Bjak

Head of Design

United States full-time Executive Salary not listed
full-time Executive level Technology & IT Curated
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About the role

About ActAI
There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks, calendar and they're not AI-native. Our mission is to build proactive applications for anyone in the world, who are not used to complex prompting. We aim to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal to no prompting.
Our first application is an agent-first mobile communication app. We believe building applications that users use daily for communication, coordination and collaboration needs will help integrate AI into their lives. The net effect is to eliminate misinformation, achieve low coordination costs, enable high quality tasks and collaboration at scale with minimal or little prompting.
About the Role
The Head of Design will own product design quality across the group's consumer products and brands. This is a hands-on design leadership role with direct involvement in our most important products and user experiences.
What you will be doing

Set the design direction and quality bar across group products.

Work directly on or review critical user journeys, product concepts and interfaces.

Turn complex financial and AI workflows into simple consumer experiences.

Set standards across product design, interaction, visual design and design systems.

Review shipped products and identify specific usability and design problems.

Work with product and engineering from early concepts through production.

Recruit and assess senior product, UI and brand designers.

What you will need

Strong portfolio of shipped consumer technology products with meaningful usage.

Deep product and interaction design capability, not primarily people management.

Strong visual judgement and attention to interface details.

Ability to prototype and communicate product interactions directly.

Experience working closely with product and engineering on shipped products.

Hands-on design style - able to create, critique and materially improve design work directly.

Portfolio Submission (Mandatory)
Applicants are required to submit a portfolio as part of their application. The portfolio should showcase relevant design work, projects, and achievements that demonstrate your experience, creative capabilities, and suitability for the Chief Design Officer role.
Please provide a link to your portfolio in the application form. Portfolio submission is mandatory for this role.
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Technology & IT Figma Head Design Technology Executive level full-time

Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Head of Design role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Bjak?
  3. Which of Figma, Head and Design have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. How have you led people, improved a process, or made a hard decision in a previous role?
  5. How do you handle busy days, changing priorities, or pressure at work?

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  • A recent example that proves your experience with Figma, Head and Design.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

Ask them

  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the Head of Design role because I can bring practical experience in Figma, Head and Design, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Bjak needs from this hire.

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