Freelance Senior Experience Designer

GSW, powered by Syneos Health; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 73,873 - 105,214; Part time

Job summary

GSW, powered by Syneos Health, is seeking a Freelance Sr. Experience Designer to craft modern digital experiences for healthcare professionals and patients.

You will translate brand strategy into scalable design systems, build high-fidelity interfaces, and collaborate with UX strategists, developers, copywriters, and creative leads to drive concepts from idea to launch. The role emphasizes strong visual design, typography, and motion, with a requirement to work PST hours at our LA office.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in digital design, product design, experience design, or related disciplines.
• Expert proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, design systems, auto-layout, prototyping, variables, and collaborative workflows.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design, interaction design, and digital craft.
• Deep understanding of typography, visual hierarchy, layout systems, and modern interface design principles.
• Experience creating design systems, reusable components, and scalable digital frameworks.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and modern digital design tools.
• Ability to communicate design decisions clearly and effectively to multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design elegant, user-centered digital experiences for healthcare professional and patient/consumer audiences.
• Create high-fidelity interface designs, interaction concepts, and prototypes that communicate both functionality and creative intent.
• Develop and maintain scalable component libraries and design systems within Figma.
• Translate brand standards into cohesive digital experiences across web, mobile, email, and emerging digital platforms.
• Partner closely with UX strategists, developers, copywriters, and creative leads to bring experiences from concept to launch.
• Present and articulate design rationale, creative decisions, and interaction approaches to internal teams and stakeholders.
• Apply strong visual design principles including typography, hierarchy, layout, color, and motion to create impactful user experiences.
• Produce polished design deliverables that clearly communicate user flows, interactions, and final creative intent.
• Incorporate feedback from users, stakeholders, and project teams to continuously refine and elevate the design solution.
• Stay current on design trends, tools, and emerging best practices in digital product and experience design.

Skills

Figma expert

Design systems

Typography & layout

Portfolio

Adobe Creative Cloud

Cross-disciplinary communication

Digital craft

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Description

The Freelance Sr. Experience Designer is a highly skilled digital craftsperson who combines strategic thinking, exceptional visual design, and user-centered problem solving to create modern digital experiences. This role requires a strong design sensibility, deep expertise in Figma, and the ability to translate brand strategy into sophisticated, scalable design systems and polished user interfaces.

• This role will support our GSW LA office so must be willing to work PST hours.

Responsibilities

• Design elegant, user-centered digital experiences for healthcare professional and patient/consumer audiences.
• Create high-fidelity interface designs, interaction concepts, and prototypes that communicate both functionality and creative intent.
• Develop and maintain scalable component libraries and design systems within Figma.
• Translate brand standards into cohesive digital experiences across web, mobile, email, and emerging digital platforms.
• Partner closely with UX strategists, developers, copywriters, and creative leads to bring experiences from concept to launch.
• Present and articulate design rationale, creative decisions, and interaction approaches to internal teams and stakeholders.
• Apply strong visual design principles including typography, hierarchy, layout, color, and motion to create impactful user experiences.
• Produce polished design deliverables that clearly communicate user flows, interactions, and final creative intent.
• Incorporate feedback from users, stakeholders, and project teams to continuously refine and elevate the design solution.
• Stay current on design trends, tools, and emerging best practices in digital product and experience design.

Qualification Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience in digital design, product design, experience design, or related disciplines.
• Expert proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, design systems, auto-layout, prototyping, variables, and collaborative workflows.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design, interaction design, and digital craft.
• Deep understanding of typography, visual hierarchy, layout systems, and modern interface design principles.
• Experience creating design systems, reusable components, and scalable digital frameworks.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and modern digital design tools.
• Ability to communicate design decisions clearly and effectively to multidisciplinary teams.

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is $65 but may vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role.

At GSW, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

GSW is a full-service healthcare communications agency that goes beyond advertising to create personalized brand experiences that involve, inspire, educate and activate people through ongoing brand journeys. As one of the world’s ten most-awarded healthcare advertising agencies, GSW is hell-bent not to replace the same old with the same old. This is achieved through a provocative premise — if other brands communicated the way healthcare brands do, how many customers would they have? GSW turns against this premise through discovery of beneath-the-surface customer insights that we impact with stories, simplicity and authenticity.

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Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

As a Syneos Health freelance, temporary, or contract employee, you may be eligible to participate in the Company 401k match and benefits such as paid time off or benefits through provisions in the Affordable Care Act or State-specific requirements depending on the terms of your employment. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements for temporary/freelance/contract employees.