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# Senior Product Designer, Acquisition & Conversion at Tin Can

- **Company:** Tin Can
- **Location:** Seattle, WA
- **Compensation:** $145k–$175k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tin-can/28932146-67b1-47e6-9140-121f16da92db

## Job description

## ABOUT TIN CAN

Tin Can is building a safer, simpler way for kids to connect — without smartphones. We're creating screen-free, delightful devices and services that let families call the people who matter most, free from the noise of today's digital world.

We're building a bold, authentic, nostalgic, and kinda quirky brand that resonates with folks who want something simpler & better for their kids than the tech-infused lives we're currently living (and who have a sense of humor about it).

## THE ROLE

A referral text, a landing page, an ad — none of it works if it doesn't look and feel like Tin Can. That's this role.

We're looking for a Senior Product Designer with exceptional taste and serious visual chops to own design across everything that gets a family from curious to convinced: our e-commerce site (landing pages, product pages, checkout), our acquisition programs, and whatever wild campaign Brand dreams up next. You'll partner closely with our Conversion PM and our Acquisition & Brand PM, and with Brand (fair warning: these folks have ideas!), turning ambitious concepts into something beautiful, clear, and unmistakably Tin Can. You'll also partner with the team who owns the core phone and app experience, so the site and the product feel like one continuous story.

This is a hands-on role for someone who cares as much about the pixel as the punchline, and who's energized by making something look so good it converts without ever feeling like it's trying to.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Own the visual design of our growth experiences — the e-commerce site, campaign pages, and acquisition programs
- Bring exceptional visual craft and brand taste to everything you touch
- Dig into customer problems with Product, figure out the fix, and design it
- Talk to customers to understand what's actually working, turn customer insights and performance data into concrete design improvements
- Design for testing — know how to isolate a change, run it, and iterate your way toward a bigger vision, not just a single win
- Partner with Brand and Product designers so everything Tin can feels coherent
- Build the patterns and design language that help the team and when appropriate, AI, move fast but meet our bar
- Get hands-on: prototype it, write the copy, sit with an engineer until it’s right

## WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 5+ years designing and shipping consumer-facing digital experiences, with a portfolio that shows exceptional visual craft; you’re brand and you’re product
- Exceptional taste — you make a brand's spirit sing without losing the plot on usability
- Strong UX fundamentals; it has to convert above all else
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, conversion-oriented environment
- Fluency using AI as a design multiplier (exploration, prototyping, production)
- Excellent judgment around user trust and quality, designing for kids and parents
- Clear communication and the ability to bring Brand, Product, and engineering along
- Hands-on and scrappy approach; you'd rather dig into the research or the data yourself than wait for someone to hand you the answer
- Low ego, high enthusiasm — you cheer as loud for someone else's idea as your own

## WHY JOIN TIN CAN

- We're building tech that protects childhood: We're on a quest to give kids a more analog childhood — one with real conversations, real connection, and way less screen time. No doomscrolling, data mining, or dopamine traps — just a simpler, better way for kids to stay in touch. This is a rare opportunity to build something that truly matters.
- You'll make the first impression unforgettable: Growth is where a family decides Tin Can is for them. You'll own making that moment as beautiful and persuasive as the product itself.
- Small, high-trust team: Every company says "team," but at Tin Can it means something different. We're a small, mission-driven group that genuinely has each other's backs — professionally and personally. You'll be joining a tight-knit crew where your ideas and instincts matter from day one.
- Room to explore, not just execute: You'll have the space to explore new ideas, challenge assumptions, and shape a product experience that reflects our values of trust, simplicity, and care.

If you're excited by the idea of making people fall in love with Tin Can before they've even opened the box, please reach out. We can't wait to meet someone who's ready to jump in, sweat the details, and help us grow.

## About Tin Can

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tin Can builds a screen-free, Wi-Fi-enabled landline for kids that allows them to call approved contacts without the distractions of a smartphone.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Chet Kittleson, Max Blumen, and Graeme (last name not publicly available)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Consumer Services / Kids’ Communication Hardware
- **Target customers**: B2C – parents of children aged 4–13 who want a safe, screen-free phone option
- **Mission**: “Bring back the freedom of the old-school landline, updated for today’s families.”

## Products & Services
- **[Tin Can Device](https://tincan.kids/)**: A custom-designed, Wi-Fi-connected landline handset with no screen, no apps, no camera, and no browser. It plugs into a wall and connects over Wi-Fi. Parents manage contacts and quiet hours via a companion mobile app.
- **[Can2Can Plan](https://tincan.kids/)**: Free unlimited calling between two Tin Cans, no subscription required.
- **[Party Line Plan](https://tincan.kids/)**: $9.99/month subscription that allows the child to call any regular phone number (grandparents, parents’ cells, etc.) in addition to other Tin Cans. Includes 911 emergency calling.
- **Parent App**: iOS/Android app for approving contacts, setting quiet hours, and managing Do Not Disturb schedules.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $5.75 M
  - Pre-Seed (May 2025): Led by PSL Ventures (9 investors)
  - Seed (Oct 2025): $3.5 M led by Data Tech Fund and PSL Ventures (8 investors)
- **Notable Investors**: PSL Ventures, Data Tech Fund, Greylock (participated in a prior round)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Used by families in 30+ U.S. states with zero paid marketing (organic word-of-mouth)
  - Headcount grew from ~2 to 27 employees (+1,167% YoY)
  - Received 40 early prototypes hand-installed in one Seattle neighborhood; demand spread rapidly

## Competitive Advantages
- **True screen-free experience**: No apps, no texts, no browser – pure voice calling. Eliminates the risks of smartphones (social media, addictive apps, stranger danger).
- **Parental control without complexity**: Parents manage everything via a simple app; kids get independence without internet access.
- **Wi-Fi landline model**: Works with existing home Wi-Fi, no need for a cellular plan or smartphone.
- **Emergency calling**: 911 always available, even without a subscription.
- **Free Can2Can network**: Encourages peer-to-peer calling among friends who also have Tin Cans.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling production of the fully custom hardware (designed from the ground up)
- Expanding the user base beyond the initial 30 states through word-of-mouth and targeted marketing
- Building out the team (active job postings for engineering, design, marketing, and customer experience)
- Maintaining a mission-driven culture focused on intentional technology for kids

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven startup focused on real human connection and “keeping childhood full of imagination, not notifications.” Team is passionate about intentional tech.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/in-office options available. HQ is in Seattle with an in-office workspace; some roles are remote or hybrid.
- **Growth opportunity**: Early-stage company (27 employees) with rapid growth – employees can have outsized impact.
- **Perks**: Not detailed publicly, but typical startup perks (equity, flexible schedule) likely. The company emphasizes a “no surprises” approach to its product.
- **Team composition**: Small, cross-functional team with specialists in customer service, design, engineering, and operations.

## Sources
1. [tincan.kids](https://tincan.kids/)
2. [tincan.kids - About page](https://tincan.kids/pages/about-tin-can)
3. [Built In - Tin Can Careers](https://builtin.com/company/tin-can)
4. [LinkedIn - Tin Can](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tincankids)
5. [Jobs page - Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tin-can)

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