Design Lead Job at Topsort in Somerville

Overview Join to apply for the Design Lead role at Topsort . We're quickly growing and excited for you to join us. Topsort is changing the way Retail Media works. By joining our scaling team, you'll feel your impact from day 1. The processes and messaging you build today will be a critical part of our foundation as we scale toward 200 Topsorters worldwide, and your innovations will influence the industry as a whole. Retail Media is on the verge of a new era, and Topsort is gathering the ecosystem to shape a brighter future. Joining us now, you'll work directly alongside our co-founders and founding members to bring Retail Media 3.0 to life. If youre looking to define your career as something greater than yourself, come scale with us. What it's like to work at Topsort Our team prioritizes straightforward communication, embracing feedback, and fostering a super collaborative environment. It’s a fast-paced, high-execution culture focused on winning together, with a shared openness to bold ideas and rapid decision-making. We value open collaboration, bold choices, and a strong sense of urgency to get things done. Role overview What is this role like? We’re looking for a creative, hands-on, and cross-functional Design Lead to own and elevate design at Topsort across both product and brand . This role is ideal for someone who can move between pixels and systems, detail and direction, and who is excited to shape the visual identity of a fast-growing adtech company from the ground up. You will set the quality bar and collaborate with product, marketing, and leadership to ensure user experiences are functional, elegant, and cohesive. You’ll guide everything from feature-level UI/UX to brand campaigns and visual storytelling, ensuring Topsort looks like the category-defining product we are building. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for a designer who is ready to lead, ship, and scale in an early-stage, product-led environment. You will: Lead and evolve Topsort's design function, spanning both product UX and brand design Work hands-on in Figma to create intuitive, delightful user experiences for our platform, APIs, and tools Define and maintain a cohesive design system that balances speed, scalability, and craft Mentor and support a small team of designers, fostering collaboration and growth Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and go-to-market teams to align design decisions with business goals Translate complex concepts (auctions, APIs, data flows) into clear, user-friendly interfaces and communications Shape and refine Topsort's visual identity across touchpoints—from the app to the website to event collateral Balance speed with precision, making smart trade-offs in a fast-moving startup environment Champion design quality and usability, helping the team think in systems, not just screens What you need to be successful – we’re open to candidates who may not check every box and value proven potential 6+ years of experience across product design and brand/visual design, with a strong portfolio Experience designing and shipping complex digital products, ideally in B2B, SaaS, or technical domains Comfortable leading a small team, including mentoring, direction-setting, and giving feedback Fluent in tools like Figma and comfortable owning systems, prototypes, and design documentation Strong understanding of interaction design, layout, and visual hierarchy Able to think and speak cross-functionally with engineers, marketers, and executives A builder's mindset: you seek feedback, move quickly, and focus on delivering impact A passion for clarity, simplicity, and polish in every design decision Excitement about owning a zero-to-one design journey and influencing company-wide aesthetics and UX Located in Boston and available to work onsite from our Somerville office 4 days a week About Topsort At Topsort, we democratize the secret technologies of walled gardens and create a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We aim to make advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without creepy ads or cookie obsession. Our mission is to democratize monetization access for all and ensure advertising doesn’t overwhelm brands or sellers. Today, Topsort has 5 major hubs worldwide and employees in 13+ countries. We are a global company born in the pandemic, with rapid growth driven by a customer-first mentality and a hardworking team. Since our founding in 2021, we’ve gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps across 40+ countries, approaching a leadership position in the industry. Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment and real-time impact? Let’s make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern tech. What We Value We seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward: Deep dive into details and root-cause analysis Team-first mindset with a focus on collective results Ability to tackle ambiguity and turn chaos into structured innovation Adaptability and a willingness to mentor, lead, and learn Urgency in execution while building scalable, replicable processes Curiosity and quick learning to apply difficult concepts Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology Industries: Technology, Information and Internet Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Topsort by 2x Get notified about new Lead Designer jobs in Somerville, MA. Boston, MA $135,000 - $190,000 Boston, MA $140,000.00 - $170,000.00 #J-18808-Ljbffr