User Experience Designer

Title: UX DESIGNER (CONTRACT)

Location: Remote (U.S.-based only)

Contract End: 3/31/2026 (with potential for extension)

Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Team: Digital Product Design

Reports To: Sr. Manager UX Design

Team Size: 8

Training Duration: 2 weeks

Travel Requirements (If Any): Possible travel 1x a year to Baltimore

Interview Process: 1 interview (will confirm during call)

Pay Rate: $65/hr on W2, all inclusive/no benefits

Required Technologies: Figma, Miro, and LucidChart

Preferred (Nice-to-Have) Technologies: Video Editing and Design System Experience

Minimum Years of Experience Required: 5 years

POSITION SUMMARY

We are a highly strategic, data-driven team looking to grow our UX Design squad! Our ideal candidate should be able to participate in the conceptual development, design, and delivery of end-to-end UX experiences within a collaborative team environment. Through iteration and evolution, these experiences should be beautifully designed and answer user and business needs throughout all touchpoints of our digital commerce ecosystem.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with a team of fellow UX Designers, UX Researchers, Front End and Back End Engineers, Data and Testing Teams, as well as Product Managers to create effective and elegant design solutions

• Create deliverables, including but not limited to: user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes to communicate vision and strategy

• Deliver and execute finished UI for desktop and mobile web based on existing design pattern,s harnessing a mobile-first approach

• Partner with leadership to ensure quality, usability, consistency, brand relevance, and compliance across all deliverables.

• Apply conceptual thinking across various platforms while considering user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility

• Collaborate with UX Research, Analytics, and A/B Testing teams to design end-to-end experiences using qualitative and quantitative research to uncover insights, learn about user behavior, and verify design concepts

• Work closely with development teams to ensure that design specifications are met and implemented

• Work with the product team to fill out design criteria in JIRA and ensure requirements are outlined for development

• Provide Visual QA for all delivered designs to ensure pixel perfection prior to release

• Cross-check acceptance criteria in the development ticket with the annotations delivered

• Collaborate and communicate regularly with remote teams and partners

• Develop a learning post-project to grow and innovate the quality of our product

• Continually strive to exceed expectations

QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES)

• A beautiful portfolio that demonstrates experience creating accessible, pixel-perfect, cross-platform designs at scale

• Must have an extensive understanding and hands-on experience with atomic design best practices

• Fluency in a variety of design crafts (UX, UI, Design Systems, Prototyping, Animation)

• Expert proficiency in industry-standard design tools (Figma)

• Deep understanding of WCAG standards and inclusive design practices

• Strategic design thinking, processes, and design system-related work experience that influenced business outcomes

• Capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously

• Experience working with UX Research and A/B testing teams with a curiosity to gather, understand, and analyze data to support design decisions

• Understands and advocates for the importance of data-driven decisions

• Strong understanding of mobile-first, UX best practice standards in the e-commerce space

• Able to communicate in a clear, consistent, and transparent manner

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience articulating design strategy

• Passionate and enthusiastic about excellence and attention to detail

• Continually strive to exceed expectations

• Autonomous self-starter requiring minimal oversight

• Respond professionally to feedback

• E-commerce and loyalty program experience is a plus, but not required

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• 3-5 years of in-depth UX design experience, designing interfaces for multi-device ecosystems.

TOOLS & TECH

• Design & Prototyping: Figma

• Collaboration: MS Teams, Miro, Confluence, LucidChart

• Project Management: Jira