Product Design Freelancer

About the role

BDA is seeking freelance creative designers to support our team with project-based work, including custom merchandise concepts, limited-time fan collectibles, product packaging, promotional activations, product presentations, and client-facing visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Stay aware of current trends, collectibles, retail merchandise, fan culture, and consumer product moments
• Understand how to design for different audiences, brand voices, and customer experiences
• Concept creative merchandise that feels fresh, intentional, and brand-right
• Think big while still designing with the final product, production process, and business need in mind
• Move quickly, juggle multiple creative priorities, and adapt as needs shift
• Design across a variety of product categories, including apparel, hard goods, collectibles, packaging, displays, and promotional merchandise
• Create visuals and presentations that help clients clearly understand and get excited about an idea
• Prepare organized, production-ready files when needed

Requirements

• Experience with 3D files is a plus
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: merchandise design, product design, graphic design, or retail creative
• Experience in apparel design, print production, packaging, promotional products, or hard goods
• Experience in QSR (Quick Serve Restaurant), restaurant, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, retail, or consumer brand work
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and presentation design
• Experience preparing production-ready files for vendors
• Experience with 3D product visualization or 3D file experience, a plus

Qualifications

• Comfortable with work that is not guaranteed or consistent
• Open to being contacted when project needs arise
• Clear about availability and turnaround times
• Comfortable with projects that may vary in scope, timeline, and direction
• Ability to work independently while staying collaborative, responsive, and organized

Skills

• Understanding of current trends, collectibles, retail merchandise, fan culture, and consumer product moments
• Ability to design for different audiences, brand voices, and customer experiences
• Ability to conceptualize and design fresh, compelling creative concepts that align with a client’s brand
• Ability to think creatively and strategically while considering the final product, production process, and business need
• Ability to move quickly, juggle multiple creative priorities, and adapt as needs shift
• Ability to design across a variety of product categories, including apparel, hard goods, collectibles, packaging, displays, and promotional merchandise
• Ability to create visually engaging, organized, client-ready concept decks that clearly communicate the idea, product story, design direction, and customer experience
• Ability to prepare organized, production-ready files when needed

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule
• Opportunities to work on diverse and exciting projects
• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Opportunities for growth and development within the company

Pay

Compensation will be determined based on experience and project scope.

Schedule

This is not a full-time or consistently scheduled role. Instead, we are building a network of trusted freelance partners who are open to taking on project-based work here and there, depending on client needs, timing, and availability.