Freelance Product Designer (Fractional)
About the Role
This is a fractional product design role at an early-stage AI-powered talent marketplace, working directly with the founding team and engineering to shape the full design surface of a product that changes how people find jobs. You will be the design voice in the room, with real ownership and no layers of approval slowing you down.
What You'll Do
Own the entire design surface, including product UI, candidate-facing experiences, company dashboards, and the AI interaction layer.
Turn ambiguous problems into clean, intuitive end-to-end flows while maintaining a high bar for craft.
Build and evolve the design system from the ground up as the product grows.
Run lightweight user research by conducting interviews, watching sessions, and identifying friction points with both candidates and companies.
Partner directly with founders and engineering to ship product quickly and iteratively.
Contribute to product direction beyond pixels, offering input on strategy and priorities alongside the founding team.
What We're Looking For
5+ years designing digital products, with meaningful time at a
