Senior Product Designer (Freelance/Part-time)

Late Checkout is the leading community-based product design and innovation agency.

We partner with some of the world's biggest brands and most impactful startups to help them design and build products their communities will love.

We've always been boutique, and we pride ourselves on world-class hospitality and a complete 5-star experience.

As our team has grown, we've recognized a clear need for a talented, full-stack Product Designer who loves their craft, and thinks big.

This is a unique experience for someone seeking to deepen their design and product experience and help shape the futures of some of the world's most interesting brands. We're looking for someone who thinks it's just as important to perfect the pixels as it is to challenge the way things have always been done.

Let's rock.

The job

• Leading design on major client projects
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define product requirements and client needs, based on the communities they serve.
• Conduct user research and gather insights to inform design decisions.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for web and mobile applications
• Present and communicate design concepts and rationale to stakeholders and team members. Bring high degrees of thoughtfulness - we love that.
• Balance time and prioritization to generate the highest quality output.
• Work closely with developers to ensure the designs are implemented accurately and to a high standard.
• Level up our design team's skills and culture
• Work strategically with other team members on special projects

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product design expertise
• Can be global, but preferred locations are the Americas, Europe, and Africa
• Agency experience a plus
• Able to operate at a high strategic level or a detailed ground level, depending on the task at hand
• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, and other design and prototyping tools a bonus.
• Curious, humble, and ambitious - you learn from both your successes and failures
• Wired to give and receive constructive feedback
• Excellent product intuition and vision
• Empathy for communities, community members, clients and your fellow team members
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Strong understanding of design principles - great at UX design
• Experience conducting user research and usability testing a bonus
• Passionate about new design, culture, and technology trends - great at UI design

TLDR

• Leading design on major projects
• Wants to push the boundaries of conventional UX and UI paradigms
• 5+ years of product design expertise
• Located in the Americas, Europe, or Africa
• Excellent product intuition and vision
• Passionate about new design trends and culture
• Open to working on an hourly or project basis (20 to 40h per week)