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WhereWeGo · 12 hours ago

Product Designer

United States

Contract

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$70/hr - $125/hr

WhereWeGo is looking for a part-time contract Product Designer to help design and ship user-facing tools that connect students and workers to career and training opportunities. The role focuses on user experience, user interface, and developer handoff, emphasizing collaboration and clear design systems.

ConsultingEdTechSoftwareSoftware EngineeringWeb Design

Hiring Manager

Leah Lykins

Responsibilities

Partner with product managers and stakeholders to understand user needs, constraints, and goals

Engage in collaborative, early-stage UX thinking and lightweight prototyping to explore flows, structure, and intent

Design clear, accessible, and motivating user interfaces that translate UX decisions into usable, durable components

Build modular, reusable UI components that are easy to adapt (colors, spacing, states, themes) without redesign

Prepare developer-ready designs and documentation that support efficient implementation

Facilitate clean handoff to engineers, reducing ambiguity and unnecessary back-and-forth. Pop into huddles/chats during the workday as needed

Incorporate certain behavioral design principles (which we’ll highlight) into layout, flow, and interaction decisions

Qualification

Figma-to-code workflowsMCP-style design pipelinesAI-supported prototyping toolsDesign tokensThemingAI-assisted documentationUser experience designUser interface designSystems thinkingCollaborative working styleClear communication

Required

Experience designing elegant, helpful, user-facing digital products from UX concept through UI execution

Strong systems thinking and comfort creating reusable components and patterns

Ability to design with developers in mind, including clear organization, variables, states, and documentation

Collaborative working style and comfort designing alongside product managers and engineers

Clear communication and an instinct for reducing downstream complexity

Comfort with Figma-to-code workflows

Familiarity with MCP-style or equivalent design-to-build pipelines

Experience using AI-supported prototyping tools

Comfort defining and working with design tokens and theming systems

Experience using AI-assisted documentation and iteration tools

Preferred

Experience working on mission-driven or social impact tools

Familiarity with behavioral design, human-centered design, or choice architecture

Experience designing tools used by students, workers, or the general public

Benefits

We respect focus and boundaries and aim to keep work within the workday.

You’ll collaborate with a thoughtful, supportive team that values excellence, clarity, and shared problem-solving.

You’ll work on real, production tools used by people making meaningful life decisions.

Company

WhereWeGo

WhereWeGo is an EdTech company that provides tools for accessing career guides, trainings, and workforce resources.

Founded in 2020

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

2-10 employees

https://www.wherewego.org

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Leadership Team

Ben Ifshin

CEO and Co-Founder

Nina Horne

CTO and Co-Founder

Recent News

PR Newswire

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2025-02-19

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