UX/UI Designer, Design Systems Consultant (AI-Fluent)

Please note, this posting is to highlight joining Right Side Up 's talent collective specifically and is not representing an internal full-time role, or a current opportunity with a client. Right Side Up is a collective of premium marketing talent, with all of the marketing chops, and none of the agency fluff. We're trusted by the most respected early-stage ventures, the fastest-growing tech companies, and well-established Fortune 500 teams to do one thing better: growth. We have over 1,400+ clients including Stitch Fix, Sephora, Yelp, Sun Basket, Crunchbase, DoorDash, Calm, and more. About the Role We're seeking freelance UX/UI Designers who specialize in design systems to help our clients modernize their systems for a world where humans and AI tools build side by side. Some companies call this a Design Engineer or Systems Designer; we're using UX/UI Designer, Design Systems here because it's the clearer, more searchable term for what this role actually is: a design role, not a software engineering one. This role sits at the intersection of design systems craft and AI fluency: someone who's equally comfortable untangling a token architecture in Figma and configuring the AI-tooling connections (MCP and similar) that let coding assistants read and respect that system instead of guessing at it. Contract projects typically range from ten to forty hours per week, depending on client needs and project scope, and often run as focused, timeboxed engagements rather than open-ended re