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 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. Inter-departmental collaboration and project management (10%) Expertly manage time and promptly meet internal and client delivery dates.Collaborate closely with developers in creating ideas and understanding feasibility. Bring a unique and fresh perspective to projects and actively participate in team brainstorms, calls for inspiration, and be a reliable source in bringing fresh new thinking into projects. Actively mentor junior designers by helping them through collaboration and knowledge sharing Guide clients through deliverables and expected steps in the process so they can make informed decisions. Develop a mature firm but gentle client management style when leading project workshops and exercises that build consensus Facilitate learning and process development (10%) Maintain, use and implement process & methodology set forth by creative team members that help gain efficiencies within projects (Figma, Brand, etc.). Provide feedback to Art Directors when process & methodology is inefficient, unclear or causes roadblocks for project teams & clients. Actively create case studies, marketing materials and support Teal business development by producing showcases of our work. ______________________________________________________________ Working Hours Expectation We would expect this contractor to be available during Teal’s core working hours (9am ET - 6pm ET). Some exceptions may be made for folks on PT/MT timezones. Preferred Qualifications Proven experience managing complex projects in design, web development, or digital marketing. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Teamwork, Basecamp, Slack). Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and collaborate effectively across teams. Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies is a plus. Agency experience is a plus. Department Capacities In addition, successfully performing your role within your specific team requires certain departmental capacities illustrated through the following skills and competencies: Departmental capacities: Collaborative Team Orientation: You are collaborative and ready to help other people, even if it's not in our field of expertise. You share resources, inspiration, and ideas. You are considerate of people's time and help create systems that are flexible, ensure better outcomes, and support everyone to do our best possible work together. You are willing to jump into casual and lively coworking with clients and colleagues when needed. You are ready to help and support your colleagues, and reach out for help when you need it. You value diverse perspectives and help bring a wide range of perspectives, talents, and skills to the table. You recognize that a team with varied backgrounds contributes to the strength of our creativity. Curiosity and Continuous Learning: You display curiosity and eagerness through research and implementation to find new ways to make our designs interesting. You take responsibility for your own growth and development by constantly seeking to improve. You share what you know with your colleagues and are honest about what you don't know. Detail Orientation: You take a thorough approach and display concern for all aspects involved in design, no matter how small, to infuse delight and excitement into the user experience. You create high quality work with subtle touches that make a design unique, interesting, and ownable to the client. You know how to use details, such as animation, to gently guide a user, providing cues that help people explore and quickly access the information they need. You understand how the details add up to the whole design, and how to find and accentuate our clients' differentiators to produce a unique and interesting design that's tailored to each client's needs. Purposeful Design: You seek to understand our clients, their work, and how they do that work. You are creative and thoughtful in the solutions you design because you care about their audiences and users. You understand the "why" behind our projects and integrate it into effective designs that help our clients create positive social change. You design beautiful and useful solutions for our clients and partners, knowing when to push design because you understand the purpose behind it. You can create a fresh, modern, and innovative take on a client's brand, while still being practical, unpretentious, and acceptable to stakeholders who will need to buy into the design. _______________________________________________________________ At Teal, we have each other’s backs. This means occasionally taking on responsibilities, tasks, and special projects that are not a core part of your job description. No one is above any task. We are all committed to helping each other out to succeed as a whole. In the words of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, “We all do better when we all do better.” Equal Opportunity Statement If your experience doesn’t exactly match the qualifications listed, but you believe you’d thrive in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply and tell us why you’re the right person for the job. We strongly encourage individuals from historically marginalized communities to apply—including Black and Indigenous people, people of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals, and those who have been system-impacted. Teal Media is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce and inclusive culture. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, disability, and veteran status. We are not offering US visa sponsorship at this time.