Contract Senior Website Visual Designer (UX/UI) - Remote | Canada

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Contract Senior Website Visual Designer (UX/UI)

Company: Kanopi

Location: Canada (Remote)

Job Type: CONTRACTOR

Category: Design & Creative Operations / GTM Operations (Client-Facing)

Date Posted: 2026-02-25

Experience Level: 5-10 Years

Remote Status: Fully Remote

🚀 Role Summary

• This contract role focuses on leading comprehensive visual and UX design for complex website projects, requiring a strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design, accessibility, and visual craft for responsive web experiences.

• The position demands exceptional presentation skills for articulating design rationale, guiding client decisions, and fostering collaboration within a fully distributed team environment.

• Key responsibilities include translating research into practical UX deliverables such as wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and design systems, ensuring cohesive, technically sound, and accessible solutions.

• This role is a direct reflection of GTM (Go-To-Market) strategy, as the designer will contribute to client pitches, sales processes, and thought leadership initiatives, directly impacting client acquisition and brand perception.

📝 Enhancement Note: While the core function is design, the emphasis on client interaction, sales process contribution, and thought leadership positions this role within a GTM Operations context, influencing how Kanopi presents its capabilities and acquires new business through exceptional client-facing design solutions. The "Operations" aspect is derived from the systematic approach to design delivery, client engagement, and contribution to business development.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end visual and UX design for complex website projects, from initial discovery through to launch, establishing a clear design direction and guiding clients and internal teams toward confident, data-informed decisions.

• Develop accessible, user-centered design solutions, including detailed wireframes, intuitive user flows, high-fidelity UI designs, interactive prototypes, and scalable design systems to ensure long-term visual consistency and maintainability.

• Present and confidently defend design work to a diverse range of stakeholders, clearly articulating design thinking, connecting it to user needs and business objectives, and effectively incorporating feedback while preserving design integrity.

• Plan and facilitate discovery workshops, translating client research and user insights into actionable UX deliverables such as sitemaps, comprehensive user journeys, and detailed personas.

• Collaborate closely with Content Strategists, Developers, and Project Managers to ensure design solutions are cohesive, technically feasible, and accurately implemented, including conducting design reviews during the development phase.

• Represent Kanopi's Creative Services in client pitches and throughout the sales process, contributing to winning new business through compelling design thinking and persuasive presentations.

• Contribute to Kanopi’s marketing and thought leadership efforts by participating in webinars, presentations, and other public-facing opportunities to showcase expertise.

📝 Enhancement Note: The responsibilities highlight a senior-level contribution to project lifecycle management and client engagement, directly impacting project success and new business acquisition. The emphasis on "leading," "developing," and "collaborating" signifies a strategic operational role within the creative delivery process.

🎓 Skills & Qualifications

Education: While no specific degree is mandated, a strong educational foundation in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, or a related field is highly beneficial. Equivalent practical experience will be considered.

Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in designing responsive web experiences, with a minimum of 3 years specifically within an agency environment, demonstrating a track record of successful client projects.

Required Skills:

• A robust portfolio showcasing thoughtful, user-centered UI/UX design for responsive websites, with clear examples of accessibility, usability, and visual craft.

• Demonstrated ability to create accessible, user-centered solutions including wireframes, user flows, UI designs, high-fidelity prototypes, and scalable design systems.

• Proven confidence in presenting and defending design work to various audiences, effectively incorporating feedback while maintaining clear design direction.

• Fluency in Figma and modern design workflows, coupled with experience using collaboration tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud and Google Workspace.

• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, adapt to evolving project requirements, and work effectively within both agile and waterfall project management methodologies.

• Comfort and proven effectiveness working remotely within a distributed team structure.

Preferred Skills:

• Direct coding experience in front-end languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.

• Familiarity with analytics and research tools such as Google Analytics 4 (GA4), heatmapping platforms, and user testing tools.

• Experience working with mission-driven or nonprofit organizations.

📝 Enhancement Note: The requirement for agency experience and specific tool proficiency (Figma) points to an operations-centric role where efficiency, client management, and tool integration are paramount. The preference for analytics and nonprofit experience suggests a strategic alignment with client goals and data-driven decision-making.

📊 Process & Systems Portfolio Requirements

Portfolio Essentials:

• A comprehensive portfolio that clearly demonstrates a user-centered design process, highlighting problem identification, research synthesis, ideation, design execution, and outcomes.

• Specific case studies detailing complex website projects, emphasizing how accessibility and usability were integrated from the outset, not as an afterthought.

• Visual examples of wireframes, user flows, high-fidelity prototypes, and design systems, showcasing the evolution of design solutions and the rationale behind key decisions.

Process Documentation:

• Showcase of how you plan and facilitate discovery workshops, translating research and insights into practical UX deliverables (e.g., sitemaps, user journeys, personas).

• Examples of collaborative workflows with Content Strategists, Developers, and Project Managers, illustrating how you ensure design cohesion, technical feasibility, and accurate implementation throughout the project lifecycle.

• Documentation of your approach to creating and maintaining scalable design systems that support long-term consistency and efficient updates.

📝 Enhancement Note: The emphasis on a "process-driven" portfolio and "documentation" of workflows aligns with operations expectations, requiring candidates to not only produce high-quality design but also to articulate and demonstrate the systematic approach behind their work.

💵 Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: $55 - $70 CAD