Fractional Product Designer

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI recruiting company as its first designer in a fractional role, contributing 10 to 20 hours per week. You will shape the product experience and establish design standards that guide the team as it builds.

What You'll Do

• Own design across key product surfaces, from early concepts through shipped experiences.

• Establish design systems, standards, and documentation that help the team build consistently.

• Make product and design decisions with limited information, then iterate based on user feedback.

• Partner with product and engineering to implement designs and work through technical constraints.

• Use user research, usability testing, and qualitative feedback to inform design choices.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of experience designing and shipping consumer or B2B products end to end.

• A functional portfolio showing shipped work, your problem-solving approach, and clear examples of product impact.

• Experience building design systems and documentation for product teams.

• Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD for high-fidelity mockups and prototypes.

• Experience collaborating directly with product and engineering teams, including navigating technical constraints.

• Experience with modern desktop B2B or SaaS products; early-stage startup or fractional design experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with design-to-code handoff and HTML/CSS is helpful.

• Availability and compensation expectations suited to a 10 to 20 hour per week engagement.

Location

Remote, with the primary location in the DACH region.

Originally posted on Himalayas