#127306 - UX Designer

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#127306 - UX Designer

San Francisco, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    We are seeking a hands-on UX Designer to improve messaging experiences across mobile applications and desktop web products serving multiple user groups. This role will design new AI-powered messaging features and improve communication patterns so users can respond more effectively, understand conversation status, and re-engage when appropriate.

    The ideal candidate has strong end-to-end product design experience, a portfolio demonstrating complex product workflows, and the ability to work independently within an established product environment.

    Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Design end-to-end product experiences across mobile applications and desktop web.

    • Create wireframes, user journeys, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups.

    • Design user experiences for AI-powered messaging features.

    • Improve communication responsiveness through reply prompts, expectation setting, status transparency, and re-engagement patterns.

    • Simplify complex workflows and data-heavy experiences involving search, filtering, data export, or similar functionality.

    • Apply established design-system components, patterns, and visual standards.

    • Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, UX Research, and Legal partners.

    • Incorporate qualitative research findings and user feedback into design iterations.

    • Support design validation through qualitative research and A/B testing.

    • Prepare clear design specifications and handoff materials for engineering teams.

    • Work independently, manage assigned design work, and ramp quickly with minimal oversight.

  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Must-Have Skills

    • 3+ years of professional product UX design experience.

    • Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product UX work.

    • Strong interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and user-journey design skills.

    • Experience designing complex workflows or data-heavy enterprise product experiences.

    • Experience with search, filtering, data export, or comparable complex interaction patterns.

    • Ability to work independently and operate effectively with minimal oversight.

    • Experience collaborating with Product, Engineering, Research, and Legal stakeholders.

    • Experience incorporating UX research findings and user feedback into product designs.

    • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

    • Recent hands-on individual contributor experience.

    Nice-to-Have Skills

    • Experience designing messaging, inbox, communications, or notification products.

    • Accessibility expertise, including familiarity with WCAG and assistive technologies.

    • Experience designing international or localized products.

    • Experience designing products for the Japanese market.

    • Mobile-first product design experience.

    • Experience supporting A/B testing or experimentation programs.

    • Prior contractor or embedded-team experience within a large product organization.

    • Experience designing AI-enabled product features.

    Additional Information

    Required Tools & Platforms

    • Strong, current Figma proficiency.

    • Experience creating interactive prototypes.

    • Experience with design-to-engineering handoff workflows.

    • Experience working within an established design system.

    Location, Time & Engagement

    • Remote contract opportunity.

    • Candidates must be located in the United States.

    • Must be available for full-time work at 40 hours per week.

    • Must be able to work with teams operating in the U.S. Central time zone.

    • Contract is expected to continue through March 31, 2027.