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

• 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

• 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  

• 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 

• 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.