UX Designer/ AI Product Designer

FocusKPI is seeking a **UX Designer/ AI Product Designer**to join one of our clients, a high-tech SaaS company.

As a Contract AI Product Designer, you will drive end-to-end UX concept development across the studio's most forward-looking initiatives. Working closely with studio conversational (Content) designers, creative technologists, and researchers, you'll shape the future of the client's Galaxy ecosystem.

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.

**Work Location:**New York, NY (Onsite role, 5 days/week onsite)
**Duration:** 4-month contract with potential to extend the contract depending on your performance & budget
**Pay Range:**$95 - 112/hr

**\*\*No C2C resumes are considered\*\***

**Position 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 that replace traditional app grid paradigms
* 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 that communicate direction to both design peers and executive leadership
* Contribute to JTBD analysis, opportunity mapping, and product roadmap decisions

**Qualifications:**

* This role requires designers who are **actively designing & have end‑to‑end** experiences
* Candidates should demonstrate **consumer‑focused product work with intuitive interactions, clear user flows, and high visual polish**
* Mid‑ to- high **fidelity design craft**
* Candidates must have recent experience working on **AI‑related features or products, with tangible design artifacts or workflows demonstrating how AI is incorporated into the user experience.**
* **Portfolios** must show polished, production‑ready design work — including interaction details, visual hierarchy, and refined UI. Case studies should go beyond wireframes and concepts, and include hands-on execution

**Education:** 10+ years of UX, Interaction Design, or HCI experience, with at least 3 years focused on emerging or AI-powered product experiences 

**Design for AI and Emerging Systems:**

* Demonstrated experience designing for **agentic or AI-native interfaces** — including proactive systems, multi-step task flows, or autonomous agent UX
* Fluency with **generative UI principles**
* Hands-on knowledge of **design system tokenization**
* Understanding of **LLM / AI model behavior** and **agentic system design patterns** — orchestration layers, delegation models, agent handoff, and user control/override mechanisms
* Experience designing **multimodal interactions** — voice, gesture, visual, or ambient input/output across device types
* Ability to prototype or storyboard **intent-based navigation models**

**UX Craft:**

* 10+ years of UX, Interaction Design, or HCI experience, with at least 3 years focused on emerging or AI-powered product experiences
* Must havw a strong **consumer‑grade UX** experience
* knowledge of current **AI product design tools** — including generative UI prototyping, AI-assisted design workflows, or prompt-driven concept exploration
* Strong command of **OS-level or system UX design** — navigation models, information architecture, cross-surface continuity
* Experience working within or alongside a **scaled design system**, including contributing patterns, interaction specs, or component logic
* Proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, auto-layout, and variable/token workflows
* Ability to create compelling **concept visions** — from rough scenario sketches to polished, leadership-ready artifacts

**Soft Skills:**

* **Systems thinker** who can hold both the 10,000-ft strategic vision and the 1-ft craft detail simultaneously
* **Comfortable with ambiguity** — able to frame open design questions, define the right problem, and move forward without complete information
* **Strong communicator** who can distill complex AI concepts into clear, compelling narratives for executive and cross-functional audiences
* **Collaborative and generous**— thrives in small, fast-moving, multidisciplinary studio environments
* Intellectually curious with a genuine interest in how AI will reshape human behavior, not just interface patterns

**\*\*No C2C resumes are considered\*\***

Thank you!

FocusKPI Hiring Team

Founded in 2010, FocusKPI, Inc. (FocusKPI) is a data science and technology firm specializing in predictive analytics practice and methodologies. FocusKPI is a US company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with an East Coast office in Boston, Massachusetts.

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