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Design Lead

Modernlife · New York, NY · Hybrid · Active · $180,000–$220,000 / year · Lever

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FieldValue
CompanyModernlife
TitleDesign Lead
Normalized title-
Department / teamDesign
LocationNew York, NY, United States
Work modelHybrid / Hybrid
Employment typeFull Time
Salary$180,000–$220,000 / year
Statusactive
ATS providerLever
Posted / first seen2026-05-21 / 2026-05-29
Changed / last seen2026-05-30 / 2026-06-06

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CompanyModernlife
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ATS providerLever

Description

Join our team and accelerate your career. Life insurance is a complex and consequential purchase that impacts hundreds of millions of Americans. With our powerful and integrated digital tools, expert support, and leading insurance products, we empower advisors to better serve their clients, grow their businesses, and bring the future of the industry to life. We are a high-growth, AI-driven brokerage backed by $35M from top-tier investors, including Thrive Capital (major investors in OpenAI, SpaceX, Stripe, Instagram, Spotify, and Slack), New York Life, and Northwestern Mutual. Join a passionate team of product-minded technologists and insurance professionals who are at the leading edge of a massive industry. Make a tangible difference in people's lives and help deliver our mission to help everyone protect what matters most through advanced technology and tailored advice. This is a senior individual contributor role with leadership scope. Depending on the person, the role can grow into a design leader over time or work in support of design leadership as we scale the team. What You'll Do: Drive design and user experience across Modern Life’s product and brand presence Define, launch and iterate solutions that are clear, usable, and elegant Translate complexity into clarity in everything you touch, from research to pixels Push the bleeding edge of your approach and tools as AI capabilities continue to evolve Collaborate closely with cross-functional team from early concept through execution Direct and get the most out of work from other designers where needed, including external design freelancers — scoping, briefing, reviewing, and shipping Your Impact: Enable our customers—life insurance advisors—to serve their clients more easily by delivering user experiences which improve the process of buying and selling insurance Influence product and company direction by driving design decisions that align user needs with business priorities, working closely with a tight-knit, fast-moving cross-functional team Raise the quality bar through thoughtful critique, high standards, and attention to detail across product, brand, and marketing touchpoints Contribute to building a culture of customer-centricism across the organization which results in consistently high customer satisfaction rates Continue to develop the design practice and approach in a scalable way About You: 6+ years of experience in digital product design, ideally including time on an in-house team A portfolio showing your ability to define, execute and iterate impactful design solutions Curiosity and experimentation mindset; actively exploring how new tools can help your work Driven by tenacious problem-solving, deliver viable, desirable, feasible solutions Leadership experience or clear leadership aptitude; comfortable directing the work of other designers (including freelancers) and giving them what they need to be productive Systems thinker comfortable applying a defined system and seizing opportunities to evolve it Experience working with a refined brand; able to execute with visual finesse, uphold guidelines and apply good taste to design solutions Highly collaborative work style with stakeholders and peers Driven to build life insurance domain expertise through self-study, user research, pairing with internal subject matter experts Based in NYC and open to working from our SoHo office - in person hybrid 4 days a week Bonus Points: You have experience and interest in working with complex B2B workflows and systems You are familiar with Service Design methods; experience working cross-channel You have formally managed or mentored other designers, or led freelance/agency partners

Full job record

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Board ID8d693550-d74f-445e-880a-c169257c5b1b
Providerlever
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TitleDesign Lead
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Statusactive
Activeyes
Location TextNew York, NY
Department
TeamDesign
Employment TypeFull Time
Workplace Typehybrid
Remote Policyhybrid
CountryUnited States
RegionNY
CityNew York
Salary RawUSD 180000-220000 per-year-salary
Salary Min180,000
Salary Max220,000
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Salary Periodyear
Source URLhttps://jobs.lever.co/modernlife/36f54654-7eeb-44e6-9409-6274a5535154
Apply URLhttps://jobs.lever.co/modernlife/36f54654-7eeb-44e6-9409-6274a5535154/apply
First Seen At2026-05-29 06:58:03Z
Last Seen At2026-06-06 07:56:35Z
Last Checked At2026-06-06 07:56:35Z
Last Changed At2026-05-30 07:35:30Z
Inactive At
Source Posted At2026-05-21 13:52:00Z
Source Updated At
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