UIUX Designer Long-Term Contract, Remote

Kats Recruitment; Barcelona; A distancia; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A recruitment agency based in Barcelona is looking for a UI/UX Designer to lead the design of user experiences for secure applications. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in high-security environments, focusing on usability and compliance. This position is fully remote within Europe, offering competitive compensation and long-term engagement opportunities.

Servicios

Competitive contract compensation

Fully remote work

Opportunity for long-term engagement

Impact on high-stakes systems

Formación

• Minimum 5 years of UI / UX design experience in regulated security, defense or government environments.
• Experience designing UIs under strict security requirements.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the full UI / UX design cycle from research to delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering and product security.
• Conduct usability testing and iterate based on feedback.

Conocimientos

CSS

InVision

HTML5

UX

Usability

Wireframing

Fireworks

UI

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Responsive Web Design

Sketch

Descripción del empleo

Role Overview

You will lead the user experience and interface design for secure applications ensuring usability, accessibility, aesthetics and compliance with high security / BQA / NATO constraints. You will partner with product security engineering and compliance teams to deliver designs that meet strict standards without compromise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full UI / UX design cycle: research user journeys, wireframes, mockups, prototypes and delivery
• Translate security compliance, accessibility and usability requirements into design solutions
• Design with a security mindset (least privilege, visibility, error states, alerts)
• Produce high‑fidelity prototypes and design assets consistent with brand, accessibility, and security guidelines
• Collaborate with engineering, product security and QA to ensure designs are implemented faithfully
• Conduct usability testing, feedback cycles, iteration and validation
• Maintain design system component library and UX guidelines under strict standards
• Document design rationale, constraints and trade‑offs
• Present designs and decisions to stakeholders, auditors and clients

Mandatory Requirements

Domain / High‑Security Experience

• Minimum 5 years of UI / UX design experience in regulated security, defense or government environments
• Prior work on design projects for NATO, defense, BQA, classified or highly constrained domains

Design & Research Mastery

• Strong experience in user research, persona building, journey maps, wireframing, prototyping (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD etc.)
• Deep ability to design responsive, accessible, user-friendly interfaces under complex constraints

Security & Compliance Aware Design

• Experience designing UIs under strict security requirements (e.g., alerting, permissions, audit logs)
• Ability to embed security cues, error states, warnings and validation securely and clearly

Interaction & Visual Design Skills

• Excellent visual design skills: typography, layout, color theory, iconography, UI components
• Fluent in design systems and component reuse, modular UI, responsive & adaptive design

Collaboration & Implementation Sensibility

• Experience collaborating with front‑end engineers; deliver assets, specs, redlines, handoffs
• Understanding of front‑end constraints (HTML/CSS, responsive behavior, performance)

Usability & Testing

• Experience conducting usability tests, gathering metrics, iterating based on feedback
• Ability to analyze user behavior, feedback loops, A/B testing

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Strong written and verbal English
• Ability to articulate design decisions, trade‑offs, security concerns to non‑design stakeholders

Process & Documentation Discipline

• Comfortable in environments with audits, version control, approval workflows, documentation standards
• Meticulous attention to detail

Logistics & Eligibility

• Based in Europe (or legally contractible)
• Willing and able to undergo background checks, security clearance if required

Preferred (Not Mandatory)

• Direct UI / UX experience on NATO / BQA / defense contracts
• Experience designing for real‑time mission‑critical systems or dashboards
• Knowledge of domain‑specific UI constraints (e.g., geo‑data mapping, situational awareness)
• Experience with animation, micro‑interactions or advanced prototyping
• Usability / UX certifications or formal UX education

What We Offer

• Competitive contract compensation
• Fully remote (Europe)
• Long‑term meaningful engagement
• Opportunity to impact the usability and security of high‑stakes systems
• Professional standards structure and high expectations

Application Instructions

• CV / resume clearly demonstrating UI / UX work in secure / regulated / defense environments
• Cover letter explaining how you meet each mandatory requirement
• Portfolio of past UI / UX designs including prototypes, journeys, rationale and security‑constrained work
• References or contacts able to substantiate your design experience under secure / regulated domains
• Note: Only applications that clearly and specifically demonstrate you satisfy all mandatory requirements will be reviewed.

Key Skills

• CSS
• InVision
• HTML5
• UX
• Usability
• Wireframing
• Fireworks
• UI
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Responsive Web Design
• Sketch