Fractional Product Designer

Clera Labs, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. is an early-stage AI recruiting company seeking its first designer in a fractional role. The position offers 10–20 hours per week to shape the product experience and establish design standards that guide the team as it builds.

You will own design across key product surfaces, build design systems, and collaborate with product and engineering to implement thoughtful interfaces while iterating from user feedback.

Qualifications

• 3+ years designing and shipping consumer or B2B products end to end.
• Functional portfolio showing shipped work, problem solving and impact.
• Experience building design systems and documentation for product teams.
• Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD for high-fidelity mockups.
• Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams under constraints.
• Experience with modern desktop SaaS; fractional startup experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with design-to-code handoff and HTML/CSS is helpful.
• Availability for a 10–20 hour per week engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own design across key product surfaces from concepts through shipped experiences.
• Establish design systems, standards, and documentation for consistency.
• Make product decisions with limited information and iterate from user feedback.
• Partner with product and engineering to implement designs within technical constraints.
• Use user research, usability testing, and qualitative feedback to inform design choices.

Skills

End-to-end product design

Portfolio of shipped work

Design systems & docs

Figma/Sketch/Adobe XD

Cross-functional collaboration

Design-to-code handoff (HTML/CSS)

Part-time engagement (10–20 hrs/wk)

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI recruiting company as its first designer in a fractional role, contributing 10 to 20 hours per week. You will shape the product experience and establish design standards that guide the team as it builds.

What You'll Do

• Own design across key product surfaces, from early concepts through shipped experiences.

• Establish design systems, standards, and documentation that help the team build consistently.

• Make product and design decisions with limited information, then iterate based on user feedback.

• Partner with product and engineering to implement designs and work through technical constraints.

• Use user research, usability testing, and qualitative feedback to inform design choices.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of experience designing and shipping consumer or B2B products end to end.

• A functional portfolio showing shipped work, your problem-solving approach, and clear examples of product impact.

• Experience building design systems and documentation for product teams.

• Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD for high-fidelity mockups and prototypes.

• Experience collaborating directly with product and engineering teams, including navigating technical constraints.

• Experience with modern desktop B2B or SaaS products; early-stage startup or fractional design experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with design-to-code handoff and HTML/CSS is helpful.

• Availability and compensation expectations suited to a 10 to 20 hour per week engagement.

Location

Remote, with the primary location in the DACH region.