Staff Product Designer

Superhuman Superhuman · Consumer · Hub - Berlin · Engineering, Product, Design, and Marketing

Staff Product Designer for the Agents team at Superhuman, focusing on designing AI-powered agent experiences that help users communicate and get work done more productively. The role involves shaping product strategy, collaborating with engineering and design teams, and mentoring junior designers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design next-generation Agent experiences: Bring new AI-powered Agent concepts to life, from ideation through launch, helping users communicate with greater clarity and confidence.
  2. Collaborate across disciplines and geographies: Work closely with engineering teams in Europe and partner with designers in the US to refine user interactions and ensure cohesive performance across our platform.
  3. Shape design strategy: Influence product direction by contributing user insights, prototyping new ideas, and developing a long-term design vision for the Agents roadmap.
  4. Lead, mentor, and inspire: Elevate design standards through thoughtful feedback, design critique, and mentorship of less experienced team members.
  5. Drive rapid iteration: Work side-by-side with company leadership and founders to quickly iterate, test, and learn in a fast-paced, build-focused environment.

Skills

Required

  • Extensive experience designing complex, scalable desktop products (productivity tools or similar)
  • Strong communication design skills; can write and relay context, concepts, and business cases with engaging storytelling and impact.
  • A genuine interest in AI technology, both conceptually and in practical workflows (reading, writing, translating) and are actively experimenting with AI-driven prototyping.
  • A strong, user-centered design portfolio demonstrating the ability to transform insights into meaningful product solutions for real-world business use cases.
  • Has a demonstrated ability to work independently, proactively manages tasks and priorities across multiple projects, analyzes and executes work efficiently, collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments.
  • Experience working with metrics and data-driven decision-making.
  • Passion for language, writing, and human communication.

Nice to have

  • Experience building, mentoring, or shaping design teams is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • Extensive experience designing complex, scalable desktop products (productivity tools or similar)
  • A genuine interest in AI technology, both conceptually and in practical workflows (reading, writing, translating) and are actively experimenting with AI-driven prototyping.
  • A strong, user-centered design portfolio demonstrating the ability to transform insights into meaningful product solutions for real-world business use cases.