Sr. UX Designer - Templates

Aquent; New York (NY); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a UX/UI Designer focused on Templates for a remote role with a prominent healthcare client. This position allows for shaping impactful digital experiences and designing templates for a comprehensive design system, collaborating within cross-functional teams to ensure quality and innovation.

Benefits

Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans

Paid sick leave

Retirement plans with match

Free online training through Aquent Gymnasium

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing for component-based design systems.
• Deep expertise in Figma, including libraries and components.
• Ability to lead audits and propose design improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design for reusable templates.
• Assess and audit existing brand experiences.
• Create templates that align with UX/UI best practices.

Skills

Component-based design systems

Figma

System-level thinking

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

**This is a remote role open to authorized, W2 talent who are located within the Eastern Timezone and able to flex to collaborate with colleagues in Europe*

We are seeking a UX/UI Designer focused on Templates to join ourglobal healthcare client. You canmake a real impact on how patients and healthcare professionals interact with vital information.

As a key member of the Experience Design team, partnering with Aquent, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping a cohesive and impactful digital experience. You will collaborate with the UX design team and thebusiness and tech partners to define and design reusable, experience design “templates” to be incorporated into an evolving, theme-able design system that will support numerous product brand websites and go-to-market strategies. This will involve discovery and requirements gathering in addition to hands-on design work.

What You Will Do

• Lead discovery and design for a set of reusable templates and layouts that support multiple product brand websites.
• Assess and audit existing brand experiences and templates to identify common patterns, differences, and areas for standardization and simplification.
• Create templates that align with UX/UI best practices and support a theme-able design system across strategic initiatives.
• Ensure all work aligns with both local system guidelines and the global parent design system standards.
• Collaborate closely with XD leadership, tech partners, and business stakeholders to prioritize, shape, and guide template design work.
• Support end-to-end design system workflows, including piloting, iterating, and maintaining template assets as system needs evolve.
• Work hands-on in Figma to design and manage libraries, components, variable modes, tokens, and auto-layout structures.

What You Will Bring

• Proven experience designing for and working within component-based design systems.
• Deep expertise in Figma, including libraries, components, variables, tokens, and auto-layout.
• Ability to balance system-level thinking with the practical needs of product-specific brand experiences.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams, including design, development, and business stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to lead audits, propose design improvements, and implement solutions that scale.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $85to $95an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible 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.