Short Term UX Designer

Britebound is a national non-profit with a mission to support middle and high school learners to explore their interests, experience potential careers, and navigate a path to a meaningful and rewarding future. We fulfill our mission through free digital-first experiences, grantmaking, policy advocacy, research, and impact investing.

We believe that exploring career possibilities, as early as middle school, and providing access to education-to-career pathways aligned with one’s passions and goals will result in greater confidence and long-term success for all students.

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. You’ll 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 You’ll 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.
• 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 wire framing, 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.
• Comforta…