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Open Positions
Product Designer
Part time, fully remote
Application deadline: Sunday, March 29.
Thrifty Traveler is looking to hire a creative and strategic Product Designer to help us reach and assist even more travelers in this fully remote, part-time position.
In this role, you'll bring design thinking, user experience expertise, and visual design skills to oversee and grow our digital products, affiliate platforms, and user interfaces. You'll be responsible for designing intuitive user experiences across our web and mobile platforms, and internal tools, while maintaining brand consistency and driving user engagement.
To begin the application process, fill out this form!
Responsibilities & Duties
- Design seamless user experiences across all digital platforms — including website, customer portal, mobile experiences, affiliate systems, internal admin tools, and marketing channels
- Champion mobile-first, responsive UX/UI design, with an eye toward potential future app development
- Maintain brand consistency and create visual assets for web, email, social media, and marketing
- Develop high-converting landing pages and acquisition funnels, using A/B testing and optimization
- Design intuitive admin tools for managing users, content, campaigns, analytics, and operations
- Create wireframes, user flows, and prototypes to communicate ideas and test user interactions
- Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to execute user-centered solutions
- Present design work, gather feedback, and iterate quickly
- Oversee design handoff to developers ensuring pixel-perfect implementation and maintaining design integrity
- Stay current with design trends and best practices while ensuring accessibility and usability standards are met
Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years of experience in product design with a portfolio of web and responsive, mobile-first work
- Experience designing internal tools and dashboards with complex data/user roles
- Proficiency in design tools including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Jira
- Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, user research and usability testing
- Experience designing complex SaaS or platform-based applications
- Strong visual design and branding skills, including typography, layout, and identity systems
- Data-driven design approach informed by analytics and testing
- Knowledge of landing page optimization and A/B testing strategies
- Strong communication skills and experience presenting design concepts to stakeholders
- Familiarity with front-end development fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to effectively collaborate with developers
- Ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Bonus: Experience with mobile app or native design (iOS/Android)
Hours, Commitment & Pay
This position requires an average of 20 hours per week, with flexibility for project deadlines and campaign launches, and varies based on product needs. Some evening or weekend work may be required during major product launches or campaign periods.
This position will pay $85 per hour, depending upon experience.