Intern, Product Design
Presidio, CA
Product /
Full-Time /
On-site
About Arcade
Arcade is building the world’s first AI physical product creation platform, where imagination becomes reality. Our platform lets anyone design, purchase, and sell custom, manufacturable products using natural language and generative AI. We believe everyone should have the power to create physical goods as easily as they post online, and we’re building the infrastructure to make that real.
We’ve raised $42M from a world-class group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, Forerunner Ventures (Kirsten Green), Canaan Partners (Laura Chau), Adverb Ventures (April Underwood), Factorial Funds (Sol Bier), Offline Ventures (Brit Morin), Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), Inspired Capital (Alexa von Tobel), and Torch Capital (Jonathan Keidan). Our angel investors include Elad Gil, Ev Williams, Marissa Mayer, Sara Beykpour, Kayvon Beykpour, Anna Veronika Dorogush, Eugenia Kuyda, David Luan, Sharon Zhou, Kelly Wearstler, Karlie Kloss, Colin Kaepernick, Christy Turlington Burns, and Jeff Wilke.
Arcade is headquartered in San Francisco’s Presidio and led by serial entrepreneur Mariam Naficy (Minted, Eve), and a founding team with deep experience in generative AI, design systems, and supply chain. We’re pioneering a new category at the intersection of AI, personal expression, and on-demand manufacturing, and we’re building fast.
Role Summary
Note: we are open to fall, winter, and spring internships.
As a Product Designer at Arcade, you will help define entirely new ways for people to design, personalize, and create physical products using generative AI. You’ll design elegant, expressive interfaces that make complex systems feel simple and intuitive, and work closely with engineering, product, and AI research to bring those ideas to life. You’ll own the end-to-end design process, from concept to launch, across our web and mobile surfaces.
You’ll lead design for workflows powered by custom models, agent systems, and generative interfaces, translating new AI capabilities into magical, user-first experiences. And you’ll be part of a fast-moving, deeply collaborative team where designers shape the core product, prototype quickly, and launch features that define a new creative category.
What You'll Do
- Design and launch user-facing features that make generative product creation intuitive, fun, and emotionally resonant
- Own and evolve core interaction patterns across key surfaces: design workflows, product configuration, content editing, and more
- Prototype and test new concepts quickly, working closely with engineers and researchers to bring speculative ideas into production
- Work across levels of fidelity, from napkin sketch to production-ready component, with taste and clarity
- Develop systems for consistent design across platforms, while making space for expressive and playful UX moments
- Collaborate across AI research, engineering, and product to shape new model capabilities into usable, delightful features
We're Looking For Designers Who
- Have strong systems thinking and UX fundamentals, with a love for clarity and flow
- Care deeply about aesthetics, usability, and emotional impact
- Thrive in ambiguous spaces and enjoy creating structure where none exists
- Have a strong product sense and think holistically about how users interact with intelligent tools
- Are excited about generative AI and want to design the interfaces that make it feel magical and accessible
- Move quickly, work collaboratively, and bring energy, humility, and taste to every interaction
What You Bring
- Currently in school with a background in Design, HCI, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience designing and shipping real products
- A portfolio of work that shows strong craft, systems thinking, and a clear point of view
- Experience designing web or mobile products, ideally from zero to one
- Comfort working in Figma and collaborating directly with engineers on implementation
- Bonus: experience with generative tools, creative software, consumer marketplaces, or AI-powered products
Additional
Competitive compensation
Lunch provided daily
Company events
Arcade is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and supportive team, and to creating a platform where anyone, anywhere, can make something meaningful.
