UI/UX Designer (Consumer Experience)
Athlete To Athlete, Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403
Overview
Athlete to Athlete
(A2A) is the leading technology platform connecting youth athletes with verified college athletes for online coaching and mentorship. Our mission is to build driven, confident, and resilient people through sports. We’re building a category-defining product that could serve 60M+ youth athlete families, and we’re looking for a hands-on Design Director to own and elevate the end-to-end design experience. This is a hands-on role: you will work alongside Product to define ideal user flows and personally execute the work. You’ll spend most of your time designing CRO improvements, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI. You should have lots of familiarity designing intuitive front-end systems and consumer facing screens used by a large user base. This is NOT an agency / brand / creative director type opportunity. If you thrive in fast-paced startup environments, love turning ambiguity into clarity, and want massive ownership over a product with real-world impact, this role is for you.
The Role As the UI/UX Designer, you will lead design across the A2A platform; owning UX, UI, and visual direction while operating as the company’s lead individual contributor. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to shape what we build, why we build it, and how it comes to life. You’ll establish high design standards, build scalable systems, and ship experiences that feel intuitive, polished, and human without losing startup speed. We strongly prefer an onsite model (3–5 days/week) in our Santa Monica office.
What You’ll Do
Own and execute end-to-end product design across web and mobile (wireframes → prototypes → high-fidelity → production-ready assets)
Serve as the lead individual contributor for all UI/UX work
Define and evolve A2A’s design vision, principles, and product experience
Translate user needs and business goals into elegant, simple, and scalable solutions
Design experiences across our full ecosystem: Youth Athletes, Guardians, Mentors, and Internal Teams
Partner deeply with Product and Engineering on roadmap shaping, problem framing, and solution definition
Build and maintain a scalable design system that enables speed, consistency, and accessibility
Balance craft, usability, and velocity knowing when to perfect and when to ship
Advocate for the user through strong storytelling, prototypes, and clear rationale
What You’ve Done
10+ years of product design experience, including 5+ years in lead roles
Proven success designing consumer products in fast-moving, product-led companies
Strong portfolio demonstrating world-class craft and clear business impact
Deep experience with Figma (components, auto-layout, prototyping, design systems)
Experience across subscription products, marketplaces, consumer apps, and/or video
Fluency in motion and interaction design (Lottie, After Effects, ProtoPie, etc. a plus)
Strong understanding of design systems, UX strategy, and design-engineering collaboration
Experience designing responsive web and mobile experiences
Comfort working in ambiguity and iterating quickly
Understanding of AI-driven UX and conversational interfaces is a plus
Bonus: Passion for youth sports, college athletics, or mentorship
Who You Are
Deeply understands and embraces that we are building experiences used by minors, where trust, safety, and emotional impact matter deeply
A strategic thinker who can zoom out to vision and zoom in to pixels
Comfortable in scrappy environments where process is lightweight and impact is high
Opinionated, but highly collaborative
A builder first - energized by shipping, iterating, and owning outcome
Athlete to Athlete is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Compensation:
Base salary range: $135,000–$165,000 + competitive equity + benefits (final offer dependent on experience and location).
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(A2A) is the leading technology platform connecting youth athletes with verified college athletes for online coaching and mentorship. Our mission is to build driven, confident, and resilient people through sports. We’re building a category-defining product that could serve 60M+ youth athlete families, and we’re looking for a hands-on Design Director to own and elevate the end-to-end design experience. This is a hands-on role: you will work alongside Product to define ideal user flows and personally execute the work. You’ll spend most of your time designing CRO improvements, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI. You should have lots of familiarity designing intuitive front-end systems and consumer facing screens used by a large user base. This is NOT an agency / brand / creative director type opportunity. If you thrive in fast-paced startup environments, love turning ambiguity into clarity, and want massive ownership over a product with real-world impact, this role is for you.
The Role As the UI/UX Designer, you will lead design across the A2A platform; owning UX, UI, and visual direction while operating as the company’s lead individual contributor. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to shape what we build, why we build it, and how it comes to life. You’ll establish high design standards, build scalable systems, and ship experiences that feel intuitive, polished, and human without losing startup speed. We strongly prefer an onsite model (3–5 days/week) in our Santa Monica office.
What You’ll Do
Own and execute end-to-end product design across web and mobile (wireframes → prototypes → high-fidelity → production-ready assets)
Serve as the lead individual contributor for all UI/UX work
Define and evolve A2A’s design vision, principles, and product experience
Translate user needs and business goals into elegant, simple, and scalable solutions
Design experiences across our full ecosystem: Youth Athletes, Guardians, Mentors, and Internal Teams
Partner deeply with Product and Engineering on roadmap shaping, problem framing, and solution definition
Build and maintain a scalable design system that enables speed, consistency, and accessibility
Balance craft, usability, and velocity knowing when to perfect and when to ship
Advocate for the user through strong storytelling, prototypes, and clear rationale
What You’ve Done
10+ years of product design experience, including 5+ years in lead roles
Proven success designing consumer products in fast-moving, product-led companies
Strong portfolio demonstrating world-class craft and clear business impact
Deep experience with Figma (components, auto-layout, prototyping, design systems)
Experience across subscription products, marketplaces, consumer apps, and/or video
Fluency in motion and interaction design (Lottie, After Effects, ProtoPie, etc. a plus)
Strong understanding of design systems, UX strategy, and design-engineering collaboration
Experience designing responsive web and mobile experiences
Comfort working in ambiguity and iterating quickly
Understanding of AI-driven UX and conversational interfaces is a plus
Bonus: Passion for youth sports, college athletics, or mentorship
Who You Are
Deeply understands and embraces that we are building experiences used by minors, where trust, safety, and emotional impact matter deeply
A strategic thinker who can zoom out to vision and zoom in to pixels
Comfortable in scrappy environments where process is lightweight and impact is high
Opinionated, but highly collaborative
A builder first - energized by shipping, iterating, and owning outcome
Athlete to Athlete is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Compensation:
Base salary range: $135,000–$165,000 + competitive equity + benefits (final offer dependent on experience and location).
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