Contract · New York or Remote (EST preferred)
Estimated Pay Range: $75–$150/hr

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We are hiring a Creative Product Manager to help shape, guide, and deliver digital products and brand experiences for early-stage companies.

At Little Plains, creative work succeeds or fails based on the quality of decisions made early and often. This role exists to hold context, create clarity, and help teams move forward with confidence.

You are not here to manage tasks from a distance. You are embedded in the work, responsible for helping teams make good decisions across product, design, strategy, and technology.

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Why This Role Exists

Creative work breaks down when decisions are delayed, unclear, or disconnected from reality.

Early-stage teams operate under real constraints. Time, budget, technical complexity, and evolving goals all collide at once. This role exists to help strong ideas become buildable, coherent, and shipped outcomes.

New tools and systems allow teams to explore options faster and pressure-test ideas earlier. Judgment determines what actually ships. This role sits at that intersection.

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About Little Plains

Little Plains is a modern brand and product studio. Our work is built in context, alongside design and product, guided by strong points of view and supported by AI-driven systems that make speed and rigor compatible. Strategy only matters if it shows up in the work itself.

We work primarily with early-stage companies, often from pre-launch through Series A, at moments where clarity, speed, and conviction matter most. Our partners are founders and small senior teams building new products, categories, and narratives under real constraints.

We operate as an embedded creative partner rather than a traditional digital agency, building brand, product, and go-to-market work into cohesive systems that can scale as companies grow. Our work spans healthcare, biotech, SaaS, and consumer products.

Creative Product Managers work side by side with designers, strategists, creative direction, and developers throughout the process.

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What You Will Do

This role is about leadership through decision-making, not delivery theater.

Day to day, you will:

• Own the shape and delivery of creative products and digital experiences from early framing through launch
• Help define scope, priorities, and sequencing in partnership with creative and studio leadership
• Translate client input, constraints, and feedback into clear options and recommendations
• Bring a strong point of view to discussions around UX, structure, content, and systems without owning creative execution
• Work closely with designers and developers to ensure ideas are feasible, coherent, and grounded in reality
• Identify risks, gaps, and misalignment early and help teams course-correct
• Ensure work is complete, accurate, and ready to ship before it reaches clients
• Communicate clearly with founders and internal teams so decisions stick
  
  

This role exists to make the work better by making decisions clearer.

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How We Work

We do not rely on long decks or heavy documentation to move work forward.

Progress is shared through live artifacts, working systems, and clear decisions. Planning happens close to the work, not removed from it.

AI-informed tools are used daily to explore options, reduce busywork, and pressure-test ideas earlier in the process. They support speed and clarity, but they do not replace judgment, responsibility, or accountability.

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The Bar for Judgment

We care deeply about quality and momentum.

This role requires strong product instincts, clear communication, and confidence making tradeoffs. You are not responsible for creative execution, but you are responsible for helping teams make and hold decisions.

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What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of experience in creative project management, product management, or similar roles
• Experience working on website, digital product, or brand system projects
• Comfort holding context across design, strategy, and development
• Strong judgment and confidence making tradeoffs
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and help others move forward
• Clear communicator with strong follow-through
• High emotional intelligence and awareness of team dynamics
• Comfort working in AI-informed workflows without outsourcing judgment
• Preference for candidates in New York or the Eastern Time Zone due to collaboration cadence

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Contract Details

• Initial engagement will be contract-based
• Strong potential to convert to full-time based on mutual fit and studio needs
  
  

What You’ll Gain

• A strategic role embedded directly in creative work
• Influence over how digital products and brand experiences are shaped and delivered
• Exposure to early-stage founders and high-impact projects
• Opportunity to help evolve how Little Plains works as a studio
  
  

What to Submit

• Resume or LinkedIn profile
• A short note describing the kinds of product or creative problems you want to work on
• Optional examples of projects where you helped shape decisions, not just delivery
  
  

If you want to help teams make better decisions and ship better work, we should talk.

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Apply Now

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Thank You.

We appreciate your consideration. We will do our best to view every submission carefully, and in a timely manner. Please allow a few business days for us to get back to your submission, and we look forward to hopefully talking more.

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Cheers,
Little Plains