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
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Own the entire design surface, including product UI, candidate-facing experiences, company dashboards, and the AI interaction layer.
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Turn ambiguous problems into clean, intuitive end-to-end flows while maintaining a high bar for craft.
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Build and evolve the design system from the ground up as the product grows.
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Run lightweight user research by conducting interviews, watching sessions, and identifying friction points with both candidates and companies.
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Partner directly with founders and engineering to ship product quickly and iteratively.
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Contribute to product direction beyond pixels, offering input on strategy and priorities alongside the founding team.
What We're Looking For
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5+ years designing digital products, with meaningful time at a startup as the primary or sole designer.
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Deep fluency in Figma for product design and design system work.
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A portfolio that demonstrates taste, clarity, and thoughtfulness through shipped work.
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Experience designing end-to-end flows and interaction models for multi-stakeholder products.
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Experience building design systems from scratch or at an early stage.
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Comfortable conducting lightweight user research and translating findings into product decisions.
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Able to work autonomously with minimal direction in an async, distributed team.
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Currently active in product design work, not returning after a long gap.
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Nice to have: experience designing marketplaces, platforms, or multi-sided networks.
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Nice to have: experience designing AI-powered products or conversational interfaces.
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Nice to have: background in recruiting, HR tech, or talent marketplace products.
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive compensation in the range of $100,000 to $120,000 USD annually, structured as a fractional freelance or contractor engagement. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
Fully remote, open to candidates worldwide.
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