Product Designer | $120/hr

About the role

We are seeking experienced Product Designers, UX Designers, UI Designers, UX/UI Designers, Design Researchers, and Digital Product Design professionals to contribute to a research project for a leading AI company. You will use your professional design judgment to evaluate product experiences, compare design options, assess user journeys, and make decisions about usability, visual quality, and product taste.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate product designs, interfaces, mockups, and user experiences
• Compare multiple design options and identify which provides the stronger product experience
• Provide feedback on usability, visual hierarchy, interaction design, and overall product quality
• Evaluate user journeys, flows, navigation, and information architecture
• Create or modify product mockups when required
• Assess design consistency, polish, clarity, accessibility, and visual taste
• Explain design preferences with clear, professional reasoning
• Apply real-world product design judgment to AI research and evaluation tasks

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional product design, UX, UI, interaction design, or related experience
• Strong experience with Figma, Sketch, Adobe tools, or similar design software
• Ability to create and evaluate product mockups
• Experience providing feedback on user journeys, usability, and product experience
• Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, interaction patterns, product usability, and design quality
• Ability to explain why one design approach is stronger than another
• Strong attention to detail and visual judgment
• Excellent written communication

Relevant Experience

Strong candidates may have experience with:

• End-to-end product design
• UX and UI design
• Wireframing and prototyping
• User journeys and task flows
• Information architecture
• Interaction design
• Visual hierarchy and layout
• Mobile and web application design
• Design systems and component libraries
• Design critiques and design reviews
• Usability testing
• User research
• Accessibility
• Responsive design
• Product discovery
• Product strategy
• Developer handoff
• Design QA
• Cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams

Who Can Apply

Relevant backgrounds include:

• Product Designers, Senior Product Designers, Staff Product Designers, Principal Product Designers, Lead Product Designers
• UX Designers, UI Designers, UX/UI Designers, Interaction Designers, Experience Designers, Digital Product Designers, Visual Designers, Interface Designers, Web Designers, Mobile App Designers, Application Designers
• Design Leads, Product Design Managers, UX Managers, Design Managers, Design Directors, Heads of Design, UX Directors, Experience Design Directors, Creative Directors, Design Consultants, Design Principals
• UX Researchers, User Researchers, Product Researchers, Design Researchers, Usability Researchers, UX Strategists, Experience Strategists, Service Designers, Information Architects, Human-Computer Interaction Specialists, HCI Researchers, Customer Experience Designers
• Design Systems Designers, Design Systems Leads, Design Technologists, UX Engineers, Design Engineers, Frontend Design Engineers, Component Library Designers, UI Systems Designers, Prototyping Specialists, Creative Technologists

Preferred Background

• Experience at a leading technology company, product-led startup, major consumer brand, or design-forward organization
• Portfolio demonstrating shipped web, mobile, or software products
• Experience owning significant product areas or end-to-end user experiences
• Experience reviewing or mentoring other designers
• Strong visual taste and ability to evaluate polish beyond basic usability
• Experience with design systems and reusable components
• Experience working closely with product managers and software engineers
• Experience conducting design critiques, heuristic evaluations, or usability reviews
• Previous work involving AI evaluation, human preference research, rubric-based assessment, or product-quality evaluation