Freelance Product Designer II

The Role

We’re seeking a mid-level Product Designer with 4+ years of practical product design experience at an agency, studio or client side. Someone with first-class product design skills who can see a platform, website, or app through from discovery to wireframes, design, and launch. We are looking for someone with strong visual design skills who can push brands to the digital space. You’ll be joining a great group of diverse designers with a collective goal of making the internet a better place.

Qualifications

• A high-caliber portfolio showcasing a variety of products and demonstrating strong visual design, UI/UX, prototyping, typography, and visual hierarchy

• Experience designing mobile apps and web products

• Ability to own design projects from start to finish - including discovery, ideation, definition, design, and finally, collaborating with engineers

• Experience planning and facilitating design workshops, client reviews, and user research

• Experience creating and maintaining design systems

• Strong communication and the ability to articulate and defend design decisions

• Ability to read the audience, adjust communications and presentation messaging and style with clients to guide a successful outcome when possible

• Someone who plays well on a team and thrives in a fast-paced environment

• A willingness to define and navigate ambiguity

• Figma skills and a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

• Passionate curiosity about the Internet, design, trends, and culture

You must also be:

• A self-starter with a positive and enthusiastic attitude

• Flexible with a willingness to compromise when needed

• A problem-solver who looks for ways to benefit the organization as a whole

• Able to collaborate with creatives and business stakeholders to tell stories through design

• Able to understand the impact of internal and external client feedback on your work

• Organized, with good communication skills

• Able to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines

Bonus Points

• A personal illustration style that can be used when appropriate

• Ability to natively create animations in After Effects or working knowledge of motion

• Ability to create data visualizations based on reporting and research, comfortable working with data-driven stories and graphics

• A great overall technical knowledge and general curiosity in future-forward tech

About Big Human

We’re Big Human, a digital product design, brand, and development studio based out of New York. Our clients range from start-ups in various stages to Fortune 500 companies and span almost every vertical imaginable. We also have an internal Labs program where we incubate our own ideas (perhaps you’ve heard of Vine?).

Never a dull moment at Big Human’s remote headquarters. We have lots of fun perks that include the "normal" company things like health insurance, coworking stipends, equipment budgets, 401ks and commuter benefits, as well as some special treats like in-person events, and yearly retreats.

How to Apply

Ready to apply? Please send your resume, cover letter, and portfolio to jobs@bighuman.com. You must apply via email to be considered.