Product Research & Design Scout

Find the next winning products and design concepts for Pet Printed: research trends, read the market, and turn what you find into ideas we can scale. Pet Printed makes personalized products for pet lovers: portraits, apparel, home decor and more, each one unique to the customer's pet. We sell across 9 markets and grow by finding products and designs that resonate and scale. We are looking for a product research freelancer to help us expand our range: spot innovative product ideas and design concepts, understand what our audience actually wants, and turn trends and market signals into concrete, validated ideas we can launch. This is a long term collaboration, not a one off project. A big part of the day to day is building lightweight research tools, no code and AI assisted, that keep us on top of market movement, surface new ideas early, and let us adapt what works in other niches to our advantage. What you will do Research innovative product ideas and design concepts to expand our range, with a clear eye for what can scale. Understand our audience and the pet niche deeply, and read market and trend signals to separate real opportunities from noise. Turn research into concrete product and design proposals, each with a clear rationale for why it fits Pet Printed. Build and run lightweight trend research tools (no code and AI assisted, for example Make, n8n, spreadsheets or scraping tools) to monitor the market continuously. Adapt winning ideas from other niches and markets to our products. What you bring Strong research skills and an analytical mind: you find the signal in the data and can explain what it means. A genuine understanding of target audiences and how to read what a niche really wants. Fluent with AI tools for research, and able to use them to work faster and spot things others miss. Able to derive concrete product and design ideas from trends and back them with reasoning. Comfortable building lightweight no code and AI research tools to monitor trends (no traditional coding required). Reliable written communication in English. Nice to have Print on demand experience. Experience with personalized or pet products. Familiarity with marketplaces like Etsy and Amazon and their trend and best seller data. Experience with scraping or data tools such as Apify. Key facts Start: right after the assessment, which doubles as a first real research task; a good fit moves straight into ongoing paid collaboration. Commitment: about 30 hours per week (four days), ongoing freelance. Location: fully remote, your time zone and region do not matter. Rate: 20 USD per hour.