UI/UX Designer

About The Role

We're looking for a versatile, user-centered Fractional Product Designer to help evolve the design of altPath - a platform that transforms opaque, overwhelming career exploration into a motivating, hopeful, and transformative experience.

This role is about building on a solid foundation, refining our visual identity for our target audience, and continuously improving the user journey to address user needs. We’re seeking someone who can drive a user-centered design process across a distributed team and also thrive in cross-functional collaboration.

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Responsibilities

• Design engaging user flows, intuitive data visualizations, and supportive career activities and resources to enhance user clarity, build user trust, and encourage user action.
• Lead an update to our art direction to ensure altPath feels aligned with our mission to make career exploration accessible for young adults.
• Bring the voice of the user into every step of our process through user research, usability testing, surveys, and qualitative and quantitative data.
• Collaborate closely with the Director of Product to establish priorities and refine and extend the user experience of a live product.
• Update and maintain a design system and style guide that prioritizes accessibility and visual cohesion across the product.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure designs are feasible, performant, and aligned with our user experience goals.

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Qualifications

• Have 5+ years of experience designing data and content-rich platforms with responsive web and mobile interfaces.
• Are experienced using Figma and user testing platforms like Userbrain.
• Enjoy a combination of product thinking, user research, prototyping, and systems design.
• Are passionate about educational equity, social mobility, and unlocking opportunity.
• Are excited about working within an early-stage, mission-driven organization.
• Stay informed about best practices in design, accessibility, and usability.
• Bring strong systems thinking, an eye for detail, and a collaborative mindset.
• Are self-motivated and work effectively in asynchronous, deadline-driven environments where responsiveness and thorough engagement with all relevant communications (i.e. in Slack, Figma comments, and Linear) is expected.

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Details

• Expected workload of 10-15 hours per week
• $100-$125 per hour, depending on experience
• Remote, flexible schedule except for weekly team meetings
• Paid contract role
• Available ASAP, through December with the possibility for extension

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How to Apply

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