Full-Time

Staff Product Designer

Design Team

Posted on 11/21/2024

Elevate Labs

Elevate Labs

51-200 employees

Cognitive skills and mental wellbeing apps

No salary listed

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Remote

Preference for candidates based in or around Los Angeles, CA.

Category
UI/UX & Design (1)
Required Skills
UI/UX Design
Figma
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience working on beautifully designed mobile products
  • Design portfolio that demonstrates outstanding UX and UI work
  • Deep-rooted user empathy and excellent visual and interaction design skills
  • Comprehensive understanding of mobile design patterns
  • Hunger to challenge yourself, learn new things, tackle complex problems, and level up your collaborators
  • Highly proficient in Figma
  • Self-motivated and proactive
  • Collaborative and communicative, with a track record of giving and receiving impactful feedback, sharing insightful opinions, and asking thoughtful questions
Responsibilities
  • Independently lead complex design projects, delivering beautiful and creative results
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to solve deep problems with simple and elegant solutions that deliver value to our customers
  • Utilize strong communication skills to articulate decisions and advocate for design excellence
  • Foster talent by mentoring fellow designers to help them develop and improve their skills
  • Work lean and fast as part of a small, high-impact, and high-output design team
  • Directly influence product and company decisions
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building or working with meditation, educational, or puzzle-based experiences
  • Experience working in a fully remote work environment with teammates operating across various time zones
  • Experience with motion design and animation using tools such as After Effects or Rive

Elevate Labs builds mobile apps that improve cognitive skills and mental well-being. Its products include Elevate, an app that helps users improve reading, writing, and math through personalized exercises and activities, and Balance, an app that provides personalized meditation to reduce stress, improve sleep, and sharpen focus. The company makes money through app subscriptions and in-app purchases and serves a global audience. Elevate has won Apple’s App of the Year and Balance was named Google’s Best App of 2021, reflecting recognition for real user value. Elevate operates as a fully distributed team, emphasizing a healthy company culture and strong employee experience. The goal is to help millions of people build cognitive abilities and better mental health while providing sustainable, user-friendly tools for ongoing practice.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$21.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Corporate wellness partnerships: B2B mental health app contracts grew 300% from 2022-2025.
  • Neuroscience validation: Peer-reviewed efficacy claims drive 2.5x higher retention versus unvalidated competitors.
  • Wearable integration: Syncing with Apple Watch and Oura Ring improves retention by 45%.

What critics are saying

  • Meditation market saturation: Calm commands 40%+ share; Balance faces displacement within 12-24 months.
  • App store economics: Apple and Google promote first-party wellness features, threatening Elevate's distribution.
  • AI commoditization: ChatGPT, Claude, and Duolingo's AI offer cheaper cognitive skill development alternatives.

What makes Elevate Labs unique

  • Award-winning apps: Elevate won Apple's App of the Year; Balance won Google's Best App 2021.
  • Dual cognitive-wellness focus differentiates from single-category competitors like Duolingo or Calm.
  • Fully distributed team cultivates unique remote-first culture and operational efficiency versus traditional competitors.

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Benefits

Competitive salary and equity

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family

Distributed team flexibility, with a home-office stipend and co-working reimbursement

Annual learning, wellness, and travel stipends

Generous PTO, flexible sick leave, and paid parental leave

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

1%
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