Lead Product Designer-Contractor

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Lead Product Designer-Contractor in the United States.

We are seeking a creative and strategic Lead Product Designer to join a fast-moving, project-based initiative focused on product-led growth. This role centers on designing engaging experiences that drive user acquisition, organic discovery, and conversion, working across product, engineering, marketing, and design leadership. You will lead the end-to-end design process, from concepting and prototyping to delivering developer-ready designs, while leveraging user insights and business objectives. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, balances strategic thinking with strong visual execution, and can move fluidly between storytelling, experimentation, and high-fidelity prototyping. This position offers an opportunity to make a tangible impact on product growth while collaborating in a fully remote and dynamic environment.

Accountabilities:

• Lead design exploration from initial concepts to user-tested prototypes and high-fidelity, developer-ready deliverables
• Partner with product management, marketing, and design leadership to translate insights into actionable design hypotheses and experiments
• Create interactive prototypes that effectively communicate interaction, flow, and motion for testing and stakeholder alignment
• Ensure scalability of design solutions and alignment with broader product ecosystems
• Manage your own project timelines, maintain transparent progress updates, and present design work clearly to stakeholders
• Explore and implement innovative tools, including AI-assisted design workflows and Figma plug-ins, to optimize ideation and prototyping processes

Requirements

• 5-8+ years of experience designing digital products, preferably consumer-facing or marketplace platforms
• Demonstrated ability to convert ambiguous problems into clear, testable design directions
• Strong balance of strategic thinking, visual design, and brand execution
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, auto-layout, and prototyping
• Experience with at least one motion tool such as Framer, Principle, ProtoPie, or After Effects
• Proven track record collaborating across discovery, concepting, and validation phases with cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong communication skills and experience aligning teams, presenting concepts, and facilitating collaborative decision-making
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, remote, project-based environment with transparent communication
• Bonus: Interest in leveraging AI tools to accelerate design exploration, prototyping, or content creation

Benefits

• Project-based contract role: 3-4 months, 30 hours per week at $90/hour
• Opportunity to shape impactful user experiences and influence product growth
• Collaborate with a fully remote, talented, and cross-functional team
• Work in a dynamic, creative, and flexible environment where your contributions are highly visible
• Exposure to cutting-edge design and experimentation practices, including AI-assisted workflows

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.

📊 It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.

🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.

🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!