Our Client is seeking a Product Designer to join their growing team!
Location: Manhattan - New York City, NY
Work Model: Hybrid (onsite 1x/week: Tue, Weds, or Thu)
Duration: 6 months contract, potential extend/convert
Functions: Marketing, Product & Design
Target Rate: $50/hour
Job Summary
We are building the next generation of digital products in a regulated, data‑rich environment and are seeking a Senior Product Designer to own critical end‑to‑end customer experiences, including a major enterprise initiative and purchase workflows. This is a hands‑on role partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data/ML, Content, Legal, Compliance, and Accessibility teams in an agile delivery model.
Responsibilities
- Lead design for complex workflows from discovery through production
- Translate customer and business needs into clear UX outcomes, user flows, and high‑fidelity designs
- Deliver wireframes, UI, prototypes, and detailed specs ahead of development
- Partner daily with Product and Engineering on sprint planning, discovery, and delivery
- Support build through design QA and implementation reviews
- Design compliant, accessible, and trustworthy experiences in regulated environments
- Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify friction and prioritize improvements
- Plan and conduct usability testing; define and track success metrics post‑launch
- Design AI‑enabled experiences (e.g., intelligent search, summarization, guided tasks) with strong privacy, transparency, and human‑in‑the‑loop patterns
- Contribute to design systems, critique, and team craft standards
Must‑Have Qualifications
- 5+ years of digital product design experience with a portfolio and case studies
- Strong UX, interaction, and visual design skills
- Proven experience designing complex, workflow‑driven or self‑service products
- Expertise in Figma and modern prototyping tools
- Agile collaboration with Engineering from discovery through release
- Research‑ and data‑driven decision making
- Strong stakeholder communication and facilitation skills
- Accessibility knowledge (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
- Experience designing AI‑powered or automated features with Responsible AI and privacy‑by‑design principles
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, insurance, healthcare)
- Partnership with Legal, Compliance, or Risk teams
- A/B testing, experimentation, or personalization experience
- Hands‑on experience with generative AI in production environments
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, Fine Arts, or equivalent practical experience
