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New York, United States· Full-time· Remote
$250K – $300K/yr
ML
Role overview
Job description
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, Stripe, Instagram, Spotify, Slack, and SpaceX), 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 hands-on, senior individual contributor role. As our only designer, you'll own design across Modern Life's product and brand, set the standards, and direct a bench of specialty contractors. This isn't a people management role to start. For the next 6 to 12 months, the focus is doing the work at a high bar and building the foundation a future design team will grow on.
What You'll Do
Own design end to end across product, brand, and marketing, from research to shipped work
Set the quality bar and design standards, including our Figma library and design system
Direct our specialty contractors (brand, illustration, graphic, UI/UX): scoping, briefing, reviewing, and shipping
Shape how design partners with product and engineering, including how we run user research
Prototype fast with AI-native tools and push how we use them as capabilities evolve
Your ImpactMake complex insurance workflows clear and usable for advisors and their clients
Influence product and company direction by tying design decisions to business priorities
Build the practices a future design team will inherit, and help shape that team as we scale
About You8+ years of experience in digital product design, ideally including time as a solo designer or on a small team
A portfolio that shows both product depth and visual and brand range
Experience setting design standards across domains, not just executing within them
Comfortable directing contractors and working without a design leader above you
Based in NYC and open to working from our SoHo office, in person hybrid 4 days a week
Bonus PointsExperience with complex B2B, fintech, or insurance workflows
Prior design leadership experience and a preference for hands-on IC work
Your Impact
About You
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About this listing
- Source: Modern Life's official careers site · still listed there on 11 Nov 2026
- Posted 5 Nov 2026
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What they are looking for
Skills & requirements
Department · Design
Hiring company
Modern Life
Modern Life’s intuitive technology and expert team help the country’s top advisors navigate and place life insurance cases faster and easier than ever — especially for clients with impaired risks, jumbo cases or complex scenarios.
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