UX/UI Designer

Job Title: UX/UI Designer

Location: Indianapolis, IN 46204

Employment Type: Contract (with possibility of extension)

We are seeking an experienced UX/UI Designer with 12+ years of experience to join our team on a contract basis. In this role, you will lead the design of user-centric digital products and interfaces, collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver outstanding user experiences. You will bring both strategic insight and hands-on design execution to drive product success.

• Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, and analysis to identify user needs, pain points and opportunities for improvement.

• Develop information architecture, user journeys, personas, site maps, process flows and wireframes to illustrate design concepts.

• Create high-fidelity UI designs and interactive prototypes for web and mobile platforms, ensuring consistency with brand and design systems.

• Collaborate with engineers and development teams to ensure designs are feasible and implemented accurately; communicate design rationale clearly.

• Perform usability testing, collect feedback, iterate on designs and refine solutions to enhance usability, accessibility and engagement.

• Advocate for best practices in user-centered design, accessibility, and responsive design across devices.

• Stay current on emerging design trends, tools, methods, and industry standards, and bring innovation to the design process.

• Fit into a contract rhythm: deliver on time, manage priorities, and coordinate with other team members in a flexible/remote or hybrid environment as needed.

• Minimum of 12 years of professional experience in UX and UI design (web, mobile or digital products).

• Strong portfolio demonstrating visual design, interaction design, and UX process (from research through to high-fidelity prototype).

• Advanced proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, A e XD, InVision, or equivalent.

• Strong skills in wireframing, prototyping, user flows, information architecture, and visual design (layout, typography, colour, iconography).

• Experience working with or understanding front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, responsive design) is a plus-it helps collaboration with development teams.

• Excellent communication skills: ability to articulate design decisions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, take feedback and manage stakeholder expectations.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment, managing multiple tasks/priorities, and adapting to change.

• Strong problem-solving mindset and an ability to think from the user's perspective ("what would this feel like to the end-user?").

• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices is beneficial.

• Experience with design systems and component libraries.

• Experience in user research methods (interviews, usability testing, analytics).

• Experience with A/B testing or usability metrics to inform design decisions.

• Experience working in a contract or consulting capacity, handling priorities independently.

• Familiarity with stakeholder management and communicating with non-design audiences (product, business, marketing).