Product Design Freelancer Woodinville, Washington, United States

About the role

BDA is seeking talented freelance creative designers to support our team with project-based work. 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.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide range of creative deliverables, including custom merchandise concepts, limited-time fan collectibles, product packaging, promotional activations, product presentations, and client-facing visual storytelling.
• Understand current trends, collectibles, retail merchandise, fan culture, and consumer product moments.
• Design fresh, compelling creative concepts that align with a client’s brand while bringing forward new ideas that can surprise, delight, and inspire purchase.
• 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.
• Create visuals and presentations that help clients clearly understand and get excited about an idea.
• Prepare organized, production-ready files when needed.

Requirements

We are looking for creative partners who are able to:

• 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.
• 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 production-ready files for vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience in 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 (plus).

Skills

• Understanding of brand voice and audience.
• Ability to design for different product categories.
• Experience with various design tools and software.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

This is freelance/project-based work, not a full-time or consistent role. There is no guarantee of future work or consistent work.

Pay

Compensation is determined based on project scope and client requirements.

Schedule

This is freelance/project-based work, not a regular schedule. Availability and turnaround times are flexible and depend on project needs.

Benefits

No benefits are provided for this freelance role.

Contact Us

If you are a freelance creative who loves merchandise, trends, storytelling, and bringing product ideas to life, we would love to hear from you. Connect with us for general consideration or apply for this job.