Contract Product Designer — Senior / Design Director

Instrument; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Instrument is seeking experienced freelance Product Designers to join upcoming digital product and experience work. Engage in complex journeys, translate visual direction into scalable templates, components, and documented design systems, and collaborate across a multidisciplinary team.

Senior Designers may independently own workstreams; Design Directors provide hands-on leadership, set quality bars, and guide teams and clients.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing digital products, services, or complex responsive web experiences.
• Portfolio demonstrates strong visual craft alongside sound UX and systems thinking.
• Deep fluency in Figma, including components, variables, libraries, prototyping, and clear documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Product design

Figma

Design systems

UX thinking

Accessibility

Independent work

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

Instrument is seeking experienced freelance Product Designers to join upcoming digital product and experience work. Engage in complex journeys, translate visual direction into scalable templates, components, and documented design systems, and collaborate across a multidisciplinary team.

Senior Designers may independently own workstreams; Design Directors provide hands-on leadership, set quality bars, and guide teams and clients.