## Strategy
Apply FT HoD / Design Director / founding designer in LA & SF → working session → Pure mid-process as invoicing. No visa sponsorship needed. SF every other week OK. Parallel: 1099 + max 3–4 advisor seats. Swedish secondary.
## A) Full-time / founding (Pure close mid-process)
- [Kindred — Head of Product Design](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kindred/210ddddd-0242-4831-802d-a0b0480c5500), SF + remote US · [@livekindred](https://x.com/livekindred)
- [Fantasy — Head of Design](https://jobs.lever.co/fantasy/5a8c11b8-5044-43c8-8027-e3b82d25ecdf), remote · [fantasy.co](https://fantasy.co/)
- [Allocate — Head of Design](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/allocate/1b7d63da-215d-478b-b7a0-4bc5e76a977d), Palo Alto hybrid
- [Convex — Creative Director / Head of Design](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/convex-dev/cbeb022f-7277-4fdc-8a97-0359ba347b81), SF · [@convex](https://x.com/convex)
- [Moonlake — Head of Design](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/moonlake/5d52f4e9-c4b5-4c3e-9731-c4c50022b68b), SF · [@moonlake](https://x.com/moonlake)
- [OLIVER — Design Director](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oliverusa/jobs/8164415), SF Bay / remote PST
- [Kettle — Creative Director, Design](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kettle/jobs/8802158002), SF / LA / etc.
- [Wondr — Product Design Lead, Founding](https://wellfound.com/jobs/4523096-product-design-lead-founding-team), LA/SF · hiring@wondr.co · starts contract
- [Bolter — Founding Product Designer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Bolter/e42c8196-6899-4394-a795-5c7e1654be67), short-term or permanent
- [Sentra — Founding Product Designer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentra/9717d4c7-7500-47af-a5f5-964ae51c1258), SF hybrid · a16z
- [Temper — Founding Product Designer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/temper/51b1425e-2cb6-40d2-bf4b-f02e16b7fabb), SF · paid work day in process
- [Multiply — Founding Designer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/multiplyai/764df726-0ee9-43bb-8b0a-7209c3bdfd1d), SF
- [Orchard Robotics — Founding Design Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/orchard/1dc6baae-7272-4b3b-af34-914d3e4475f9), SF · junior-exp ask — stretch/skip
- [Clera — Founding Product Designer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/49144734-7fcc-4a53-bebd-1f7737286810), SF
**X warm (verify)**
- Hone founding designer — [@whosmatu](https://x.com/whosmatu) (confirm which Hone)
- Sway via [@antonsten](https://x.com/antonsten) — [antonsten.com/working-together](https://www.antonsten.com/working-together/)
- [@boardyai](https://x.com/boardyai) — founding designer intros
## B) Contractor / 1099
- [OfferUp — Principal PD Brand & Experience](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/offerup/jobs/8180960), 1099 $140–165/hr · [@offerup](https://x.com/offerup)
- [Viction/CWS — Fractional Director Product Strategy & Design](https://jobs.lever.co/cwsc/3d054df4-ccba-451e-8317-b7aa5423e6da), $125–175/hr · confirm SOW
- [Develop Health — Marketing & Design Lead](https://findfractionaljobs.com/job/marketing-design-lead-fractional-part-time/), $100–160/hr · due Oct 30
- [Lenox Park — UX/UI Design Partner](https://wellfound.com/jobs/4255412-ux-ui-design-partner), 1099 milestones · lps.careers1@lenoxparkinc.com
- [garden3d — Head of Design](https://wellfound.com/jobs/4481123-head-of-design), 4-mo trial $110–175/hr
- [Legion Health — Growth Designer](https://www.gofractional.com/job/legion-health-growth-designer-paid-creative-brand-web-ux-remote-part-time-backed-by-y-combinator-5m-arr-23m-raised), $50–125/hr
- [Alpaca — Senior PD Ops Tools](https://wellfound.com/jobs/4781635-senior-product-designer-operations-tools), 12-mo contract · [@alpacahq](https://x.com/alpacahq) · confirm 1099
- [Sudowrite — Contract PD](https://wellfound.com/jobs/4287608-remote-contract-product-designer), PT start
## C) Advisor
- Offer: LA Pure advisor for seed–A; light 2–4 hrs/mo or ~1 day/wk; 3–4 seats; 1099/equity
- [Go Fractional membership](https://www.gofractional.com/membership) · [@gofractional_](https://x.com/gofractional_)
- [Fractionus apply](https://fractionus.com/apply)
- Post from [@mattiaswikman](https://x.com/mattiaswikman)
- VC maps: [Amplify](https://amplify.la/) · [Upfront](https://upfront.com/) · [Mucker](https://mucker.com/) · [Speedrun](https://speedrun.a16z.com/) · [YC LA](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/location/los-angeles)
- Secondary: [SACC-LA](https://www.sacc-la.org/) · [SACC-SF](https://www.sacc-sf.org/) · [Nordic Innovation House](https://www.nordicinnovationhouse.com/siliconvalley) · [Swedish House SF Tech Week](https://www.business-sweden.com/insights/calendar/2026/swedish-house-at-san-francisco-tech-week/)
## D) Networks / events
- [SF Tech Week](https://www.tech-week.com/calendar) Oct 5–11 · [@Techweek_](https://x.com/Techweek_)
- [LA Tech Week](https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/la) Oct 12–18 · [Luma](https://luma.com/latw)
- [AI LA](https://www.joinai.la/) · [Tech Week 2026](https://www.joinai.la/tech-week-2026)
- [SoCal.Startups](https://socalstartups.io/events) · [Science Inc](https://www.science-inc.com/)
- Boards 2×/wk: [FindFractionalJobs](https://findfractionaljobs.com/) · [Go Fractional design jobs](https://www.gofractional.com/jobs/design) · [Wellfound LA](https://wellfound.com/role/l/product-designer/los-angeles) · [Wellfound SF](https://wellfound.com/role/l/product-designer/san-francisco)
## Do first
1. FT: Kindred, Allocate, Fantasy, Convex, Wondr, Sentra, Bolter
2. 1099: OfferUp, Lenox Park, Develop Health, Viction, garden3d
3. X: @whosmatu, @antonsten, @boardyai
4. Advisor: post + Go Fractional + Fractionus + Amplify/Upfront emails
5. SF Tech Week → LA Tech Week
Say the word and I’ll start apps, drafts, or the X post from your session.