Lead Product Designer (Remote | $70-$80/hr)
16 days ago
Leeds
Design Expert \n \n Position: Design Expert \n \n Type: Freelance Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $70–$80/hour \n \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n This opportunity is for experienced Product Design, UX/UI, and AI-Assisted Development professionals interested in contributing to advanced AI research and evaluation projects involving rapid prototyping, product design, and human-AI collaborative development workflows. \n The role focuses on creating realistic design and development scenarios, developing reference solutions, and building evaluation criteria that reflect how senior designers, product builders, and AI-native developers operate in modern product organizations. \n You'll apply your expertise in product design, design systems, user experience, rapid prototyping, and AI-assisted development to help improve the capabilities of next-generation AI systems. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Design realistic scenarios involving rapid prototyping, product development, and cross-functional product-design-engineering collaboration.\n, • Develop tasks covering UX/UI design, design systems, component libraries, user research, usability testing, and visual design workflows.\n, • Create AI-assisted development and vibecoding tasks involving natural-language-to-code workflows, rapid application development, and prototype creation.\n, • Utilize tools such as Figma, Framer, Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit, and other modern design and development platforms.\n, • Apply human-centered design principles, heuristic evaluation methods, design thinking frameworks, and iterative AI-assisted development methodologies.\n, • Create reference prototypes, design specifications, usability reports, and development artifacts.\n, • Develop evaluation rubrics that distinguish authentic senior-level design and product judgment from generic or template-driven work.\n, • Evaluate outputs based on user experience quality, design thinking, technical feasibility, product impact, and execution excellence.\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • 5+ years of experience as a Product Designer, UX/UI Designer, Design Lead, AI-Native Builder, or similar professional role.\n, • Experience working at leading product, technology, startup, or design-focused organizations.\n, • Direct ownership of design systems, product experiences, AI-assisted development workflows, or production-ready digital products.\n, • Strong expertise in product design, user experience, design systems, rapid prototyping, and collaborative product development.\n, • Fluency with modern design and development tools, including Figma, Framer, Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Replit, or equivalent platforms.\n, • Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and product development best practices.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Portfolio demonstrating shipped products, design systems, or AI-assisted development projects.\n, • Experience creating design frameworks, evaluation rubrics, training materials, or design documentation.\n, • Experience mentoring designers, developers, or product teams.\n, • Familiarity with AI product development, AI model evaluation, or AI training workflows.\n, • Experience working across multiple product functions and multidisciplinary teams.\n\n Compensation \n\n • Competitive compensation of $70–$80/hour.\n, • Weekly payments.\n, • Independent contractor engagement.\n\n Application Process \n\n • Easy Apply on LinkedIn\n, • Check Email for Next Steps\n, • Participate in Resume Evaluation & Interview Stage\n\n