Experience Design Specialist

job summary:

Randstad Digital is hiring and we're looking for someone like YOU to join our team! If you are seeking a new opportunity, looking to grow in your career, or you know someone who is - we want to hear from you! Take a look at the below opportunity, or feel free to visit RandstadUSA.com to view and apply.

location: Woodbridge Township, New Jersey

job type: Contract

salary: $62.18 - 67.18 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

The IAM Product and Architecture team is seeking an AI?fluent Product Designer / Design Engineer to accelerate how we design, validate, and ship user?centered experiences with quality and speed.

You will operate as a hybrid practitioner: robust in UX/product design, comfortable working "code-adjacent" (and ideally shipping coded components), and passionate about scaling impact through reusable patterns/components, experience design validation, and AI?assisted workflows (design exploration, prototyping acceleration, design?to?code).

This is a dual?mandate role: ship high?impact experiences and scale reusable patterns/guidance for others.

This role will be instrumental in designing intuitive, visually appealing, and user-friendly digital experiences while documenting and optimizing the full user journey.

You will work closely with product owners, developers, and end-users to translate requirements into wireframes, prototypes, and final UI designs that enhance usability and drive customer satisfaction.

Preferred: experience partnering with engineering to deliver reusable UI components and patterns and design system enhancements.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute User-Centered Design (UCD) processes from discovery to delivery
• Translate complex functional requirements and user insights into simple, elegant, and accessible user interfaces built upon user flows, low- to high-fidelity wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes using Figma
• Align design decisions with business goals and user needs by strategically connecting or creating personas, experience journeys, and user flows
• Leverage AI-assisted workflows where appropriate to improve speed and quality (e.g., prototyping acceleration and design-to-code collaboration)
• Collaborate within Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives
• Perform lightweight, early validation of designs and prototypes (e.g., time-boxed UX reviews, quick usability checks and accessibility basics) to catch issues before development and reduce rework
• Advocate for consistent design system components, UI controls and patterns, and accessibility best practices
• Iterate designs based on user feedback and usability data to ensure the best possible experience
• Maintain clear and concise design documentation to support development handoff (interaction details, states, accessibility notes, and component usage guidance)
• Partner with engineering to design and ship reusable UI patterns/components; contribute improvements back to shared design system assets including component specs, states, and accessibility defaults
• Deliver core product design work while scaling reusable UI patterns/components and lightweight guidance (templates, examples, best practices) for broader adoption across multiple product engineering teams
• May oversee work performed by others and serve as a mentor
• Presents and defends designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and senior stakeholders
• Participates in roadmap planning and virtual teams; represents customer experience to our partners. Serves as SME for all aspects of customer experience.

qualifications:

Required Qualifications

5+ years of UX design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions in diverse technology stacks.

Proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and design collaboration

Solid understanding of User-Centered Design (UCD) principles, methods, and tools

robust experience working in Agile environments, closely collaborating with cross-functional teams

Experience partnering closely with engineering on implementation details, including component behavior, states, and accessibility requirements for production-ready handoff

Demonstrated ability to create and maintain detailed user journey maps and user flows

Familiarity with usability testing, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design best practices

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and visual - able to clearly articulate design decisions and rationale

Experience with building and/or contributing to design systems

Extensive experience in using and implementing UX design best practices to design solutions in large organizations

Ability to work with stakeholders to understand strategic vision and detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet business goals and user needs

Desired Qualifications

Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently

A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking, planning, and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns

Demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple work streams and with company leadership

Experience shipping (or co-developing) coded UI components (e.g., with engineering in a shared repo)

Familiarity with a variety of AI tools (e.g. design applications, IDEs, LLMs) and AI-assisted design workflows (e.g., research synthesis, prototyping acceleration, design-to-code collaboration)

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.