have been responsible for some of the biggest cultural and tech successes of the last 10 years, spanning mobile, social, video, AR, gaming and music. We are backed by the top Silicon Valley VC's and some of the most influential strategic investors in media, tech, and pop culture. We have been quietly building the company and and have very promising early engagement metrics and strong buzz in communities that drive pop culture including having been featured in the App Store. In fact, you may have already seem some of our work racking up millions of views for Diplo, Marshmello, Kendrick Lamar’s team, Benny Blanco, Barstool Sports, Shannon Sharpe, Dillon Francis, Lil Dicky, at the top of Reddit and going viral on IG and Twitter consistently.
 
Our app is a completely novel video platform for the youth. Our technology gives users an infinite choice of content ingredients and characters to then re-imagine and communicate through new stories. Our mission is driven from behavioral research into how today’s connected communities work. From our insider’s view of digital media and social communities, we’ve helped establish new norms and know what’s coming next. A large portion of our team is dedicated to developing novel and proprietary computer vision technologies that differentiates us from the same old commoditized and shallow video apps. We’ve brought the best technologists and best people in pop culture together - Piñata Farms will change the mobile video game and Creator Economy forever.
 
Role Overview
We are looking for a Product Designer to lead Design for the company, who knows what it takes to to design apps from the ground up, has impeccable taste, and a keen understanding of modern design principles. This role will work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to deliver high quality and considerate experiences to our users. You will have a key part in developing the PF brand, from visual aesthetic, to app and web UX. As the company grows you will have the opportunity to build out a design team of animators, app designers, and graphic artists to grow our vision
 
More specifically, you will be working on 1) powerful video editing features to make it easier to for users to become creators and 2) community building features and getting users to laugh :)
 

Skills and Experience

  • Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, Principle App, Framer, Adobe Suite, and more
  • Internal tools
  • Understanding of complex workflows designed to scale across diverse platforms
  • Large scale apps
  • Media-intensive apps
  • Communication, Video Editing, and/or Social apps

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to all aspects of design and execution, including pitching your ideas, designing the feature (visual design, interaction design, and prototyping), and partnering with engineering and product to implement your vision
  • Capable of acting as a Product Manager when needed
  • Lead product design on projects from inception to delivery on the web and mobile
  • Help define the short and long-term roadmap for products
Piñata Farms
Make everything funny
Size:  11-50 employees
Funding Level:  Early-stage Startup
Year Founded:  2018
Investors
Index Ventures
Gelt VC
Night Ventures
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