Product Designer (Contract, Remote, FTE Opportunity)
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**Job Type**: Contract (6 months)
**Location**: Remote with virtual or in\-person meetings
**Compensation**: Hourly rate negotiable based on experience
**Hours**: Up to 40 hours per week (approval required for excess)
**About Corrections Software Solutions:**
Corrections Software Solutions (CSS) is an Austin\-based, 30\+ year\-old company dedicated to providing Case Management Software and Services to Local Government. Our flagship product—a single\-page Case Tracking application with a robust dashboard—supports probation departments across the U. S.
, enabling them to manage caseloads with efficiency and ease. Serving some of the largest counties in the nation, we’re a tight\-knit team of around 30 people that values innovation and collaboration in a startup\-like environment.
**Job Summary:**
As a Product Designer, you will be responsible for creating professional design assets, templates, and documents to guide our design decisions and ensure consistency across our features. This role requires a proactive and detail\-oriented designer with a strong portfolio of work in user experience (UX), interface design, and asset creation.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- **Product Mockups:** Design multiple variants of key screens, features, and UI elements to support product decisions.
- **Style Guide Control:** Update and document an established style guide with reusable assets and specifications for developers, addressing inconsistencies and offering long\-term solutions.
- **Wireframes:** Create wireframes to help teams quickly express and iterate on ideas.
- **Prototypes:** Build functional prototypes to demonstrate user flows and features for demos without requiring development.
- **Mobile App Screenshots:** Produce polished app screenshots for Google Play and the App Store with organized, reusable files.
- **Documentation:** Ensure resources, designs, and project files are well\-documented and stored in a shared location for long\-term use (e.g. Google Drive).
- **Website Strategy and Design:** Partner with stakeholders to provide expert website design consultation, defining UX/UI standards and visual styling.
**Requirements:**
- Proficiency in industry\-standard design tools such as Claude Design, Figma, Axure, Sketch, or similar.
- Strong experience in creating style guides and reusable design assets.
- A portfolio showcasing your ability to design mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and polished assets.
- Excellent communication skills, with a collaborative and detail\-oriented mindset.
- Strong cross\-functional advocacy as a champion for design standards, enforcing best practices by guiding teams with clear, actionable recommendations.
- Ability to manage a remote workload and meet project deadlines.
Pay: From $35\. 00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Austin, TX 78703