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Design Director (Freelance) Position Type: Contract / Remote Contract Duration: 3/19 – 6/26 Hours: 40 hrs/week Location: Remote (U.S. preferred) What You'll Do • Lead design direction across two concurrent website redesigns, ensuring a cohesive system-driven approach across both experiences • Define and evolve a shared design system, including components, patterns, and templates that scale across multiple sites • Guide and mentor a team of designers, providing clear feedback and direction to elevate the work • Partner closely with product, engineering, and production to ensure feasibility and quality in execution • Stay close to the work—reviewing flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs to maintain a high bar for craft and usability • Establish and reinforce best practices for responsive design, accessibility, and component-based thinking • Drive alignment with stakeholders, clearly articulating design rationale and decisions • Identify risks, gaps, or inconsistencies across both builds and proactively solve for them • Balance speed and quality in a fast-moving, iterative environment What You'll Bring • 8+ years of experience in digital product or web design, with time spent in a Design Director or Lead role • Proven experience leading large-scale website redesigns, ideally for enterprise or eCommerce brands • Strong expertise in design systems and component-based design , with experience scaling across multiple properties • A portfolio demonstrating both high-level design direction and hands-on execution • Experience managing and mentoring designers while staying close to the work • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, especially with engineering and product partners • Ability to articulate design decisions clearly to stakeholders and clients • High attention to detail with a passion for craft, interaction, and usability Pay Range • The expected pay range for this role is $103 -$122 per hour based on the US 3 pay range • Our company has three regional pay bands that it adheres to depending on your location, we reference them as US 1, US 2, and US 3 • US 3 is our base pay. Examples of cities in US 3 are Portland, Houston and Miami. • US 2 pay is 7.5% higher than US 3 to meet the market rates. Examples of cities in US 2 are Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle • US 1 pay is 15% higher than US 3 to meet market rates. Examples of cities in US 1 are Brooklyn and San Francisco