Contract Product Designer (20–40 hrs/week, NYC hybrid)

Design the future of leadership with AI native product

Valence (B2B enterprise Saas) is seeking a freelance or fractional Product Designer to support us through a period of 3x growth and category-defining product expansion. This opportunity is ideal for a designer who thrives on execution, collaboration, and seeing the real-time impact of their work. You’ll work closely with our Lead PM to bring our AI coach, Nadia, to life—turning specs and concepts into enterprise-grade, intuitive designs. If it’s a great match, this role could evolve into something longer-term.

Valence has built the first-ever, first-to-market AI coaching platform for enterprise, offering personalized, expert, and human-like guidance & support to any leader or employee. At Valence, we're not just talking about the future of work – we're actively shaping it.

We move fast, solve real problems, and partner with some of the world’s largest companies including Coca-Cola, Nestlé, General Mills, ServiceNow, AstraZeneca, Prudential, CVS and more.

The Role

You’ll play a pivotal role in making our AI-powered coaching tools not just functional, but delightful. Your work will help enterprise users—from frontline managers to senior execs—get the most out of our platform, by designing interfaces that feel intuitive, modern, and grounded in real user needs.

This is a tactical, execution-focused role—ideal for a designer who:

• Loves refining and shipping clean UI quickly

• Thrives in collaboration with smart, fast moving PMs and engineers

• Wants to contribute to something high-impact and visible

• Working with 1 - 2 other designers and hybrid onsite in NYC in Union Square; our entire team is <65

What You’ll Do

• Translate specs, wireframes, and ideas into polished, user-centric designs in Figma

• Partner with our Lead PM, 1 - 2 other Designers to execute new features and improvements across the platform

• Build UI flows and visual assets that align with our existing system and product ethos

• Collaborate closely with engineering to ensure high-fidelity implementation

• Contribute to the evolution of our design system as we scale

Who You Are

• 3–5+ years of experience designing B2B SaaS products (startup or growth-stage experience a plus)

• Exceptional in Figma, with a strong grasp of modern UI/UX best practices

• Open minded collaborator who loves feedback and rapid experimentation

• Comfortable working across varying levels of fidelity—from fast iterations to final polish

• Able to self-manage in a contract setup, with strong follow-through and crisp communication

Why Join Valence on Contract)

• You’ll work on a category-defining product backed by top-tier investors (Insight Partners)

• Our customers include Fortune 500s like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, and ServiceNow

• You’ll be part of a very smart, committed top-tier team that values fast execution

• You’ll get a front-row seat to how AI is transforming leadership and enterprise learning

• You have a chance to turn this into something full time if that felt interesting