About Somethings
Somethings is building the first social wellness platform for teens — a place where a teen can form a real relationship with a mentor who gets them, sticks with them, and helps them get better.25 Million teens in the U.S. are struggling with their mental health. Every one of the thousands of teens who downloads Somethings is struggling. Our job is to make sure they don’t just show up — they stay, connect with real humans who care deeply about them, and get the support that they need to thrive.We’re backed by General Catalyst and world-class healthcare + consumer investors, and we’re growing like crazy —
in 2025 we grew 1100%, raised our $15M Series A, and are on track to 5x in 2026.
If you want to be a part of the generationally defining company in mental health, welcome home.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer to join our small, high-ownership product team and design the core experiences that define Somethings for teens and mentors.This role is high-agency, high-craft, and high-impact:You will directly design the experiences that help teens stay, connect, and genuinely get better.You won’t just “make screens.” You will own problems end-to-end — research → insight → concept → prototype → shipped reality in the hands of teens.You'll help build AI tools that don't replace human connection but serve as true tools for our mentors and teens - technology that supports rather than substitutes the peer relationships at our core.This role is a player–coach role: you’ll lead design direction while also doing hands-on product design
What You’ll Do
You’ll take full ownership of core missions tied directly to our 2026 strategy:
1. Make our teen × mentor experiences magical
- Design web and mobile experiences that feel warm, safe, fast, and deeply human
- Elevate the mentor web experience from “works fine” to best-in-class — joyful, reliable, and a delight to use
- Define the future of teen-centered mental healthcare tools for mentors and clinical partners — simple, ethical, and trusted
- Infuse emotional intelligence into every interaction — designing for belonging, confidence, and care, not just usability
2. Design tools that safely scale our mentor operation
- Create mentor-facing tools that increase connection, clarity, and confidence
- Build safety surfaces that help identify risk without feeling clinical or cold
- Simplify complex workflows into elegant, calm product experiences
- Ensure mentors feel empowered by our tools, not burdened by them
3. Own the design process end to end
- Lead UX research with teens, mentors, and parents
- Turn messy problem spaces into clear direction and beautiful product
- Design flows, prototypes, design systems, and polished UI
- Partner closely with product, engineering, clinical ops, and growth
- Work directly with engineers through delivery to ensure craft survives shipping
Who you are
- 5+ years of product design experience shipping real products
- A portfolio that shows end-to-end thinking: insight → UX → beautiful UI
- Deep experience designing mobile consumer or social products
- Experience with React and front end development
- You care about craft — typography, microcopy, motion, states, feel
- You are research-minded and excited to talk with real users
- You’re a clear, thoughtful, direct communicator
- You’ve lead a team of designers before and love being both an IC and also a leader.
How We Work
We’re building a culture that blends high performance, deep belonging, and radical clarity:
- We care about outcomes, not theatrics
- We move quickly and learn constantly
- We speak the truth early
- We protect focus
- We hold a high bar for craft and quality
- We’re small, intense, collaborative, and mission-driven
- We care about each other, and we care about the millions of teens we serve
If you’re looking for a place where you can have real ownership and build something that genuinely changes lives, this is it.
Work Environment
- This is a full-time hybrid position in person in our NYC office in Williamsburg.
- Remote considered for truly exceptional candidates.
- Output-driven culture with flexibility where it supports life and excellence
What We Offer
- 💰 The annual salary range for this position is $140,000 - $210,000.
- 📈 Significant equity compensation, reflecting your foundational role and impact.
- 🏥 Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
- 🎯 Significant work ownership and autonomy
- 🎉 Unlimited days off.
🔑 Job level and actual compensation will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified
⚠️ Important Application Instructions
To be considered for this role, you must complete the following submission step:
Record a Loom video (8–10 minutes) of yourself answering the questions listed below.Application QuestionsIntroduce yourselfTalk to us about your experience with product design. It’s okay to brag!Whats the product that you are most proud of designing and why?Why do you want this job?What are you best at professionally?What do you not like doing professionally?When you think about designing for 'scale' in human-centered work (like mentorship, counseling, teaching), what does that mean to you? How is it different from scaling transactional or data-heavy work?A mentor opens their dashboard Monday morning after a weekend away. They have 6 active mentees, some haven't messaged in days, one sent something at 2am, another had a breakthrough on Friday. How would you help this person triage their attention?What's the difference between designing for someone who needs to 'stay on top of' their work versus someone who needs to 'be present with' their work?What are your career ambitions?Equal Opportunity Employer
At Somethings, we're committed to building a workplace where diversity is not just welcomed, it's celebrated. We believe that innovation thrives on teams where everyone can be their authentic selves, bringing unique perspectives and backgrounds to the table. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Our commitment to inclusivity is woven into the fabric of our corporate culture, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed, learn, and grow with us.
Compensation:USD 140000-210000
