Overview
On Site
$60 - $64
Contract - W2
Skills
Embedded Systems
FOCUS
Interface Design
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Product Design
WCAG
Accessibility
MIRO
Service Design
Usability
Wireframe
Interfaces
Product Engineering
User Experience
UI
Prototyping
User Research
Usability Testing
Research
Collaboration
Facilitation
Documentation
Job Details
This is a contract UX/UI Designer role supporting a public-facing digital platform used by a large and diverse user base. The position is hybrid within the Boston Area and embedded within a small, collaborative design group. The focus of the role is on user research, usability testing, and high-fidelity interface design, with heavy use of Figma and modern accessibility standards. This is a short-term contract engagement with consistent weekly hours.
This role is ideal for a designer who enjoys owning meaningful research-driven work and seeing their designs quickly move into production. You'll work closely with product partners, engineers, researchers, and senior stakeholders to improve real-world digital experiences that impact a broad audience. The work emphasizes thoughtful problem-solving, accessibility, and facilitation. Offering a strong opportunity to deepen experience in service design, usability testing, and design systems while maintaining solid work-life balance.
Contract Duration
Approximately 5-6 months
Required Skills & Experience
Desired Skills & Experience
What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
Daily Responsibilities
This role is ideal for a designer who enjoys owning meaningful research-driven work and seeing their designs quickly move into production. You'll work closely with product partners, engineers, researchers, and senior stakeholders to improve real-world digital experiences that impact a broad audience. The work emphasizes thoughtful problem-solving, accessibility, and facilitation. Offering a strong opportunity to deepen experience in service design, usability testing, and design systems while maintaining solid work-life balance.
Contract Duration
Approximately 5-6 months
Required Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of experience in UX/UI or digital product design
- Strong experience planning and running usability testing
- Advanced proficiency with Figma, including high-fidelity prototyping
- Working knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards
- Ability to synthesize research findings into actionable design recommendations
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
Desired Skills & Experience
- Background working in complex or highly regulated environments
- Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system
- Comfort facilitating design workshops and stakeholder sessions
- Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Miro
- Strong systems-thinking and service-design mindset
What You Will Be Doing
- Conducting and facilitating usability tests for web-based applications and content
- Translating research insights into accessible, user-centered UI solutions
- Designing and iterating on wireframes and production-ready interfaces
- Contributing components and patterns to an existing design system
- Reviewing UX/UI work produced by partner teams
- Collaborating with product, engineering, data, and policy stakeholders
Tech Breakdown
- 60% UX/UI Design & Prototyping (Figma)
- 25% User Research & Usability Testing
- 15% Design System Contributions & Documentation
Daily Responsibilities
- 75% Hands-on design and research work
- 15% Stakeholder collaboration and facilitation
- 10% Documentation, reviews, and design system updates
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