UX (User Experience) Designer

<h1>UX (User Experience) Designer</h1><p><strong>Department: </strong>Business Analytics</p><p><strong>Employment Type: </strong>Temporary</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Remote - United States</p><p><strong>Reporting To: </strong>Michael Horan</p><p><strong>Compensation: </strong>$80,000.00 - $110,000.00 / hour</p><br></br><h3>Description</h3><div>Group O is seeking a Digital Experience Designer to support digital design for business. This hands-on contract opportunity combines exceptional visual design, digital merchandising, visual storytelling, and practical UX/UI execution. The designer will elevate customer-facing responsive web experiences, bring fresh creative thinking to established B2B content, and contribute to the evolution of digital visual language and a sophisticated dark-mode design system. The ideal candidate brings strong visual instincts, technical craft, curiosity, and the ability to deliver polished work in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.</div><br></br><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><div><strong>Essential Functions:</strong></div><ul> <li>Design visually compelling, intuitive merchandising, marketing, and acquisition experiences across responsive web platforms.</li> <li>Apply sophisticated typography, imagery, composition, color, spacing, visual hierarchy, and interaction design to communicate complex offerings clearly.</li> <li>Translate business objectives into distinctive, premium digital experiences; explore creative approaches that elevate conventional B2B content.</li> <li>Contribute to the evolution of the Business visual language, including new layouts, treatments, patterns, and the transition toward dark mode while maintaining brand consistency.</li> <li>Produce high-fidelity, production-ready designs, responsive layouts, and web assets; use Adobe Photoshop for image editing, compositing, and asset preparation.</li> <li>Create and extend reusable Figma components using variants, component properties, variables, and Auto Layout within an established design system.</li> <li>Collaborate with developers and cross-functional partners to preserve visual quality through implementation; balance creative ambition with usability, accessibility, feasibility, and business needs.</li> <li>Own design assignments from concept through delivery, incorporate feedback, and maintain quality under tight deadlines.</li> </ul><div><strong>Secondary Functions:</strong></div><ul> <li>Explore emerging visual design approaches, contemporary digital experiences, and interaction patterns that inspire fresh creative solutions.</li> <li>Where relevant, apply motion design, animation, interactive prototyping, conversion insights, or AI-powered creative tools to improve exploration and production efficiency.</li> </ul><div><strong>Position type:</strong></div><ul><li>Contract assignment: 6–12 months, with potential for extension.</li></ul><div><strong>Expected hours of work:</strong></div><ul><li>Normal work week hours. Fully remote. Company-provided hardware.</li></ul><div><strong>Travel:</strong></div><ul><li>Fully remote; no regular travel requirement specified.</li></ul><br></br><h3>Job Qualifications</h3><div><strong>Education/Certifications:</strong></div><ul><li>College degree or equivalent. A strong portfolio demonstrating visual and technical design craft is required.</li></ul><div><strong>Experience:</strong></div><ul><li>Target experience range: 0–6 years. Candidates should demonstrate relevant work through a portfolio, including polished responsive web experiences for commerce, marketing, merchandising, or digital products. Quality of work and demonstrated capability are central to evaluation.</li></ul><div><strong>Skills and Qualifications:</strong></div><ul> <li>Portfolio demonstrates exceptional contemporary digital visual design, creative thinking, and attention to detail.</li> <li>Strong command of typography, composition, color, imagery, spacing, and visual hierarchy.</li> <li>Solid UX/UI, interaction design, usability, responsive web, and accessibility fundamentals.</li> <li>Advanced Figma proficiency with component architecture, properties, variants, variables, and Auto Layout; experience extending established design systems.</li> <li>Adobe Photoshop proficiency, including image editing, compositing, and production-ready asset creation.</li> <li>Ability to independently manage assignments, solve creative problems, collaborate across functions, and meet deadlines.</li> <li>Preferred Art direction, visual storytelling, digital brand experiences, motion design, animation, or interactive prototyping.</li> <li>Preferred E-commerce, acquisition, merchandising, or conversion-focused design.</li> <li>Preferred Dark-mode interface design or contributions to visual design systems.</li> <li>Familiarity with Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Figma AI, or other emerging creative tools.</li> </ul><div><strong>Portfolio Requirements:</strong></div><ul><li>A portfolio is required and will be a key part of evaluation. It should demonstrate (1) visual excellence through typography, imagery, composition, and detail; (2) creative thinking and a distinctive perspective on familiar design challenges; (3) UX understanding through intuitive, accessible, effective experiences; and (4) technical craft translating sophisticated designs into scalable component-based systems.</li></ul><div><strong>Physical Requirements:</strong></div><ul><li>N/A</li></ul><div>Disclaimer: The above statements describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this role and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, or qualifications.</div><br></br><h3>Benefits</h3><ul> <li>Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance</li> <li>Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)</li> <li>401(k) Plan with Company Match</li> <li>Generous Paid Time Off</li> <li>10.5 Paid Holidays</li> <li>Career Development Opportunities</li> </ul>