UX/UI designer

Prelude Labs is an early-stage startup in Brooklyn rethinking how people create with AI. Today's tools ask you to type a prompt and hope; we think the next creative medium is a conversation with an agent that has taste — and almost none of the interface for that exists yet. We're designing it from scratch: no legacy patterns, no design debt, no status quo to inherit. We're backed by tier-1 investors and moving fast toward our next product milestone. You'd work directly with our Head of Design (14+ years of craft across product and digital experiences) on a contract running through the end of 2026. SCOPE - Interactive high-fidelity prototypes for core product flows (Figma, code, or hybrid — your call) - Motion and micro-interaction design for AI/streaming UI states - Front-end build-out of approved concepts in React + Tailwind - Design system contributions as patterns emerge MUST-HAVE SKILLS - Figma (auto-layout, components, prototyping) - React + Tailwind, solid HTML/CSS/JS - AI-assisted dev tools in your workflow (Cursor, Claude, v0) - A portfolio with work that RUNS — live prototypes, plugins, demos — not just static case studies NICE TO HAVE Three.js / WebGL / shaders, Rive, Spline, Framer, p5.js, motion design. WHY THIS GIG You'd be shaping the foundational surfaces of a product at the frontier of AI and creativity — greenfield work, direct collaboration with the founding team, no legacy design debt, and your prototypes ship. LOGISTICS 20-40 hrs/week through December 2026, extendable, working sessions in our DUMBO Office HOW TO APPLY feel free to include in your proposal the following: 1. One link to something you built that runs 2. Three sentences on an AI creative tool you use and what's broken about it