About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Retail Apparel and Fashion.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role overview

Confidential Client is hiring an Associate UX/UI Designer to help craft intuitive, accessible, and brand-elevating digital shopping experiences across web and mobile. You will work within a cross-functional product team alongside Product Management, Engineering, Research, and Creative to move ideas from discovery through design, prototyping, testing, and implementation. This role values strong visual craft, user-centered thinking, and practical experience using Figma and modern design systems — plus an interest in using AI-powered tools to speed ideation and prototyping.

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What you’ll do

• Contribute to end-to-end product design: discovery, wireframing, high-fidelity UI, and interactive prototyping for web and mobile.
• Create clear user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mocks, and clickable prototypes that communicate design intent.
• Use Figma to design, prototype, and maintain scalable components aligned to the design system.
• Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Researchers, and stakeholders to define requirements and solve UX problems.
• Run or participate in workshops, design critiques, and usability testing to validate design decisions.
• Present design concepts and rationale to cross-functional teams with clarity and confidence.
• Ensure solutions meet accessibility, responsiveness, usability, and brand standards.
• Support the evolution and adoption of reusable components and platform patterns.
• Leverage AI-assisted design tools to accelerate ideation, research, content generation, and prototyping.
• Produce detailed design specifications and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure quality implementation.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Media, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 1–3 years of professional experience in UX, UI, product design, or related digital design roles.
• Strong portfolio showing user-centered design thinking, interaction design, and visual design excellence.
• Proficiency in Figma (components, Auto Layout, design systems, interactive prototyping).
• Solid understanding of UX principles, interaction design, information architecture, and responsive design.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices for digital products.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills; ability to present design trade-offs and decisions.
• Experience in Agile or product-led environments is a plus.
• Basic familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, responsive development) is preferred.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and AI-powered design tools; highly collaborative and adaptable.

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Compensation & location

• Salary range: $69,850 - $125,525 annually (listed range reflects the expected compensation for this position in New York, NY).
• Employment type: Full-time.
• Location: New York, NY — candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Confidential Client provides competitive benefits; details will be shared during the interview process.

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What we value

• User-centered problem solving and strong visual craft.
• Collaboration with product and engineering to deliver high-quality experiences.
• Continuous learning, iteration, and pragmatic use of emerging tools (including AI-assisted workflows).
• Attention to accessibility, performance, and scalable design systems.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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