Common Room is hiring a Head of Design to lead our product and brand design efforts. In this player-coach role, you’ll roll up your sleeves to ship high-quality work while guiding the design function as we scale. You’ll collaborate closely with product, engineering, marketing, and go-to-market teams to shape elegant, intuitive experiences in our product and in how we tell our story.
What You'll Do
- Own and execute key design work across product and brand, especially in high-impact areas like UX patterns, dashboards, onboarding, and storytelling.
- Set a high bar for craft, speed, and clarity, modeling best practices in product and design thinking, prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Help recruit and mentor other designers, shaping a culture that prioritizes simplicity, customer empathy, and high-velocity learning.
- Lead the charge in building a deep company-wide understanding of who our users are, what they care about, and the jobs they need to get done.
- Ensure a consistent design language across our product UI, website, marketing materials, and customer-facing assets.
- Evolve our existing design system and UI foundations to support faster iteration and cohesive user experiences.
- Leverage customer research, product usage data, and cross-functional input to drive design decisions.
- Collaborate closely with PMs, engineers, marketers, and GTM leads to shape strategy and deliver impactful work.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in product and/or brand design.
- Experience at high-growth B2B SaaS companies.
- A strong individual contributor portfolio demonstrating clarity, craft, and usability across product and marketing experiences.
- Experience mentoring or managing other designers, even informally, with an interest in team building and coaching.
- A strong growth-oriented mindset.
- Comfort toggling between strategic leadership and tactical execution.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially in remote, async-friendly environments.
- Fluency in Figma and other modern design tools.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with data-rich or workflow-centric tools.
- Bonus for PLG, RevOps, or GTM experience.
Technical Stack
- Figma
Team & Environment
You will work closely with product, engineering, marketing, and go-to-market teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive base compensation with meaningful equity ownership.
- Health insurance including medical, dental, and vision, HSA and FSA. We pay 100% of your employee premium and 50% of your premium for any dependents.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off.
- Paid Company Holidays.
- Work from home policy including a laptop and support for your home office needs.
- Monthly Remote Stipend.
- 401(k) self contribution.
- Paid Family Leave.
- Opportunity to join a diverse, passionate, and fun team at a pivotal time in the company’s lifecycle.
Work Mode
This is a remote position.
Common Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
