AI Product Designer (NYC)

Our Customer is a Silicon Valley-based company that is engaged in researching emerging technologies.

We are seeking a contract AI Product Designer to develop future, end-to-end UX concept development for emerging AI systems.

You're a systems thinker and hands-on inventor who moves fluidly between near-term design craft and long-horizon strategy. You'll report to the Sr. Design Director and collaborate within a multidisciplinary team that includes Creative Technologists, Researchers, and AI.

This role is based in NYC.

Responsibilities:

• Lead UX concept development for generative design system investigations, including adaptive UI surfaces, tokenized design patterns, and machine-readable component architectures for AI composition
• Define and prototype Agentic OS interaction models, including intent-based navigation, multi-agent task orchestration, and dynamic layout systems
• Translate complex AI system behaviors into clear, human-centered interaction flows, scenarios, and design frameworks
• Develop strategy documents, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity concept visions for design peers and executive leadership
• Contribute to Jobs-to-Be-Done analysis, opportunity mapping, and product roadmap decisions

Skills and Qualifications:

• 10+ years of UX, Interaction Design, or HCI experience
• Minimum of 3 years designing emerging or AI-powered product experiences
• Demonstrated experience designing AI-native or agentic interfaces, including proactive systems and multi-step task flows
• Fluency with generative UI principles and adaptive interface design
• Hands-on experience with design system tokenization and component architecture
• Understanding of LLM and agentic system design patterns, including orchestration layers, delegation models, agent handoff, and user override mechanisms
• Experience designing multimodal interactions across voice, gesture, visual, and ambient inputs
• Ability to prototype or storyboard intent-based navigation models
• Strong knowledge of OS-level or system UX design, including navigation models, information architecture, and cross-surface continuity
• Experience contributing to scaled design systems, including interaction specs and component logic
• Proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, auto-layout, and variable or token workflows
• Ability to create compelling concept visions from early-stage sketches to executive-ready artifacts
• Systems-thinking mindset with the ability to balance strategic vision and detailed execution
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and framing open-ended design challenges
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear narratives
• Collaborative mindset suited for fast-moving, multidisciplinary environments
• Intellectual curiosity about the impact of AI on human behavior and interaction models

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within experimental design studios or innovation teams
• Exposure to AI-assisted design workflows and generative prototyping tools

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.