Lead Brand and Product Designer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Brand and Product Designer based in Brazil.

This is a high-ownership design role combining brand, product, UX, and emerging AI-native <workflows.You> will shape the visual identity customers experience across marketing, communications, and the digital product.The role spans everything from early concepts and user flows to high-fidelity designs and working, near-production <prototypes.You> will help evolve the design system, identify new tools, and raise the quality and consistency of design across the <organization.AI> is embedded deeply into the creative process, with tools used for ideation, prototyping, animation, image generation, and agentic <development.You> will work closely with product and engineering teams in a fast-moving environment where designers are expected to take ideas from concept to something tangible.This is an ideal opportunity for a highly autonomous designer with exceptional taste, strong product instincts, and a passion for pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted design.

Accountabilities

• Own and evolve the visual identity across brand, product, marketing, paid media, social content, landing pages, sales materials, and other customer-facing experiences.
• Lead product design initiatives from initial concepts and wireframes through user flows, high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and final handoff.
• Create functional, near-production prototypes using Figma AI, Claude, Claude Code, Claude Design, and other agentic design and development tools.
• Produce prototypes that communicate interactions and functionality clearly enough for engineering teams to build without unnecessary ambiguity.
• Develop, maintain, and improve the product design system, proactively identifying inconsistencies and closing design gaps before they become technical or visual debt.
• Research and evaluate emerging AI design, development, animation, and image-generation tools, introducing those that can meaningfully improve team workflows.
• Use AI throughout the design process to accelerate exploration, prototyping, iteration, and production while maintaining a high standard of design quality.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering stakeholders to understand user needs, technical constraints, and business objectives.
• Bring strong design judgment and clear opinions to product and brand decisions, balancing visual excellence with usability and practical execution.
• Help establish efficient, repeatable design practices that enable the team to move quickly without compromising consistency or quality.

Requirements

• Several years of professional design experience in a product, SaaS, agency, or similarly fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional visual design taste and strong understanding of typography, layout, composition, interaction, and visual hierarchy.
• Expert-level proficiency with Figma and Figma AI.
• Expert-level experience using Claude, Claude Code, and Claude Design as part of a real, day-to-day design workflow.
• Strong experience with AI-powered animation and image-generation tools such as Higgsfield, plus familiarity with motion design tools such as After Effects.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating both brand/visual design and product/UX work, including evidence of creativity, problem-solving, product thinking, and strong design judgment.
• Ability to create working, high-fidelity prototypes and comfort navigating a codebase or using agentic coding tools to bring designs closer to production.
• Strong product sense, including an understanding of users, journeys, interactions, and how design decisions affect usability and business outcomes.
• Excellent professional English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High degree of autonomy, initiative, accountability, and comfort working with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to work effectively under deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and design quality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with confidence sharing and defending design perspectives.
• Experience with performance marketing and creative testing is a plus.
• Familiarity with analytics and user behavior tools such as Mixpanel or Hotjar is an advantage.

Benefits

• Fully remote position available in Brazil and across Latin America.
• Full-time contractor engagement.
• Daily working-hour overlap with EST, CST, or PST time zones.
• Compensation of $15–$20 USD per hour.
• 15 days of paid time off (PTO).
• Christmas Day and New Year's Day paid off.
• High level of ownership and autonomy over brand and product design.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI tools across the entire design and development workflow.
• Fast-paced environment with significant scope to influence design systems, processes, and product experiences.
• Opportunity to help shape a new AI-native category and work alongside highly motivated, technically curious teammates.