UI/UX Designer for AI Training Projects

OpenTrain AI; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

OpenTrain AI is hiring a seasoned UI/UX Designer for a remote contractor role focusing on improving digital product experiences, visual quality, and usability. You will create, evaluate, and refine real-world design work while translating user and business requirements into practical solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong visual-design expertise with practical UX thinking and will work in Figma to develop solutions. This role emphasizes autonomy, deadlines, and remote collaboration.

Qualifications

• Professional UI/UX or graphic-design experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma and modern design tools.
• Experience with wireframing and prototyping.
• Strong understanding of typography, color theory, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to communicate design decisions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Create polished UI/UX designs, layouts, and interfaces.
• Develop wireframes, prototypes, and design systems using Figma.
• Apply typography, visual hierarchy, spacing, composition, and layout principles.
• Translate user and business requirements into practical design solutions.
• Review iterations for usability, consistency, and visual-quality issues.
• Provide clear, constructive, and actionable design feedback.
• Document design decisions, processes, and rationale.
• Evaluate user flows and recommend improvements based on usability principles.
• Apply accessibility and inclusive-design considerations where appropriate.
• Work autonomously and collaborate effectively in a remote environment.
• Deliver high-quality work within project milestones and deadlines.

Skills

UI/UX design

Graphic design

Figma

Typography

Communication

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this opportunity. OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling, helping professionals discover flexible projects and apply their expertise to the development of modern AI systems.

• Remote contractor opportunity
• Expected project duration of 3 to 6 months
• Hourly pay range of $30-$80 USD
• Candidates must be based in an eligible country

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. People with professional expertise help prepare, review, and evaluate examples so AI systems can become more useful, accurate, and aligned with real-world needs.

In this role, your design judgment can support the development and evaluation of next-generation AI systems. No prior AI experience is required; your professional UI/UX and visual-design expertise is the primary qualification.

• Apply practical expertise to cutting-edge AI work
• Evaluate quality, usability, and design decisions
• Work remotely with flexible project-based responsibilities

The Role

OpenTrain AI is seeking an experienced UI/UX Designer to contribute to a project focused on improving digital product experiences, visual quality, and usability. You will create, evaluate, and refine real-world design work while translating user and business requirements into practical solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong visual-design expertise with practical UX thinking. You should be comfortable taking a design problem, understanding the requirements, developing a solution in Figma, and clearly explaining why the design works.

• Job type: Contractor
• Experience level: Intermediate
• 5+ years of professional UI/UX or graphic design experience preferred
• Fluent English proficiency required
• Industry focus: AI and technology

What You'll Do

You will independently produce high-quality design work, review design iterations, and communicate actionable recommendations within project milestones and deadlines. The role requires both hands-on design ability and the critical judgment to evaluate whether an interface is clear, consistent, usable, and visually effective.

• Create polished, user-focused UI/UX designs, layouts, and digital interfaces
• Develop wireframes, prototypes, and design systems using Figma
• Apply typography, visual hierarchy, spacing, composition, and layout principles
• Translate user and business requirements into practical design solutions
• Review iterations for usability, consistency, and visual-quality issues
• Provide clear, constructive, and actionable design feedback
• Document design decisions, processes, and rationale
• Evaluate user flows and recommend improvements based on usability principles
• Apply accessibility and inclusive-design considerations where appropriate
• Work autonomously and collaborate effectively in a remote environment
• Deliver high-quality work within project milestones and deadlines

Requirements and Preferred Qualifications

Applicants should bring professional UI/UX or graphic-design experience and a strong portfolio demonstrating the quality and impact of their work. You should be able to analyze design problems, explain your decisions clearly, and iterate based on requirements and feedback.

• UI/UX design and graphic-design expertise
• Advanced proficiency in Figma and modern design tools
• Experience with wireframing and prototyping
• Strong understanding of typography, color theory, composition, and visual hierarchy
• Experience designing digital products, websites, applications, or complex user interfaces
• Experience providing professional design feedback and reviewing design quality
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of accessibility and inclusive-design principles is a plus
• Comfort working autonomously in a remote, deadline-driven environment
• Portfolio demonstrating professional design work and measurable impact

Location and Interview Focus

This is a remote opportunity for candidates based in the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Mexico, Denmark, Eswatini, Sweden, India, Brazil, Chile, France, Turkey, Australia, Austria, or Malaysia.

The interview may explore your professional UI/UX experience, Figma workflow, design process, problem-solving approach, and ability to critique design work. You may also discuss portfolio projects, typography, visual hierarchy, wireframing, prototyping, usability principles, and practical design scenarios.

• Professional UI/UX experience and portfolio
• Figma workflow and capabilities
• Design process and problem-solving approach
• Typography, visual hierarchy, and layout
• Wireframing, prototyping, UX, and usability
• Design critique and feedback
• Practical design scenarios
• No prior AI experience required

Why Consider AI Training Work

AI training and data-labeling work is a fast-growing way to contribute to technology without leaving your professional field. Designers, writers, programmers, translators, and other specialists help shape how AI systems understand and respond to real-world needs.

These projects are remote and often compatible with flexible schedules, making them a practical way to apply your existing expertise while working on the human side of cutting-edge AI development.

• Use your established design expertise in a growing technology field
• Work remotely with project-based flexibility
• Help improve the quality and usability of AI-related systems