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# Product Designer at Sway

- **Company:** Sway
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-02-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/sway/am9icG9zdDrYZaKreY_VAA_kUan-q_T6

## Job description

Sway is a voting group platform that is taking the 2026 midterms by storm. We’re admired by well-known civic orgs, influencers, candidations/politicians, and voters alike. Voting group leaders across the country and ideological spectrum use Sway to organize their communities, share ballot recommendations, and — most importantly — win elections. Our tight-knit team is looking to add an ambitious product designer to the team, one who wants to shape one of the most consequential consumer products ever.

How we work together:

We’re currently contracting with a senior product designer, and are ready to bring that function in-house. Our existing EPD team is consumer product-focused, but we’re also highly empathetic.

We work long-ish hours in-person in SF, love team lunches, and are still happy to see each other on the weekend. We host civic-oriented events in our community. We have our power users on speed dial. We talk politics, and often do not agree. At the end of the day, we know that our work is critical, and that there are few cooler problem spaces to be working in right now. We strive to balance that gravity with lightness every day.

Who you are:

You’re someone who can bring our core user flows to life, whether that’s joining a voting group or filling out your ballot. You care about design systems, and you care about delight — especially when the object feels complicated or boring. You use AI to your advantage. You’re excited to have creative freedom and flexibility. Maybe you’ve built a consumer product from scratch or started something yourself.

Politics would be better with you involved.

Benefits:

Competitive comp, flexible PTO, full benefits, and ground-floor equity in a company trying to reinvent political power.

## About Sway

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Sway is a material innovation company scaling compostable solutions for plastic made with seaweed.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $10.6M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Julia Marsh (CEO & Co-Founder), Matt Mayes (COO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Climate Technology Product Manufacturing; sustainable packaging / biomaterials
- **Target customers**: B2B – brands in fashion, outdoors, home goods, personal care, and other industries looking for compostable flexible packaging; also partners with packaging distributors and manufacturers.
- **Mission statement**: “Create materials that replenish the planet” – enabling a circular economy from sea to soil.

## Products & Services
- **[Sway Flexible Film](https://swaythefuture.com/hello)**: Seaweed-based, compostable flexible film for bags (shopping, shipping, polybags, die-cut handle retail bags). The material is designed to match the performance of conventional plastics and can be processed on existing manufacturing equipment. Certified compostable (home and industrial) under TÜV Austria standards.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $10.6M (as of Nov 2024)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Third Nature Ventures (led $5M Seed round, Dec 2023)
  - Valor Siren Ventures (led $2.5M Pre-Seed round, Apr 2021)
  - Grants from undisclosed sources (2021, 2023, 2024)
  - Distribution partners: EcoEnclose, Atlantic Packaging
  - Memberships: Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, 1% for the Planet
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 17 employees (+3.8% YoY as of 2026)
  - 2.4M sq. ft of Sway film produced to date
  - 3.4M lbs of seaweed sourced; 119 seaweed farms supported across 30+ countries
  - Won the TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize (2023) and named a Fast Company World-Changing Idea (2024)
  - Featured in Forbes, The Guardian, WIRED

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary seaweed-based formulation** that matches key performance attributes of conventional plastics (strength, flexibility, sealability).
- **Plug‑and‑play with existing infrastructure** – the material can be compounded and extruded on standard plastic processing equipment, lowering adoption barriers.
- **Certified home and industrial compostability** (TÜV Austria) with no microplastics or toxic residues.
- **Sustainable sourcing framework** that prioritizes ecosystem health, farmer welfare, and diversification across regions and species.
- **Biological circularity** – materials decompose into healthy soil, completing a natural loop.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale production capacity by partnering with established manufacturers and expanding distribution networks.
- Diversify and expand seaweed sourcing globally (including invasive species) to ensure supply resilience.
- Continue certification of new products and enter additional market segments beyond flexible film.
- Position Sway as an “ingredient brand” that enables other companies to adopt regenerative packaging at scale.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a team of “material engineers, supply chain strategists, product designers, and communication experts – all driven to build a regenerative future.” The company values strong communication, storytelling, organization, and community connection.
- **Work Environment**: Small, agile team (17 employees) with a fast‑paced, collaborative vibe. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area (HQ in San Francisco; offices also in San Leandro and Oakland). Likely hybrid / flexible.
- **Impact**: Directly contribute to reducing plastic pollution and supporting coastal communities through seaweed aquaculture.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on award‑winning, world‑changing technology; connections with leading climate and ocean organizations; role in a mission‑driven startup.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn – Sway Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/swaythefuture)
2. [Sway – About Page](https://swaythefuture.com/about)
3. [Sway – Impact Page](https://swaythefuture.com/impact)
4. [Sway – Hello (Product Intro)](https://swaythefuture.com/hello)
5. [LinkedIn Post – Community & Content Coordinator Job](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/swaythefuture_are-you-sways-next-community-content-coordinator-activity-7298049408695185409-HSEJ)
6. [Careers Page – jobs.gem.com/sway](https://jobs.gem.com/sway)

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