Web Designer

Workday; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday in California is seeking a Web Designer to translate employer branding into a high-converting web experience. This hybrid role blends UX empathy for job seekers with data-informed design thinking and collaboration with clients and technical teams.

You will tailor career-site designs to candidate personas, validate decisions with click-through and bounce metrics, and ensure WCAG-compliant accessibility. Strong communication with external clients is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of web design experience with a UX/UI portfolio.
• Portfolio includes HR tech or career site work (a major plus).
• Proficiency in Figma for high-fidelity mockups.
• Solid understanding of website development.
• Experience designing career sites with empathy for stressed job seekers.
• Ability to validate design decisions using click-through and bounce rates.
• Strong knowledge of web accessibility and WCAG compliance.
• Excellent communication with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate employer brand direction into a high-converting, beautiful web experience.
• Explain design rationale to clients and guide stakeholders through the creative process.
• Turn client brand guidelines into polished, responsive website designs.
• Create intuitive interfaces and navigation paths for the job application flow.
• Manage multiple projects, delivering on time while preserving quality.
• Lead design discovery sessions to uncover needs and translate them into layouts.
• Collaborate with implementation teams to ensure feasible designs within platform constraints.
• Present concepts and incorporate feedback to reach an approved final product.

Skills

3+ years web design

Figma

Website development

WCAG accessibility

Communication

Career site experience

UX/UI portfolio

Tools

Figma

Job description

Workday is looking for a Web Designer to help clients turn their employer brand into a digital experience that looks great and performs. This hybrid role in California brings together UX empathy for job seekers, data-informed design thinking, and practical collaboration with both clients and technical teams.

What you’ll do

• Partner with external clients to translate employer brand direction into a high-converting, beautiful web experience.
• Explain and defend design rationale by presenting concepts to external clients and guiding stakeholders through the creative process.
• Convert diverse client brand guidelines into polished, high-fidelity website designs tailored to specific candidate personas.
• Create intuitive interfaces and navigation paths that reduce friction throughout the job application experience.
• Manage multiple client design projects at once, delivering on time while maintaining quality.
• Run design discovery sessions with customers to uncover needs and translate them into functional web layouts.
• Collaborate with technical implementation teams to ensure designs are feasible and executed accurately within platform constraints.
• Present design concepts, incorporate constructive feedback, and work toward an approved final product.

Requirements

• 3+ years of web design experience, with a portfolio highlighting UX/UI work (HR tech or career site experience is a major plus).
• Strong proficiency in Figma.
• A solid understanding of website development.
• Experience designing a career site with empathy for people who may feel stressed during job search.
• Ability to validate design decisions using click-through rates and bounce rates.
• Comprehensive understanding of web accessibility and the ability to create inclusive experiences aligned with WCAG for a diverse global audience.
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to articulate design rationale to external clients and guide stakeholders through the creative process.

Additional qualifications

• Experience translating varied client brand guidelines into polished, high-fidelity designs for defined candidate personas.
• Proven ability to design responsive, accessible experiences that deliver a high-quality result across devices and browsers.
• Track record managing multiple projects for external clients while maintaining timelines and quality.
• Experience conducting design discovery sessions that inform functional web layouts.
• Experience collaborating with technical implementation teams to ensure accurate execution within platform limitations.
• Experience presenting concepts to stakeholders and incorporating feedback to reach an approved final product.

Tools and accessibility

• Figma
• WCAG

Location and pay

Location: California (hybrid)

Salary range: USD 86,600 - 154,000 per year

Workday pay transparency statement

• Primary Location: USA.CA.Home Office
• Primary Location Base Pay Range: $95,800 USD - $143,600 USD
• Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $86,600 USD - $154,000 USD

Flexible work approach

Workday’s approach to flexible work requires spending at least 50% of your time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).