Freelance UX Designer: Own the Process & Design System

Energy Innovation Corp; Harrisonburg (VA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness perks

Process Improvement training

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Harrisonburg is seeking a UX Designer who balances craft and mischief with accountability. The role emphasizes ownership of the full creative process from brief to handoff, and guiding junior creatives within flexible guardrails.

You’ll contribute to the design system, maintain organized assets, and translate typography and process improvement into practical design solutions. The position offers a $41,000 - $58,000 range and wellness perks.

Qualifications

• Junior freelance experience required.
• A clear point of view and ability to defend it.
• Empathy that enables constructive feedback.
• Comfort managing the unglamorous middle of a freelance project.

Responsibilities

• Set guardrails to empower junior creatives within bounds.
• Contribute to and help evolve Goldman Sachs's design system and component library.
• Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories.
• Own the full creative process from initial brief to final handoff.
• Carry layouts from napkin scribble to press-ready file without losing the spark.
• Build the pitch deck that wins the $41,000 - $58,000 account.
• Pair Webflow craft with typography thinking to solve creative problems.
• Map where typography and process improvement overlap and work there.

Skills

Junior freelance experience

Empathy

Defending ideas

Ownership of freelance projects

Job description

Goldman Sachs in Harrisonburg is seeking a UX Designer who balances craft and mischief with accountability. The role emphasizes ownership of the full creative process from brief to handoff, and guiding junior creatives within flexible guardrails.

You’ll contribute to the design system, maintain organized assets, and translate typography and process improvement into practical design solutions. The position offers a $41,000 - $58,000 range and wellness perks.