Founding Product Designer

Founding Product Designer at Hera (YC S25)

We're building the world's first AI motion designer that creates professional animations in seconds.

About Hera

Video is the most effective medium, but video creators waste countless hours animating seconds of content. Motion design tools like After Effects require mastering complex user interfaces, turning creative work into button-clicking hell. We're starting with motion design because it's the most painful and expensive part of video creation.

Hera is the first AI motion designer that creates professional animations through conversation. Unlike video-gen tools, Hera generates code-based animations where every parameter can be fine-tuned through prompts or on-canvas editing, giving users the control of After Effects with the simplicity of Lovable.

In our first two weeks after launch, users created over 200,000 animations.

Our founders: Peter Tribelhorn (CEO) built YouTube channels with 50B+ views. Chia-Lun Wu (CTO) was one of the first developers at Vyond, where he built their video editor used by 20,000 businesses today.

About the Role

Partner with engineering to design intuitive experiences that make AI-powered animation creation accessible to everyone

Create the perfect AI-native interface that balances simplicity with power: hiding complexity while giving users control when they need it

Run user interviews and usability tests continuously to find new opportunities and validate design choices

Own designs from concept to launch, including prototypes, design systems, and pixel-perfect execution

Drive growth through design experiments, better onboarding, and conversion improvements

Shape go-to-market messaging and visuals that connect with our target audience

What Makes You a Great Fit

You're hungry. Not just ambitious, but obsessed with building something massive

You're entrepreneurial. You've built things before and demand ownership

You thrive in ambiguity. No roadmaps, no PMs, just problems to solve

You have a growth mindset. We're small today, but building something huge. To grow the company, each of us needs to grow personally

You work like an athlete. High performance, consistent improvement, whatever it takes to win

You want to work in-person in Berlin (we help you relocate if needed)

We hire for slope, not intercept. We don't care about credentials; we care about trajectory

You're NOT a Good Fit If:

You're picky about what you work on

You lack curiosity or the hunger to learn

You prefer structured environments with clear boundaries

You think AI is just hype

You want to specialize in one technology

Why Hera?

We're building this team like Real Madrid: small, elite, with each person being a superstar. We believe we can reach $100M ARR with less than 20 people. As a founding engineer, you'll have:

Life-changing equity stake

Above-market salary

Build a product used by thousands daily

The chance to redefine how millions of users create video

Office in Berlin Mitte (1 minute from Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz)

All meals on us - we serve lunch and dinner 6 days/week