Freelance | Contract Senior UI Designer - EMEA Team

Description As a Senior UI Designer at 10up, you’ll work collaboratively alongside our Content and UX Design teams, and will lead UI design - expanding your portfolio - on award-winning, enterprise-level digital experiences. You’ll have the creative flexibility to explore and experiment across design tools and processes on a combination of unique, challenging projects and ongoing support engagements. As a leading digital agency, 10up’s client roster spans from innovative startups and impactful non-profits, to some of the biggest names in the industry, such as ESPN, Google, The New York Times Co., Microsoft, and The Nobel Prize Committee. As a 10upper, you have options for flexible and alternative work schedules. Intentionally remote since day one, spanning six continents and 40 countries, 10up fully embraces the benefits of distributed work.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Project and Account Managers to plan design-related activities within project timelines and ideal project outcomes while mitigating risks.
• Be part of design workshops, discussions, and co-creation sessions.
• Engage in iterative, modular design production, documentation, and communication at various fidelity levels.
• Collaborate with other disciplines on scope definition and design deliverables, fostering a psychologically safe collaboration and critique environment.
• Turning insights into actionable recommendations and design solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working with modern website and app design principles across multiple devices.
• Proficient with modern design, prototyping, remote collaboration tools (e.g., Figma and Miro).
• Systematic design thinking and expertise in creating modular component libraries and design systems.
• Experience with large-scale content publishing or relevant adjacent expertise around designing for digital-first, editorial content.
• Work in a timezone with at least 4-6 hours of overlap with the GMT timezone.