Newfire Global Partners

Lead UX Designer – Part Time, Contract-to-Hire

Newfire Global Partners

part-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $139,970 - $168,990 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead the redesign of a senior fitness mobile application, serving as the primary design contact for the client and pairing with an experienced mobile designer.
  • Guide the project from knowledge transfer through high-fidelity prototyping, user testing/validation, and long-term vision development.
  • Lead client relationships for key projects, serving as the primary design contact and ensuring client needs and feedback drive the design process.
  • Facilitate design workshops, stakeholder review sessions, and weekly check-ins with clients to maintain project momentum and alignment.
  • Collaborate with the VP of UX to set high-level design direction for projects, coordinating teams of 2–4 designers (including US and global team members) to choose the right UX techniques and execute on the design vision.
  • Pair with mid-level designers who focus on detailed design, providing direction and critique to ensure high-quality outcomes.
  • Partner with the UX Research team to ensure research insights inform design strategy and validate design decisions with clients.
  • Participate in project estimation and scoping activities, helping to define realistic timelines, resource needs, and project approaches.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Industrial Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or equivalent experience.
  • 5–8 years of experience in UX design, including leading client/stakeholder relationships and coordinating design teams on healthcare projects (e.g., hospital systems, startups, insurers).
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in setting design strategy, facilitating stakeholder collaboration, and delivering successful client outcomes. Experience with senior-focused or accessibility-centered design is a plus.
  • Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Whimsical, and Miro, with an inclination toward designing openly and collaboratively.
  • Excellent facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility with diverse client audiences. Consulting experience a plus.
  • Experience coordinating design teams and providing direction to other designers without formal management responsibility. Comfortable working with distributed/global teams.
Benefits
  • Newfire Global is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization.
  • Offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background screening.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
UX designhigh-fidelity prototypinguser testingdesign strategyaccessibility-centered designstakeholder collaborationproject estimationresource management
Soft skills
facilitationpresentationstakeholder managementtrust buildingcredibilitycollaborationdirection giving
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Industrial DesignBachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction