Short Term UX Designer

THE ROLE: Short Term UX Designer

We are looking for a short term user-experienced designer who can quickly integrate into our team take ownership of projects and deliver high-quality work. Youll lead design initiatives in a fast-paced environment while collaborating closely with product managers designers and developers.

**This is a contract role through December 31 2026**

What Youll Do:

• Design
  • Lead design projects from initial concept through final delivery.
  • Create user flows low- and high-fidelity wireframes interactive prototypes and polished visual designs in Figma.
  • Apply modern UI/UX patterns while designing experiences that are appropriate and engaging for young users.
  • Take a mobile-first approach to designing responsive web and mobile experiences.
  • Ensure designs follow our established design system and contribute improvements when appropriate.
  • Incorporate accessibility and inclusive-design best practices including WCAG guidelines.
  • Participate in brainstorming sessions design critiques and cross-functional reviews.
  • Make thoughtful design decisions seek feedback at the right stages and iterate quickly.
• Research
  • Collaborate with product managers researchers and designers to understand user needs research findings and business goals.
  • Translate existing research product data and stakeholder input into actionable design decisions.
  • Stay current with relevant UI and interaction trends across EdTech youth-focused products and consumer-to-consumer platforms.
  • Clearly communicate how research and insights have influenced the design direction.
• Collaboration
  • Partner with internal and external development teams to ensure designs are feasible consistent and implemented as intended.
  • Collaborate across product research design engineering and marketing.
  • Lead projects in a fast-paced environment proactively identifying risks dependencies and opportunities.
  • Present design concepts and explain decisions clearly to audiences with varying levels of design and technical knowledge.
  • Manage feedback constructively while maintaining a clear point of view and responsibility for the overall user experience.
  • Contribute positively to the broader design culture and product goals.

About You:

• 5 years of experience designing digital products and experiences.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking interaction design visual design and end-to-end project ownership.
• Proven ability to independently lead design projects and become productive quickly within an existing team.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma including wireframing prototyping visual design and design-system components.
• A strong foundation in UX principles information architecture interaction design and responsive web and mobile design.
• Experience interpreting research findings and product data to inform design decisions.
• Working knowledge of WCAG accessibility guidelines and a commitment to inclusive design.
• Awareness of current design trends and the judgment to apply them in ways that serve the user and product.
• Strong written verbal and visual communication skills.
• A collaborative proactive and detail-oriented approach to solving design challenges.
• A basic understanding of front-end technologies - HTML and CSS.
• Comfortable working independently navigating ambiguity and balancing multiple priorities.
• Experience collaborating with distributed teams agencies or external development partners.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience designing youth-focused educational or EdTech products.
• Experience designing AI features for C2C audiences
• Motion design or video-editing experience.
• Understanding of gamification design principles

Hourly Rate Range: $38.00 - $55.00

Britebound is committed to fair and transparent determining compensation we consider a variety of job-related factors including prior experience certifications and licenses skills and expertise geographic location and internal equity.

We take a total compensation approach meaning we look beyond salary alone to support reward and recognize the whole individual. Depending on role eligibility your offer may also include a bonus 403(b) retirement plan participation generous paid time off and comprehensive health and life insurance benefits. As a result final offer amounts may vary from the salary range listed in the job posting. Join our mission-driven organization to enjoy these perks and benefits as well as investment in your growth contributions and future.

Why Britebound

Britebound offers a wide range of perks and benefits to Team Members including comprehensive medical dental and vision healthcare plans a retirement plan (plus match) weekly lunches commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.

We also heavily prioritize a healthy work/life balance which is why we offer all full-time Team Members generous PTO options Summer Fridays (every Friday off between Memorial Day and Labor Day) and a company holiday break between December 25th and January 1st.

Britebound works in a Hybrid schedule (2) two days a week in our Boston HQ. We prioritize strategic thinkers collaborators and work/life pros who are looking to help make a difference in kids education and career goals.
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Required Experience:

IC