Product Designer (Remote, Global, Contract)

About Huckleberry

Huckleberry’s purpose is to create life-changing products and experiences through fresh, beautiful, human-centered technology that brings health, well-being, and a bit of magic to every family.

We combine Data, AI, and Behavioural Science to build products that are at the cutting edge of tech today.

The app has 4.9 stars, garnering rave reviews from people who call it “life-changing” and their “#1 recommendation to parents”.

We are rapidly growing and building new products to enable every family to thrive.

About the role

Our mission is to help every family flourish and as a Senior Product Designer, you will own the design of new mobile and web products. You’ll have the freedom to use your creative talents to design and ship innovative, first-of-type products that have never existed before. The products you design will go from the “napkin” to the app store and make a genuinely positive impact on the lives of children and families. 

Huckleberry is a highly collaborative environment, you’ll work cross-functionally with product, research, design, and engineering to bring your ideas to life.

We have an outstanding reputation for delightful, beautifully simple, and easy-to-use interfaces that enable families to get the most out of our products in the easiest possible way. As a Senior Product Designer, you will reinforce and enhance our reputation with our new products.

This is a 6-month, 40-hour-per-week contract position with a rate range between $30 and $40 per hour. This position is open to global applicants and requires a reasonable working overlap with the Pacific timezone. This position reports to the Head of Product Design.

Note - Please provide a link to your design portfolio or a PDF showcasing your work when applying.

Areas of responsibility

• Own the full design lifecycle for features
• Work closely with user researchers to understand the needs and pain points of our users 
• Create enchanting and beautifully simple designs that delight our users
• Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create alignment and understanding to bring products to fruition efficiently
• Spearhead and execute prototype and usability testing
• Maintaining design system
• Creating mockups for a/b testing experiments

Requirements

• 3+ years of product design experience 
• Visual design skills with a track record of clean aesthetics
• Strong knowledge of design systems and Figma variables
• A strong portfolio demonstrating past work experience and deliverables that show solid user experience and understanding of best practices when applied to visual UI and product work.
• Experience creating and refining flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals using Figma, Sketch, or similar
• Experience with human/computer interaction and how this translates into and affects design choices 
• Self-starter with a proven track record of owning and driving the full product design and development cycle

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic design, or other design-related areas
• Research experience
• Previous experience designing mobile applications or consumer-facing web products

Huckleberry Labs is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Huckleberry Labs makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.