We are seeking an experienced UX/UI Designer to support a career-site platform that enables organizations to create custom-branded experiences, showcase employer brands, and highlight job opportunities across parent, subsidiary, or affiliated brands.
This contractor will execute product design work across a defined capability backlog, beginning with chatbot functionality. The role will focus on creating reusable components for a modular design system while accounting for the technical constraints of a content management system.
The ideal candidate is a strong UX and interaction designer who can independently translate broad or ambiguous requirements into accessible, responsive, production-ready web experiences.
Key Responsibilities
* Execute UX/UI design work across a career-site product backlog in partnership with Product and other cross-functional stakeholders.
* Design the initial chatbot experience and contribute to additional priorities following onboarding.
* Create new reusable components for a modular, component-based design system.
* Design components that work effectively within the technical and authoring constraints of a CMS.
* Design and refine career landing pages, job-board experiences, and custom campaign landing pages.
* Define responsive behavior and maintain functional parity across desktop and mobile experiences.
* Support platform-wide theming, branding, accessibility, and SEO considerations.
* Create interaction flows, prototypes, component states, and detailed designs in Figma.
* Maintain consistency across component libraries while accommodating different client brands and use cases.
* Independently prioritize work, resolve ambiguity, and maintain design throughput for time-sensitive client opportunities.
* Collaborate with Product and technical stakeholders to ensure that proposed designs are feasible and ready for production implementation.
Qualifications
Must-Have Skills
* Four or more years of product design or UX design experience.
* Strong UX and interaction-design capabilities, rather than primarily visual, graphic, or brand design experience.
* At least two years of experience working within or creating a design system or component library.
* Experience designing reusable components for modular or component-based design systems.
* Experience with responsive and mobile-first web design.
* Experience shipping responsive marketing pages, product pages, or comparable web experiences into production.
* Working knowledge of WCAG and ADA accessibility standards.
* Experience applying accessibility principles to web experiences, interaction states, or reusable components.
* Experience designing within the technical constraints of a CMS.
* Understanding of how CMS content structures, authoring requirements, and platform constraints affect component design.
* Advanced proficiency with Figma, including component libraries, variants, and Auto Layout.
* Professional experience using Claude.
* Professional experience using Claude Code.
* Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively within a broad or ambiguous scope.
Nice-to-Have Skills
* Experience using additional AI-assisted design or development tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, or Figma AI.
* Marketing, landing-page, or campaign-page design experience.
* B2B or enterprise SaaS experience.
* Enterprise experience strongly preferred.
* SEO-aware web design experience.
* Chatbot or conversational UX design experience.
* Experience with recruiting technology, HR technology, career sites, or comparable sales-enablement client sites.
* Ecommerce design experience.
Additional InformationRequired Tools & Platforms
* Figma, including component libraries and Auto Layout.
* Claude.
* Claude Code.
* Content management systems; specific CMS platform experience is not required.
* AI-assisted design or prototyping workflows.
Location, Time & Engagement
* Full-time remote contract engagement.
* Approximately 40 hours per week.
* Contract scheduled to run through November 30, 2026.
* Open to candidates located in the United States or LATAM.
* Pacific Time or Central Time alignment is preferred.
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