Staff Designer

Otter
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 182,000 - 230,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Mentorship","Storytelling","Brand awareness","Craft","Problem solving"]

Take ownership of Otter’s most ambiguous, high-impact design problems—turning vague direction into a concrete plan and rallying cross-team partners to ship work that feels unmistakably Otter. Spot unseen P0 issues, raise design craft and brand coherence across surfaces, and bring storytelling and problem-finding skills that extend beyond the brief. Mentor designers through how you work, without direct reports.

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Otter
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Staff Designer

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Job Summary

Take ownership of Otter’s most ambiguous, high-impact design problems—turning vague direction into a concrete plan and rallying cross-team partners to ship work that feels unmistakably Otter. Spot unseen P0 issues, raise design craft and brand coherence across surfaces, and bring storytelling and problem-finding skills that extend beyond the brief. Mentor designers through how you work, without direct reports.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Identify P0 problems others miss and make the case for why they matter.
  • •Translate vague company-level direction into a concrete plan and rally the right people to build it.
  • •Own cross-team initiatives that aren’t confined to a single roadmap or pod.
  • •Raise the bar on Otter’s design cohesion and considerateness across surfaces.
  • •Mentor and sharpen designers through your day-to-day work, without direct reports.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 182,000 - 230,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceAccident Insurance401kHsaPaid HolidaysPaid LeaveParental LeavePet InsuranceFsa

Key Requirements

  • •A track record of finding the right problem to solve, not just solving what you’re given.
  • •Experience shipping work that started as pure ambiguity, with no clean brief or clear owner.
  • •A sharp eye for brand and craft—spotting when something is almost right and pushing it to completion.
  • •Strong storytelling instincts that can help others believe in a direction before it exists.
  • •Enterprise or B2B experience is preferred, with bonus points for also touching consumer work.
Experience:B2BEnterpriseConsumer
Skills:MentorshipStorytellingBrand awarenessCraftProblem solving
Languages:English

Company Brief

Otter
Otter provides AI-powered transcription and meeting collaboration tools that generate searchable, shareable notes and summaries from voice conversations, helping teams capture, organize, and revisit meeting insights across devices and platforms.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Los Altos, United States
Founded: 2016
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