Principal Product Designer, Brand and Experience (Contract, Hands-On)

California · contract · Principal

$100 – $165 / hour

Listed on OfferUp’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

OfferUp seeks a hands-on product designer to reshape the app's interface and user experience around their brand vision of local possibility and trust. You'll translate strategy into concrete product improvements across core flows, working directly in design tools and collaborating with product and engineering to ship and measure impact.

Our summary, not OfferUp’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

What they ask for

Required

Significant experience designing consumer mobile products at scale
Portfolio demonstrating interaction design and visual sophistication
Ability to translate brand or product strategy into end-to-end experiences
Hands-on execution of design work rather than direction-only
Experience with user research and experimentation
Fluency with behavioral metrics and qualitative research
Executive communication skills for influencing senior leaders

Nice to have

Experience with discovery, marketplace, commerce, social or local products
Background creating or evolving product design systems
Prior experience as Principal Designer, Design Director or Head of Product Design
Comfort working within technical constraints and established product legacy