Senior UX Designer — Shape Real-World Experiences (Contract)

Tactile; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Tactile is seeking a Senior UX Designer for a contract to hire engagement in Seattle. You will shape early-stage experiences, collaborating with researchers and cross-disciplinary teams to translate complex requirements into tangible design directions for a top client.

You will lead with curiosity, communicate visually through sketching, storyboarding, and prototyping, and advocate for user needs across platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in product, experience, and/or service design.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating UX leadership, collaborative exploration, and concept development— including sketching, storyboarding, journey mapping, and experience narratives grounded in research.
• Proficiency with industry standard design and prototyping tools, specifically Figma.
• Group facilitation skills, including the ability to make conversations tangible, and advocate for user and project needs on the fly.
• Impeccable attention to detail, with ability to work creatively around difficult business, technical and resource constraints.
• The ability to manage large projects with repetitive design tasks with a high degree of focus, attention and passion.

Responsibilities

• Define user flows, information architecture, and interaction models, shaping systems of behavior across touchpoints, not just individual screens
• Be responsible for managing a diverse range of work tasks and projects, including crafting, pitching, and/or validating design decisions made.
• Ensure experiences are cohesive, intentional, and grounded in real user needs.
• Assess changing project requirements and client needs in order to make necessary trade-offs and/or adjustments to your day-to-day workflow.
• Seek out user/engagement data, proven design patterns, and co-worker input to aid in your design efforts.
• Thoroughly and accurately document your progress and share your knowledge with others.

Skills

UX leadership

Sketching

Storyboarding

Journey mapping

Experience narratives

Figma

Prototyping

User research

Group facilitation

Attention to detail

Project management

Tools

Figma

Job description

Tactile is seeking a Senior UX Designer for a contract to hire engagement in Seattle. You will shape early-stage experiences, collaborating with researchers and cross-disciplinary teams to translate complex requirements into tangible design directions for a top client.

You will lead with curiosity, communicate visually through sketching, storyboarding, and prototyping, and advocate for user needs across platforms.