Freelance Product Designer - Flex Bench/Ad-Hoc support

Position Overview

We are seeking a Project-based, freelance Product Designer to support active product design capacity gaps across the client's digital product initiatives through the end of the year. This role may be embedded with an existing team or assigned a defined workstream, based on experience level and available hours. The ideal candidate has some experience working in Financial Services or other highly regulated environments. This contract begins as ongoing, project-based support with no guaranteed hours; hours will vary with budget and project demand, and work is not guaranteed. In 2027, the client intends to transition this to a 35–40-hour-per-week contract that could eventually convert to full-time direct hire. The client will provide equipment for system access.

Working Style

• Available for stakeholder meetings during standard business hours
• Comfortable with a hybrid rhythm combining daytime collaboration and independent execution
• Able to ramp quickly and deliver with limited oversight
• Open to flexible utilization based on project demand

Responsibilities

• Create complete Figma handoff files for product and development teams
• Design responsive digital experiences across mobile through desktop breakpoints
• Translate product requirements into screen designs, prototypes, and development-ready specifications
• Work directly with stakeholders, product partners, designers, and developers
• Apply established design-system processes, file organization, and documentation practices
• Incorporate accessibility guidance and technical annotations into design files
• Support digital experiences that may include merchant, B2B servicing, benefits, pricing, and other initiatives

Deliverables

• Figma handoff files covering all required screen sizes and breakpoints
• Product screens with interaction and navigation specifications
• Accessibility notes (including ARIA-label guidance and copy behavior)
• Technical annotations and developer handoff documentation

Qualifications

• Must be local to New York, NY, and open to coming onsite in a hybrid capacity (remote flexibility in 2026; if the role becomes a 40-hour-per-week contract or contract-to-hire, a 3-day hybrid schedule will be required)
• Advanced Figma proficiency, including prototyping and production-ready developer handoff
• End-to-end digital product design experience, including translating requirements into responsive experiences
• Strong stakeholder and developer collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently or within an established team
• Working knowledge of accessibility considerations in digital product design
• Experience working in agile product development environments and partnering closely with engineers and product managers
• Comfort working with client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including financial information, in a collaborative onsite team environment

Benefits

• Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan
• Dental/vision/term life package
• Discount prescription program
• Critical illness coverage
• Accident coverage
• Tele-behavioral health
• 401(k) plan
• Sick leave provided where required by state or city law
• Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility based on length and dates of service