Product Designer – 6 Month Contract

🕒 April 1

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Renew Home

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51 - 200 employees

⚡ Energy

Energy • Technology • Environmental Technology

Renew Home is a company dedicated to transforming residential energy usage through innovative virtual power plant technology. By partnering with leading brands like Google Nest, Renew Home integrates energy-smart features into everyday devices such as thermostats and water heaters. The company aims to support the clean energy transition by creating the world's largest residential virtual power plant, allowing households to optimize energy usage and respond to the needs of the electrical grid. Renew Home focuses on making energy savings easy and accessible, helping millions of households become more energy-efficient and sustainable without sacrificing comfort.

📋 Description

• Design and deliver high-quality product experiences that support key growth initiatives, from concept through production, under the guidance of a Staff Product Designer. • Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Engineers to translate requirements into thoughtful, user-centered solutions that align with business goals. • Own scoped initiatives with a high degree of autonomy, while incorporating feedback and direction from design leadership. • Create a range of design deliverables including user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and production-ready specs. • Design and iterate on consumer-facing email campaigns, balancing strong visual storytelling with clarity, usability, and performance considerations. • Apply a high level of visual craft across both product UI and email work, ensuring a cohesive and engaging user experience across touchpoints. • Advocate for users by considering the full journey—from initial entry points through conversion and ongoing engagement. • Contribute to design critiques and team discussions, helping maintain a high bar for quality and consistency. • Leverage AI-powered tools in your workflow to explore concepts, increase efficiency, and elevate design output.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, or a similar role, with a portfolio that demonstrates both product thinking and strong visual execution. • Proven ability to design intuitive, user-centered solutions for complex problems, balancing user needs with business objectives. • Experience working on growth-oriented initiatives such as acquisition, conversion, or engagement flows. • Strong visual design skills, with the ability to deliver both polished, marketing-level creative and scalable product UI. • Experience designing responsive layouts and working across multiple surfaces (web, mobile, email, etc.). • Fluency in Figma for design, prototyping, and handoff. • Experience collaborating closely with Product and Engineering partners in a fast-paced environment. • Ability to work independently with minimal oversight while incorporating feedback and iterating quickly. • Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and rationale. • Demonstrated use of AI tools within your design workflow, with the ability to speak to how they enhance your process and output. • Bonus: • Experience designing lifecycle or growth marketing emails, including an understanding of performance considerations (e.g., engagement, click-through). • Familiarity with email design constraints and best practices across clients and platforms. • Experience working with or contributing to design systems. • Experience in 0→1 or fast-scaling product environments. • Comfort contributing to UX writing or messaging within designs. • Illustration or storytelling skills that enhance visual communication.

🏖️ Benefits

• This is a contract position with a six month duration. • The hourly rate for this role is $75-$100. • EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER • Individuals seeking employment at Renew Home are considered without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identification, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. • We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.