Pika
Pika
1 – 10 Employees
AR/VRB2CGaming
Pika creates playful AR/VR and gaming experiences that let people transform and reinterpret reality. Its products include Pikapocalypse and Pikaffects, designed around interactive visual effects and imaginative ways to change what users see. Pika is also hiring across a range of roles as it continues developing its consumer-focused products.

Product Designer, California (Remote)

Lead mobile and web product design for Pika’s generative AI video platform. Take concepts from early exploration through prototypes, polished experiences, and shipped features.

Description

  • Lead mobile and web design initiatives across a core area of Pika’s creative platform, from initial concept through final delivery.
  • Partner with product managers, engineers, and researchers to transform ideas and AI developments into accessible user experiences.
  • Shape product strategy and improve interaction patterns.
  • Advance concepts from prototypes to launched features.
  • Establish and maintain the visual language, design systems, and user flows.
  • Engage directly with creators and the Pika community to improve tools for creative expression.
  • Explain design decisions through compelling narratives, prototypes, and clear reasoning.
  • Combine systems-level thinking with close attention to typography, color palettes, spacing, and animation.
  • Champion empathetic, user-focused design.

Requirements

  • Bring 3–5 or more years of product design experience spanning UI and UX.
  • Showcase shipped mobile applications in your portfolio.
  • Demonstrate leadership in both UX and visual design.
  • Work confidently with Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and system-level design.
  • Rapidly visualize, prototype, and iterate on ideas in a fast-moving environment.
  • Create durable, consistent design logic aligned with users’ mental models.
  • Collaborate effectively across disciplines and teams.
  • Experience with creative tools, social platforms, or games is a plus.
  • Design-engineering skills, high-fidelity prototyping, or animation experience are advantageous.
  • A design or related degree is not required.
  • Being based in or near Palo Alto, California is a plus.
  • Address your authorization to work for any US employer and your US work authorization or sponsorship status in the application.

Benefits

  • Receive equity in a growing creative AI startup.
  • Access comprehensive benefits.
  • Use a monthly stipend for creative pursuits.
  • Participate in team retreats.
  • Work remotely with flexibility.
  • Have the option to work from the Palo Alto office.

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