Contract Senior Website Visual Designer – UX/UI

Role Overview

**Responsibilities:****You can expect to: **

• Lead end-to-end visual and UX design for complex website projects, from discovery through launch, setting a clear design direction and guiding clients and internal teams toward confident decisions.
• Create accessible, user-centered solutions including wireframes, user flows, UI designs, high-fidelity prototypes, and scalable design systems that support long-term consistency.
• Present and defend your work clearly and confidently, explaining your thinking in simple terms and standing behind your recommendations.
• Plan and facilitate discovery workshops, translating research and insights into practical UX deliverables such as sitemaps, user journeys, and personas.
• Collaborate closely with Content Strategists, Developers, and Project Managers to ensure solutions are cohesive, technically sound, and delivered as intended, including reviewing work during development.
• Represent Creative Services in client pitches and throughout the sales process, helping win new work through strong design thinking and presentation.
• Contribute to Kanopi’s marketing and thought leadership efforts through webinars, presentations, and other public-facing opportunities.

Requirements

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate the following skills and competencies:

• A strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful, user-centered UI/UX design for responsive websites, with clear examples of accessibility, usability, and visual craft.
• 5+ years of professional experience designing responsive web experiences, including at least 3 years in an agency environment.
• Confidence presenting and defending your work to a range of audiences, incorporating feedback while maintaining clear design direction.
• Fluency in Figma and modern design workflows, along with experience using collaboration tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud and Google Workspace.
• The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, adapt to evolving requirements, and work effectively within both agile and waterfall environments.
• Comfort working remotely within a distributed team.
• Working knowledge of front-end best practices and how designs translate into development. Direct coding experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with analytics and research tools such as GA4, heatmapping platforms, and user testing tools is an asset.
• Experience working with mission-driven or nonprofit organizations is preferred but not a requirement.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

**Fully Remote: **Work where and when you do your best. It's about feeling connected to others, having a flexible schedule and staying healthy.

**Top Talent: **Since we are not limited by walls, our ability to hire the best is limitless. Collaborate, learn and surround yourself with a strongly skilled and diverse team.