Freelance Product Design Lead

New York, US
Freelance
Posted 2 weeks ago

About this role

We’re looking for experienced freelance Product Design Leads to help design and build complex tools and platforms.

You’ll champion the user’s voice and confidently map and optimise end-to-end journeys across complex product ecosystems. You’ll bring a strong understanding of user research, with a toolkit of methods and techniques to uncover insights and test design concepts and prototypes.

AI is central to how we work, and you’ll use it throughout the design process, from research and concept development through to shipping production-ready code. You’ll also work closely with client stakeholders, often directly with founders and early-stage teams, so clear communication and the ability to build strong relationships are essential.

As a discipline lead on the project, you’ll work alongside a talented, collaborative team to shape, design and build new products.

Responsibilities

As a skilled storyteller and proactive communicator, you effectively convey every phase of your design process and tailor your communication to suit different audiences.

You thrive in a collaborative working style. You’re skilled in facilitating workshops and design reviews with clients and team members and ensure everyone's perspectives are heard and incorporated.

You enjoy working through ambiguity and are able to adapt and guide your team through any difficult or changing client needs and you build trust by consistently delivering.

You’ve reshaped how you work around AI, and you can explain where it accelerates the work and where design judgement matters most.

Requirements

Able to communicate with and understand clients’ business goals, and technical limitations, working within those constraints to unpack the challenge and explore innovative solutions for users and drive value for clients

Skilled in identifying and prioritizing the right problems to solve and alignments across teams and…

Recommended Skills for this Position

User Research
Journey Mapping
Facilitation
Storytelling
Stakeholder Communication and Influence
AI-Assisted Design Workflow
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Prototyping
Design Communication
Usability Testing

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