Freelance AI-Native UI/UX Designer

The Company

We’re Tallwave, a growth partner that helps organizations turn disconnected growth efforts into connected growth systems. We’re a curious, ambitious team of strategic thinkers and creative problem solvers who understand our clients’ worlds deeply, challenge assumptions, and work across disciplines to solve the constraints holding growth back. We move with speed and discipline, embrace innovation, and hold ourselves accountable for meaningful outcomes. Our ambitions are too big to leave room for individual egos, so we value ownership, humility, selflessness, and the belief that our greatest success comes from what we can accomplish together.

The Person

Tallwave seeks out individuals who are a cut above. Their exceptional skill, diverse perspectives, obsession for winning together, and relentless pursuit of continuous self-improvement, both professionally and personally, give them an innate ability to lead, innovate, and inspire. They have well-honed philosophies and points of view in their areas of expertise, they think unconventionally, and their endless curiosity pushes them to constantly explore, learn, improve, and try new things.

The Job

We’re looking for a freelance AI-native UI designer who will use AI as a core part of their craft to design, prototype, and ship high-fidelity product experiences for clients at speed. Strong visual and interaction craft, sound judgment about where AI improves the work and where it does not, and the ability to work independently inside client and Tallwave teams are critical for success in this role.

The Skills

The successful candidate will:

• Design high-fidelity UI for web and mobile products, from flows and wireframes through production-ready screens
• Use AI tools such as Claude, Figma AI, v0, Lovable, and Cursor across the workflow to explore concepts, generate variations, and move from idea to testable prototype in days, not weeks
• Build working, code-based prototypes that teams can put in front of real users and hand to engineering
• Design within and extend existing design systems, including tokens, components, and documentation
• Design AI-powered experiences, including conversational interfaces, agentic flows, and content that both people and AI systems can understand
• Present work clearly to clients and stakeholders and explain the reasoning behind design decisions
• Collaborate closely with strategists, researchers, and engineers in a fast-moving agency environment

The Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• A portfolio that shows strong UI craft across shipped digital products
• 5+ years of UI or product design experience, with agency or consultancy experience preferred
• Demonstrated use of AI in a real design workflow, with examples of how it changed the speed or quality of the work
• Expert-level Figma skills, including components, variables, and auto layout
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and modern front-end frameworks, enough to prototype in code and work closely with engineers
• Excellence in visual design, typography, interaction design, and accessibility (WCAG)
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction and overlap with US business hours

The Culture and Perks of Being a Tallwaver:

• We embrace a maverick attitude. We’re willing to challenge convention and think beyond the ask. 
• We are committed to relentless pursuit. We’re curious with a focus on personal growth.
• We value selfless teamwork, demonstrating strong leadership qualities with a knack for collaboration.
• We are thoughtfully rigorous, with a strong work ethic and strong attention to detail.
• We foster an environment of empathy and compassion for each other and our clients. 
• We are a diverse (and competitive, and hilarious, and sometimes a little crazy) group of coworkers. You know, the kind you actually want to grab a drink with after work. 
• We offer career growth and opportunity. We grow leaders here. 
• We recognize the contributions of individuals and teams throughout Tallwave and we stop to celebrate along the way.
• We are surrounded by badass talent and clients -- our work has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Wired, Product Hunt, and more.
• We’ve been featured on the INC Best Workplaces List, the Phoenix Business Journal Best Places to Work List, and the AZCentral Top Places to Work List.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

Free to be you each and every day! We celebrate diversity and empower you to bring your authentic self to work, always. We know that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not about checking a box. It’s more than words; it is a pledge and a promise that Tallwave is passionate about pursuing. We recognize having an all-encompassing culture will help us learn and grow collectively and will continue to foster our mission of making everyone we work with wildly successful.

Physical Demand:

This job may require sitting for long periods of time, and minimal (if any) lifting. Some travel may be required. 

Working Conditions

All employees are expected to operate in a professional home office environment and routinely use standard office equipment like computers, telephones, and teleconferencing equipment. 

Position Applicants, please note the following:

At this time, this position is only open to applicants who are legally authorized to work in the United States and who are living in the United States. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship of any kind, so please do not apply if:

• You are not legally authorized to work in the United States, or
• You are not living in the 48 contiguous U.S. states, Alaska, or Hawai'i, or
• You will require any kind of visa sponsorship.

Tallwave is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.