Freelance Product Designer - Flex Bench/Ad-Hoc support

Freelance Product Designer for Flexible Support (Potential to become 40 hours or Contract-to-Hire in 2027)

Position Overview

We are seeking a Project-based, freelance Product Designer to support active product design capacity gaps across the client's digital product initiatives through the end of the year. This role may be embedded with an existing team or assigned a defined workstream, based on experience level and available hours. This candidate ideally has some experience working in Financial Services or other highly regulated environments.

This contract will begin as ongoing, project-based support with no guaranteed hours. The hours will vary with budget and project demand, and work is not guaranteed. In 2027, our client intends to have this become a 35- 40-hour-per-week contract that could eventually convert to full-time direct hire.

Our client will provide equipment for system access.

Working Style

• Available for stakeholder meetings during standard business hours; comfortable with a hybrid rhythm combining daytime collaboration and independent execution; able to ramp quickly and deliver with limited oversight; open to flexible utilization based on project demand.

Key Responsibilities

• Create complete Figma handoff files for product and development teams.
• Design responsive digital experiences across mobile through desktop breakpoints.
• Translate product requirements into screen designs, prototypes, and development-ready specifications.
• Work directly with stakeholders, product partners, designers, and developers.
• Apply established design-system processes, file organization, and documentation practices.
• Incorporate accessibility guidance and technical annotations into design files.
• Support digital experiences that may include merchant, B2B servicing, benefits, pricing, and other initiatives.

What You'll

Deliver

• Figma handoff files covering all required screen sizes and breakpoints; product screens with interaction and navigation specifications; accessibility notes (including ARIA-label guidance and copy behavior); technical annotations and developer handoff documentation.

Qualifications

• Must be local to New York, NY, and be open to coming onsite in a hybrid capacity. There is remote flexibility in 2026, but if this becomes a 40-hour-per-week contract or Contract-to-Hire, candidates will need to be willing to work a 3-day hybrid schedule.
• Advanced Figma proficiency, including prototyping and production-ready developer handoff
• End-to-end digital product design experience, including translating requirements into responsive experiences
• Strong stakeholder and developer collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently or within an established team
• Working knowledge of accessibility considerations in digital product design.
• Experience working in agile product development environments and partnering closely with engineers and product managers.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including financial information. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws.

A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 10/21/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

This job was posted on 10/21/2026 and is open for 60 days

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