Product Designer, Contract (Senior - Design Director)
Posted 1,608 days ago, which is unusual. The employer's own board was still carrying it when we last read it, 3 hours ago.
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 22h ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 1608d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2022-05-16). Last seen at its source 3h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 7 Oct 2026 (4 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 3 hours ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
United States
The description states no restriction of its own. This is the source's own tag.
Pay
$61–120/hr
Read out of the job description by us, not from a structured field. Shown in the posting's own currency and period; we never convert.
Skills named in the ad
Recognised terms only, from a fixed vocabulary — this is what CV matching compares against.
Carried by 1 source
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Lever employer's own board first seen 4d ago · last seen 3h ago
The listing
The Need:
Instrument is looking for experienced freelance Product Designers to join upcoming digital product and experience work. These engagements may range from designing new athlete- or customer-facing experiences to translating a new visual direction into scalable templates, components, and documented design systems.
You’ll partner closely with designers, strategists, technologists, producers, and client teams to turn complex journeys into clear, useful, high-quality digital experiences. Depending on the engagement and your level, you may own a substantial workstream, strengthen and document a design system, or provide hands-on design leadership across a team.
We’re open to Senior Product Designers and Design Directors. Senior Designers should be able to independently own complex design work and contribute meaningfully to systems and team critique. Design Directors should also bring hands-on creative leadership, the ability to set a high bar across a workstream, and confidence guiding both teams and clients.
Please share a portfolio with examples of product, platform, responsive web, or systems work. We’re especially interested in seeing how you moved from a complex problem or journey to a cohesive experience—and what you personally contributed.
What You'll Do:
• Design polished, thoughtful digital product experiences across desktop and mobile
• Translate user journeys, product requirements, and creative direction into clear flows, interfaces, and prototypes
• Create, evolve, and document component-based design systems, including patterns, specifications, and reusable assets
• Apply design systems consistently across templates and surfaces while identifying gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve them
• Partner with cross-functional teams to balance user needs, brand expression, technical feasibility, accessibility, and delivery constraints
• Present work and articulate design decisions clearly in internal and client reviews
• Support quality through implementation, collaborating with engineering partners to ensure the intended experience carries through to build
• For Design Director-level engagements, guide design quality and direction across a workstream; mentor designers and build confidence with senior client partners
What You'll Bring:
• Significant experience designing digital products, services, or complex responsive web experiences
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual craft alongside sound UX and systems thinking
• Deep fluency in Figma, including components, variables, libraries, prototyping, and clear documentation practices
• Experience building or scaling design systems that are practical for teams to use—not simply beautiful libraries
• Comfort working from foundational strategy, information architecture, or an established creative direction and bringing it to life across interconnected experiences
• Strong understanding of accessibility and how to design inclusive, usable experiences across devices
• Ability to work independently, manage a scoped workstream, and communicate proactively in a fast-moving engagement
• Clear, constructive collaboration with other designers, strategists, technologists, producers, and clients