Remote Senior Product Design Lead — 30h/Week Contract

Go Fractional; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 179,000; Part time

Job summary

AllTrails is searching for an experienced Senior/Lead Product Design Contractor to partner with our Product Design team. You’ll work at the intersection of craft, product thinking, and technical curiosity, delivering projects from exploration through execution for millions of outdoor enthusiasts.

This dual-level freelance opening (Senior or Lead) requires 30 hours per week with a 5–6 month duration. You’ll collaborate in cross-functional teams, evolve our design system, and leverage AI tools to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience researching, designing, and shipping consumer-facing digital product features across iOS, Android, and web (extensive B2C experience).
• Experience taking ideas from concept through release and learning from post-launch performance.
• Ability to prioritize critical tasks, accurately estimate scope, and consistently deliver high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Work in highly collaborative cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, make bets and ship meaningful product updates.
• Bring strategic thinking to sequencing execution and placing informed bets.
• Craft experiences that communicate membership value and scale across markets with local relevance.
• Evolve design language and systemize visual and motion effects to guide user attention and confirm actions.
• Leverage AI tools with judicious front-end code to explore and advance the work.
• Contribute to the evolving design system.

Skills

User research

Product design

Design systems

AI fluency

Branding

Illustration

Cross-functional teamwork

Motion design

Front-end coding

Visual storytelling

Job description

AllTrails is searching for an experienced Senior/Lead Product Design Contractor to partner with our Product Design team. You’ll work at the intersection of craft, product thinking, and technical curiosity, delivering projects from exploration through execution for millions of outdoor enthusiasts.

This dual-level freelance opening (Senior or Lead) requires 30 hours per week with a 5–6 month duration. You’ll collaborate in cross-functional teams, evolve our design system, and leverage AI tools to