Senior Web Designer (Freelance, Remote)

Parachute Design Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Parachute Design Group is seeking a Senior Web Designer to join as a freelance remote contributor. You will own design from brief to launch, collaborating with the Creative Director and developers.

You bring 7+ years of website design, a portfolio showing UX and UI leadership, and expert-level Figma skills. This contract role offers flexible hourly rates and ongoing project work.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing websites, with at least 3 at a senior or lead level.
• Portfolio of launched websites showing UX and UI ownership.
• Expert-level Figma: auto layout, components and variants, libraries.
• Working knowledge of responsive behaviour, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and CMS constraints.
• Clear, confident communication with clients in English.
• Availability for calls during Eastern Time business hours.
• Established freelance practice.

Responsibilities

• Translate discovery findings into sitemaps, user flows and wireframes.
• Design the full UI system in Figma: components, variables, responsive layouts.
• Present and defend design decisions on client calls.
• Hand off clean, build-ready files to our development team and support them through the build.
• Lead the design conversation with clients; provide strong visual leadership.
• Take on logo, brand identity and print projects when needed.

Skills

UX design

UI design

Figma

Wireframes

Responsive design

Client communication

Freelance practice

English communication

Tools

Figma

WordPress

Job description

# Senior Web Designer (Freelance, Remote)**Contract · Remote · Canada preferred, worldwide considered**You run your own freelance practice and want that to stay the case. You want steady, well-scoped work with an agency that trusts you to own the design from brief to launch. That is this role.## About ParachuteParachute Design Group is a Toronto web design and development agency, founded in 2003. Our team of 12 designers and developers has worked fully remotely since 2009. We design and build custom WordPress websites for mid-sized and enterprise organizations, along with brand identity and print work.## The workYou receive a discovery brief from our Creative Director, then take the project from there:* Translate discovery findings into sitemaps, user flows and wireframes.* Design the full UI system in Figma: components, variables, responsive layouts.* Present and defend your design decisions on client calls.* Hand off clean, build-ready files to our development team and support them through the build.* Take on logo, brand identity and print projects when they come up if you’re capable in these design disciplines.You will join client calls from time to time. You lead the design conversation; you do not sit on mute.## You have* 7+ years designing websites, with at least 3 at a senior or lead level.* A portfolio of launched websites where you owned both the UX and the UI. Show us the wireframes, not only the final screens.* Expert-level Figma: auto layout, components and variants, variables, organized libraries a developer can build from without asking questions.* Working knowledge of how websites are built, including responsive behaviour, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and CMS constraints.* Clear, confident communication with clients in English.* Availability for calls during Eastern Time business hours.* An established freelance practice. This is a contract role, not a path to employment.## Strong candidates also have* Logo, brand identity and print design work in their portfolio.* Experience designing for WordPress.* RGD, CGD or equivalent designation.* A habit of learning. Tell us what you have improved in your process in the last year.## What we offer* You set your hourly rate based on experience.* Ongoing project work.* Complete discovery briefs, so you start with direction instead of guesswork.* An in-house development team that builds what you design.* Clients who value design, and a Creative Director who will push your work further.## How to applyEmail [e-mail] with the subject line Senior Web Designer and include:1. Your portfolio link, with at least two website projects where you led UX and UI.2. For one of those projects: the problem, your process, and the result, in under 200 words.3. Your hourly rate and monthly availability.4. Your location and time zone.Applications without all four will not be reviewed.