Remote UX Designer

Aquent; New York (NY); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a UX Designer to join a dynamic team in creating innovative design solutions for leading financial service clients. This role involves collaborating to deliver impactful user experiences and requires proficiency in UX design tools as well as strong collaboration skills.

Benefits

Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans

Paid sick leave

Retirement plans with a match

Access to Aquent Gymnasium for online training

Qualifications

• Experience as a UX Designer, preferably with mobile applications.
• Proven ability to present designs and articulate design decisions.
• Strong visual design skills and a passion for creating interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Travel to deliver innovation events and design experiences.
• Create sketches, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Support designs through iterations and testing.

Skills

Design thinking

Collaboration

Prototyping

Visual design

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Ready to make a real-world impact? As a UX Designer with Aquent, you’ll partner with a global leader in financial services and innovation, collaborating on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of commerce. This is your chance to join a fast-paced, dynamic team and bring groundbreaking concepts to life.

Imagine collaborating with Fortune 500 companies, designing experiences that transform how people interact with global commerce. This isn’t just design; it’s about crafting the future. As a key member of a highly agile team of engineers and creatives, you’ll build conceptual prototypes and quick-to-market pilots, turning innovative ideas into tangible realities.

What You’ll Do:

• Travel with a team to deliver innovation events at client sites across the US, and occasionally internationally (10% travel required).
• Understand client needs and customer profiles to determine the optimal design approach for each event.
• Create sketches, flows, wireframes, visuals, and high-fidelity prototypes to facilitate collaborative design with clients and the internal team.
• Prepare for upcoming events through research and material preparation, and finalize deliverables after event completion.
• Support longer-term engagements, including detailed design iterations, prototyping for concept and user experience testing, and pilot build-outs.

Must-Haves:

• Experience as a UX Designer, preferably with mobile applications.
• Proven ability to present designs and articulate design decisions to stakeholders and clients.
• Experience collaborating with developers and product owners, and driving consensus among diverse viewpoints.
• Ability to work quickly and independently, adapting to feedback, direction, and changing priorities.
• Familiarity with design thinking or other innovation/user experience design methodologies.
• Proficiency in creating and using design artifacts such as personas, journey maps, user flows, scenarios, storyboards, sketches, and wireframes.
• Expertise in UX design and prototyping tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong visual design skills and a passion for creating compelling and intuitive interfaces.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with print design, illustration, and/or visual identity.
• Experience in both start-up and corporate environments.
• Experience designing chat, voice, and/or retail interactions.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $66.77 to $74.19 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

Client Description

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training throughAquent Gymnasium . More information on our awesomebenefits ! Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.