About Us
Artificial Societies (societies.io) helps Fortune 500 organisations understand how real-world audiences think, feel, and respond — without the cost, delay, or limitations of traditional research. We build large-scale simulated populations grounded in real-world data, enabling clients to test messages, strategies, and concepts. Our clients love the ability to receive insights backed by millions of responses in hours rather than months, and to access previously inaccessible audiences (e.g. investors, CEOs, opinion leaders).
We're backed by Y Combinator, Point72 Ventures, and Kindred Capital, with over 100 months of capital runway, and work with leading organisations across technology, financial services, communications, and public affairs.
We're a lean and highly effective team. We move fast, hold a high bar, and trust each other to own outcomes end-to-end. The culture is collaborative but low-ego: ideas win on merit, not seniority. If you've ever wanted to work somewhere your contributions genuinely shape the direction of a company, this is that moment.
The Role
This is a founding design hire. You'll be the first dedicated designer at Artificial Societies. You'll have an outsized impact on how our product looks, feels, and works — and how the world perceives our brand.
We're looking for someone who is a designer first. Someone with exceptional taste, craft, and a portfolio that speaks for itself — but who also thinks in systems. You reason about how things connect, anticipate edge cases, and care as much about how something works as how it looks. You use AI tools to go beyond static mockups and bring your ideas to life.
What You'll Do
- Own the product design end-to-end — from understanding customer problems through to polished, production-ready interfaces. You'll talk to users, dig into how they work, and design solutions that genuinely solve their problems.
- Own our brand and visual language — working alongside an external design agency to build and evolve a distinctive, cohesive identity across every touchpoint.
- Go beyond the mockup — use AI tools to prototype, iterate, and ship. We don't believe in throwing designs over a wall.
- Explore new ways of doing things — experiment with novel interaction patterns, data visualisations, and interfaces that make complex AI-driven insights feel intuitive and accessible.
- Set the bar for design culture — as the first design hire, you'll establish the standards, systems, and workflows that scale with us.
What We're Looking For
- An outstanding portfolio. Show us your work. We care about taste, range, and evidence of end-to-end ownership.
- Systems thinker. You see the whole picture — how screens connect, where things break, what happens at scale. You approach design problems with structure and rigour, not just intuition.
- Customer-obsessed. You start with the problem, not the pixel. You want to talk to users, understand how they work, and ground your decisions in what customers actually need.
- Excited about AI-assisted design and building. You're already experimenting with tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or v0 — or you're eager to. Willingness and aptitude matter more than current skill.
- Deeply curious and willing to learn. AI tools are evolving fast. You're excited by that, not threatened by it, and you actively integrate new tools into your workflow.
- Early-stage mindset. You thrive with ambiguity, move fast, and take ownership. You're energised by the opportunity to define something from scratch.
Logistics
- Location: London, in-office. We build better together, and this role is no exception.
- Salary: £80,000 – £120,000 depending on experience.
- Equity: Up to 0.5% — this is a founding role and you'll be rewarded like one.
Why Join Now
You'd be joining a lean, ambitious team at the earliest stage — backed by world-class investors, solving a genuinely novel problem at the intersection of AI and human behaviour. As the founding designer, you won't just be filling a role. You'll be shaping the product, the brand, and the culture from day one.