About Us

K2 Venture Partners is a hands-on software development studio specializing in AI-first problem solving and zero-to-one product development, founded by serial entrepreneurs who've built dozens of products and sold multiple companies. We partner with early-stage companies to transform bold ideas into market-ready products, with a core focus on achieving product-market fit through rapid, traction-centric development.

The Role

We're looking for a UI/UX designer with a strong eye for elegant design and a passion for prototyping directly in code. You'll be responsible for crafting intuitive, gorgeous interfaces that are as useful as they are aesthetically pleasing and taking them past mockups into working front-end components using our JavaScript stack. You'll own the look and feel of our products end-to-end. While you'll work alongside engineers who wire up your work to complex logic and data flows, you'll be the champion for delightful, user-centered design that's actually brought to life in the product, not left in Figma.

What You'll Do

• Design elegant, user-centered interfaces for web and mobile apps.
• Use Figma for early explorations, then evolve those into live prototypes with HTML/JS in our stack (often React).
• Rapidly iterate with founders and customers on projects, blending user discovery with your own product instincts.
• Own the implementation of the visual layer, making sure what ships matches your design vision, even if you're not wiring up API calls.
• Collaborate with engineers to hand off or pair program as needed to get the details right.

What We're Looking For

• An exceptional design portfolio. We care more about the quality of your UI work than a formal degree. If you're self-taught but have stunning product examples, we want to see them.
• A strong grasp of UX principles, from flows and wireframes to interaction states.
• Comfortable coding front-end prototypes (React / Next or similar) or excited to deepen those skills. You have some hands-on experience already, and we'll help level you up.
• Bias for action and a love for zero-to-one ambiguity. You're not afraid to sketch something rough, test it, and scrap it tomorrow.

Nice to Haves

• Prior work in early-stage startups or studios.
• Experience with native mobile interfaces

Logistics & Perks

• Location: Cleveland, OH. Hybrid schedule (3 days/week in office).
• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Work on a wide range of products
• Small, tight-knit team of experienced founders and engineers where your decisions shape the end product.