Senior UX/UI Designer: Contractor Job Ad

Who We Are Teal Media is a full-service creative and design agency with a conscience. We believe purposeful design can transform organizations, inspire action, and enable progress. Our clients and nonprofit partners are committed to creating positive social change—and we pour every ounce of our passion and skill into helping them succeed. We offer a variety of strategic, creative, and technical services, including brand strategy, web design and development, and creative support. We’re a woman-founded and woman-led firm with a team that reflects a broad range of lived experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. At Teal, we value our people above all else and choose to work with partners and clients who share those values. Senior UX/UI Designer: Contractor Job Ad Updated: May 2026  IMPORTANT NOTE: A job description is a useful, plain-language tool that outlines the general guidelines for the tasks, duties, functions, and responsibilities that you are expected to fulfill as part of the position. A job description is NOT a definitive ‘checklist’ of the exact duties you will be performing on a daily basis.  Overview  Teal Media is seeking a fully remote Senior UX/UI Designer for a full-time contractor position! As a collaborative member of our team, you will craft the overall visual experience of web-based projects for high-profile social impact clients tackling big challenges in health, education, climate, and social justice. Working closely under the direction of the Creative Director and Art Directors, you will produce visually engaging design deliverables to fulfill the creative vision for a project. These design deliverables will include sitemaps, wireframes, full-fidelity visual comps, UI component libraries, and custom graphics. Ideal Location: Remote (U.S. Residents only) Salary Range: $75-$85/hr 6-month contract, 30-40hrs  ______________________________________________________________ Who We Are & Your Team  Teal Media is a full-service creative and design agency with a conscience. We believe purposeful design can transform organizations, inspire action, and enable progress. Our clients and nonprofit partners commit their lives to creating positive social change. We pour every ounce of our passion and skill into their success, because we, too, want the world to be a better place. We offer a variety of strategic, creative, and technical services, including brand strategy, web design and development, and creative support. We are a woman-founded and woman-led firm with a diverse staff. At Teal Media, we value our people above all else, and choose to work with partners and clients who share those beliefs. This role is a part of the Creative Department. You will report to an Art Director or Creative Director. ______________________________________________________________ Responsibilities & Skills Project work and client engagement (80%) Serve as the primary executor of design deliverables on one-off digital projects and retainers and assist Art Directors in setting the vision for the project and deliverables to be produced.  Take the lead on digital design projects with limited input and guidance from Art Directors. You play a key role in idea generation, strategy, and execution alongside the client and project team. In collaboration with lead strategist finalize website sitemaps and assign page templates based on content strategy, while keeping project scope and budget in mind.  On select projects add to website plans and briefs that set the tone for the project, account for brand differentiation and audience goals, and consider scope and unique functionality needs. Understand and work with Teal’s design and development framework. Review deliverables with Art Directors, developers and other project team members with a collaborative mindset, setting meetings, informal/formal reviews, asks questions and collaborates to get what is needed for a thoughtful pacing of project work (i.e. not sending work the day before for review). Decisively edit down designs solutions based on client project goals and best practices.  Lead creation and presentation of wireframes and design concepts to help organizations understand how they meet audience goals and business objectives. Confidently  guide clients in gaining consensus for approval on the deliverables. Implement client and internal feedback with an eye for detail and strategic application.  Juggle multiple priorities knowing when and how to move between projects to meet deadlines. Communicate and collaborate with internal and external project team members and bring  a unique and fresh perspective to projects. Take more leadership within client communications and ownership of the visual design system, in collaboration with developers and art directors Provide accurate estimates for work. UX/UI specific responsibilities Produce design deliverables (sitemaps, wireframes, full-fidelity visual comps, UI component libraries, custom graphics (static and animated), etc. Assist with discovery and client/user research on select projects Maintain a knowledge and understanding of UX best practices and design principles (visual hierarchy, interactivity, content strategy, taxonomy, etc.) Be an expert in Figma and have a deep understanding of prototyping, front-end animations, and design systems in order to create clear representations of designs and functionality.  Own and document design intentions and decisions and assist developers in formulating  and functional technical specifications. Design compelling visual expressions, whether refreshing for an established brand or building it for a new one. Have a foundational knowledge of Content Management Systems (CMS) are set up to help shape the front-end user experience, preferably Wordpress. Have a strong understanding of complex content architectures, and how custom fields, taxonomy structures, and post types are managed.