Contract Product Designer (Remote/DC) - Data-Driven UI/UX

Gofractional; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 241,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K

PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

Switchboard is seeking a contract Product Designer to work hands-on across our product with engineering and product teams. This 3-month contract offers ownership of your work and a solid design system to build on, with the possibility to extend to 6 months or convert to full-time for the right person.

The role focuses on complex, data-rich problems in a mission-driven environment, with a preference for in-person work if conversion is pursued in DC.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of UI/UX and product design experience, ideally on complex or data-rich products.
• Comfortable picking up an existing design system and extending it without starting from scratch.
• You take work through to completion and enjoy the iteration part, not just the exploration.
• Can produce artifacts that move conversations forward and get teams aligned.
• Works well with context but doesn't need a script. You can make good calls and flag the right questions.
• Communicates clearly (verbally and visually) and is responsive to feedback from our engineering, product, and customer experience teams.
• Excited to work in the progressive political and advocacy space (experience is a plus)

Responsibilities

• Owning focused design tasks end-to-end, from early exploration through production-ready specs
• Partnering with engineering and product to deliver considered UI and UX across 3 cross-functional pods
• Producing design artifacts such as diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, and more that support product development discussions and cross-functional alignment
• Providing UI & simple UX consultations for engineers extending design system patterns
• Iterating rapidly based on user feedback, usage data, and input from the team
• Contributing to and extending our design system to keep patterns consistent and scalable

Skills

UI/UX design

Product design

Design systems

Wireframes

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Switchboard is seeking a contract Product Designer to work hands-on across our product with engineering and product teams. This 3-month contract offers ownership of your work and a solid design system to build on, with the possibility to extend to 6 months or convert to full-time for the right person.

The role focuses on complex, data-rich problems in a mission-driven environment, with a preference for in-person work if conversion is pursued in DC.