Junior Web, Interactive / Game Designer

Who We Are:

TasteMakers is a curated network of designers, creative technologists, frontend engineers, and AI-native makers working on projects with leading AI labs, tech companies, and brands. Our work sits at the intersection of design, human judgment, and AI research.

Big picture: we’re building TasteMakers for the long term - a curated community of designers, creative technologists, engineers, researchers, and AI-native makers helping frontier AI systems better understand taste, aesthetics, usability, and creative quality. You can learn more about us here

• Taste Labs Launch Video
• Taste Labs Website

Who You Ar e:

We are seeking experienced Junior & Senior Interactive Web & Game Designers who are professionally trained with a degree in Interactive Design, Advertising Design, BFA or similar who understands not j ust how to execute, but why certain creative choices resonate. Designers who thrive in this role have hands on experience not just in design execution, but providing direction - art and creative direction is a given, but verbal and written direction like sharing design feedback to fellow creatives or briefing clients and guiding creative decisions. You consider yourself an analytical story teller - twofold - via your creative out put and in your briefs, creative direction and instruction.

• 5+ years of professional design experience
• Strong eye across traditional design disciplines: Interactive Web Design, Web Apps, Product & Gaming.
• Experience giving design feedback in a professional setting - creative direction, design reviews. You need to know how to structure feedback that is specific, grounded in design principles, and actionable.
• Extensive experience conducting structured high-level design critique (e.g. leading critiques evaluating work against clear standards or contributing to research systems or design quality frameworks).
• Experience providing design feedback and direction (e.g. mentoring designers contributing to team critiques or guiding creative decisi ons).

What we offer:

• Remote-first — work from anywhere
• Creative Community — You will have access to TasteMakers - a global online community of fellow creative technologists and an opportunity to collaborate and network with like minded creatives across the world.
• Flexible engagement — We are seeking true consultant / freelance Designers. We offer 15-40 hrs / week for project work load and we have a revolving door of new projects coming in frequently. The idea is to continue to utilize our creative experts from one project to another. All work is async and can be done on your own time - we set deliverables - you pick your sch edule. All TasteMakers opportunities are paid via independent contractor ( 1099).
• Highly competitive rates - We determine rates marked to market. This includes project execution & deliverables, level of subject matter expertise & experience, along with location. Mid to Senior level designers typically will fall in the average of 45 - 80 /hr for candidates based in the United States.
• Interesting, cutting-edge work — design systems, creative tooling, AI evaluation, frontend applications, visual generation, and interaction design

Our Process:

1. Apply to the opportunity on our notion page.
2. Complete the Assessment: You’ll upload a link to your best applicable samples for this project. Whether a direct link to your portfolio project, or upload a figma file showcasing your best work. You can consider it a skills based interview.
3. A successful assessment results in an offer & project placement. We will alert you and immediately start the onboarding process (Background Check, SOW & MFA). Typically start date is 3-5 business days from offer date.
4. You become an official member of the TasteMakers community - We onboard you onto the project, and you have access to our network of creative technologists, and access to all projects and future opportunities with TasteMakers.

Projects you cou ld work on:

• Critique & evaluate assets — structured reviews, QA, and clear reasoning that teaches models how to judge quality
• Vote & rank for preference data — compare outputs, pick what’s better, and help train models on what “great” looks like
• Design & build frontend — from UI and prototypes to polished, production-ready frontend apps

*TasteMakers is committed to building a diverse community of designers and makers. We encourage applications from designers of …