Lead UX/UI Designer – Temporary

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Capture in-flight features and produce high-fidelity designs using Figma.

• Utilize existing design-system components and established patterns.

• Streamline and enhance the team's interaction with the design system.

• Collaborate with engineering by drafting clear specifications and handoff documentation.

• Address inquiries during the implementation phase.

• Plan, execute, and analyze user interviews and usability testing.

• Convert research insights into actionable recommendations.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define product challenges.

• Evaluate impact, feasibility, and uncertainty in product-related decisions.

• Leverage AI for research, synthesis, prototyping, and documentation while maintaining design integrity.

• Enhance and document design methodologies.

• Suggest modifications and evaluate new tool functionalities.

• Share knowledge through collaboration, brief sessions, and documentation.

• Assist in ensuring that process enhancements endure beyond the temporary assignment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in designing digital products.

• Portfolio that demonstrates design processes, decision-making, and outcomes.

• Strong UI design skills in Figma, including components, variants, and auto layout.

• Experience working with an established design system.

• Hands-on experience in planning, conducting, and synthesizing interviews and usability tests.

• Proven ability to showcase how research findings have influenced design changes.

• Capability to quickly adapt and achieve productivity within the first week.

• Experience in complex B2B or enterprise environments involving dashboards, tables, and multi-step workflows.

• Practical fluency with AI tools integrated into workflows.

• Demonstrated ownership, follow-through, deadline management, and early risk identification.

• Clear and open communication skills with UX teams and stakeholders.

• Experience in sharing work early, maintaining updates through Teams and Jira, and giving and receiving constructive feedback.

• Proactive in navigating ambiguity.

• Nice to have: experience in insurance, fintech, or other regulated-industry SaaS.

• Nice to have: previous temporary, contract, or consulting experience within an in-house team.

• Nice to have: experience in facilitating workshops or teaching design/AI techniques.

• Nice to have: experience with product analytics tools, such as Amplitude.

• Nice to have: prototyping experience using code or AI prototyping tools.

• Nice to have: skills in information architecture for large navigation systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time temporary position lasting approximately 12–16 weeks, with the possibility of extension.

• Collaborative working hours, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.

• Chance to influence product development and enhance team processes.

• Opportunities for professional growth through collaboration, brief sessions, and documentation.

• Option for remote work.