UX Designer (Remote)
The UX Designer role at Confidential Client involves designing and improving digital experiences across business-facing websites, SaaS products, and entertainment platforms. The position emphasizes creating reusable design components, leveraging AI-powered creative tools, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver polished, user-centered designs in a fast-paced, fully remote contract environment.
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, Design Services.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
This fully remote contract role blends UX, visual design, and design-system work with experimentation using AI-powered creative tools. You will:
- Design and improve digital experiences across web properties, SaaS products, and business-facing platforms.
- Create reusable design-system components, patterns, and visual elements in Figma.
- Rapidly iterate from concept to production-ready assets while maintaining visual quality and accessibility.
- Source, generate, edit, and manipulate imagery using traditional design software and AI-assisted creative tools.
- Incorporate useful AI-assisted workflows and evaluate new creative technologies for design efficiency.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align on goals, present concepts, and explain design rationale.
- Support B2B and SaaS experiences, entertainment and media initiatives, digital merchandising, and upper-funnel commerce.
- Participate in A/B testing and user testing when appropriate; refine designs based on data and feedback.
Required Qualifications
- Professional experience as a Product, Visual, or Digital Designer or a similar role.
- Several years of hands-on experience with Figma and design systems.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating design thinking, problem-solving, and the process behind decisions (not just polished comps).
- Experience designing websites and web-based products.
- Strong visual design skills and a modern understanding of web UX patterns.
- Ability to work quickly and manage tight turnaround times.
- Clear communication skills to explain creative rationale to stakeholders.
- Comfortable experimenting with AI tools and incorporating them into the design workflow.
Preferred Qualifications
- Practical experience with AI-powered design/creative tools.
- Background in B2B, SaaS, entertainment, media, sports, retail, or e-commerce.
- Experience with digital merchandising and upper-funnel shopping/discovery experiences.
- Familiarity with A/B testing, user testing, and iterative design processes.
- Prior work on large-scale consumer websites or complex business-facing platforms.
What Success Looks Like
- Balances speed and quality while moving across different design scopes without losing attention to detail.
- Owns design outcomes, adapts to changing priorities, and presents ideas clearly.
- Demonstrates interest and relevant experience in entertainment/media or B2B digital experiences.
- Drives reuse and consistency through design-system components and measurable improvements in user experience.
Contract Details
- Fully remote (United States).
- Initial contract: 6 months to 1 year.
- Anticipated start: October 2026 (engagement may continue through ~October 2027).
- Hourly compensation: $40–$50 USD per hour.
- Employment type: Contract (full-time equivalent workload).
Additional Notes & Compliance
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Careertakes and our client comply with all applicable federal, state, and local hiring laws. Where pay-transparency or notice requirements apply, the hourly range above is provided per source information.
- Careertakes will not share applicants’ personal data with third parties beyond the hiring client without consent; for questions about data usage, contact us directly.
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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