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This is a contract (W2) opportunity for our client looking for a Visual Designer to join their team. If interested and qualified for the role below please submit using your most up to date resume including a linked portfolio to your work samples!

Description

As a Visual Designer you’ll flex your typography, color, iconography, and animation design muscles to bring to life the Design Language that is the foundation for brand-defining and industry-leading digital properties. You’ll bring a high level of strategy and craftsmanship to the design details, focusing on every pixel to deliver new UI atoms, molecules and organisms that contribute to a much bigger Visual Brand Design System. Your work will deliver customer experiences that are cohesive, recognizable, and reinforce the brand. You’ll rely on human-centered design principles to produce high-quality visual components—from concept to execution. You’ll also work closely with fellow designers and developers to constantly refine the design language, and create innovative, great-looking products that people love to use.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Sketch, ideate, and generate new concepts based on self-driven research, Product Team input, and stakeholder direction

- Establish a high-output workflow that is timeline-driven, with meticulous attention to detail that enables seamless integration with the Product Teams you support

- Communicate effectively in a cross-functional Product Design/Development Team and present the business value of your ideas and designs effectively

- Be an ambassador for the Visual Brand Design System, partnering with Product Teams at every opportunity to encourage adoption, seek input, and solicit contribution opportunities

- Contribute to the UI Kit and Component Libraries that enable Product Teams to build and iterate using the Visual Brand Design System

- Act as a visual design consultant to Product Designers to ensure brand consistency across user journeys.

- Mentor and train junior members of the design team on industry best practices

- Develop and implement processes that strengthen the adoption and development of the design language

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- Experience designing intricate and cohesive visual design systems that contribute to a unified user experience across multiple customer touchpoints

- Good listener, and experienced with brainstorming techniques that help build consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders

- Collaborative and team-oriented work approach

- Solid understanding of human-centered design processes and the ability to balance customer needs with business goals and metrics in developing solutions

- Ability to convert ideas quickly into design artifacts

- Experience with design tools that help translate ideas into working products, including, Figma

- Experience designing and prototyping native app and web solutions for a range of screen sizes/resolutions: mobile, tablet, desktop, etc.

- Foundational understanding

Solid understanding of user-centered design processes and ability to balance customer needs with business goals in developing solutions

- Experience facilitating brainstorming and product discovery sessions and getting consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders

- Experience leveraging user research

- Strong UX Design principles and deliverables, including rapid prototyping, site maps, information architecture, user personas, wireframes, flows, etc.

- Ability to convert ideas quickly into design artifacts

- Strong Visual Design principles and deliverables

- Ability to perform interface design critiques and supply objective feedback to designers

- Strong critical thinking and analysis skills

- Able to manage, train and mentor others in UX design methodologies and best practices

- Experience designing solutions for web, mobile, and tablet applications

- Experience with Agile development processes

- Responsive/adaptive design experience

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Richmond, VA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $65.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 7, 2025.

h4>About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.