Senior Product Design Freelancer (Part-time/Contract) London, Old Street • (no agency please)

⭐ About the role We're looking for a Product Design Freelancer to join our small but high-calibre team in Old Street on a part-time basis (1-3 days/week) with ongoing retainer. We're a team that's 100% AI-native — not just building AI agents, but using them daily to supercharge our own workflows. Our mission is to reinvent product development through specialised AI agents. We started with product design agents, and now we're building our next generation of agents in the product development space — we're pushing the limits of what agents can do.

Skippr is backed by top VCs, like Bessemer (Anthropic, Perplexity, Shopify), and executives from Fiverr, Meta, Google, Lyft and more.

🎨 What you'll do

• Agent Experience (AX) Design: Shape intuitive interfaces for human–agent collaboration and interaction models that make working with AI agents feel natural and productive
• Next-gen AI Product Design: Create cutting-edge user experiences for our next generation of product development agents
• Design System Development: Build and iterate on design systems that scale across our expanding suite of AI agents
• User Research & Validation: Conduct user interviews and usability testing to validate design decisions for breakthrough agent concepts
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work directly with founders and engineers to define and build groundbreaking agent experiences
• Rapid Prototyping: Take agent concepts from idea to high-fidelity prototype

✅ This role is for you if

• You're a seasoned product designer with 5+ years experience designing SaaS/PLG products for individuals and teams, ideally with agent experience or AI-powered applications
• You have startup/scale-up experience — you know what it means to design products from scratch that real people actually use
• You're passionate about AI and understand how to design intuitive agent experiences, plus actively use AI tools for automation, research, and design generation
• You thrive in ambiguity and can work independently across multiple projects simultaneously
• You have strong design fundamentals — proficiency in Figma, user research methods, and design thinking
• You love 0→1 product development and the thrill of building something completely new

🤝 What we offer

• Competitive freelance rates + ongoing retainer: Attractive day rate for consistent part-time engagement
• Flexible hybrid working: Minimum 1 day per week in our Old Street office, remainder flexible between remote or office
• Growth opportunities: Potential to expand into a wider full-time product design key role
• Real product impact: Own key design decisions for our next-generation agent platform
• AI-first culture: Work in a fully AI-native environment where everyone uses AI to optimize their work
• Startup exposure: Join user interviews, shape product strategy, and get a front-row seat to how AI startups actually grow
• Long-term partnership: Strong possibility of evolving role and responsibilities as we scale

Requirements:

• London-based with ability to work hybrid (minimum 1 day per week in Old Street office)
• Legal right to work in the UK as a freelancer
• Strong portfolio demonstrating product design excellence for SaaS/PLG products and agent experiences
• Available for ongoing retainer arrangement starting 10-20 hours per week
• Direct applicants only - no agencies

About Us:

Skippr AI is a seed-stage startup backed by leading VCs and industry angels, focused on transforming product development through specialized AI agents. We started with product design agents and proved the concept—now we're building our next generation of agents to revolutionize how product teams work. We embrace AI at every level—our team is 100% AI-native, using AI tools to optimize their own work daily. We dogfood everything we build because we believe in practicing what we create.

Ready to design the future of AI-powered product development? Send your portfolio, CV and a brief note about why you're excited about this opportunity.