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UX/UI Designer- 6-month contract

Boston, MA

Hybrid

Contract

$60/hr - $64/hr

This is a contract UX/UI Designer role supporting a public-facing digital platform used by a large and diverse user base. The position is hybrid within the Boston Area and embedded within a small, collaborative design group. The focus of the role is on user research, usability testing, and high-fidelity interface design, with heavy use of Figma and modern accessibility standards. This is a short-term contract engagement with consistent weekly hours.

This role is ideal for a designer who enjoys owning meaningful research-driven work and seeing their designs quickly move into production. You’ll work closely with product partners, engineers, researchers, and senior stakeholders to improve real-world digital experiences that impact a broad audience. The work emphasizes thoughtful problem-solving, accessibility, and facilitation. Offering a strong opportunity to deepen experience in service design, usability testing, and design systems while maintaining solid work-life balance.

Contract Duration

Approximately 5–6 months

Required Skills & Experience

+ 3+ years of experience in UX/UI or digital product design

+ Strong experience planning and running usability testing

+ Advanced proficiency with Figma, including high-fidelity prototyping

+ Working knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards

+ Ability to synthesize research findings into actionable design recommendations

+ Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams

Desired Skills & Experience

+ Background working in complex or highly regulated environments

+ Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system

+ Comfort facilitating design workshops and stakeholder sessions

+ Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Miro

+ Strong systems-thinking and service-design mindset

What You Will Be Doing

+ Conducting and facilitating usability tests for web-based applications and content

+ Translating research insights into accessible, user-centered UI solutions

+ Designing and iterating on wireframes and production-ready interfaces

+ Contributing components and patterns to an existing design system

+ Reviewing UX/UI work produced by partner teams

+ Collaborating with product, engineering, data, and policy stakeholders

Tech Breakdown

+ 60% UX/UI Design & Prototyping (Figma)

+ 25% User Research & Usability Testing

+ 15% Design System Contributions & Documentation

Daily Responsibilities

+ 75% Hands-on design and research work

+ 15% Stakeholder collaboration and facilitation

+ 10% Documentation, reviews, and design system updates

You will receive the following benefits:

+ Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family

+ Dental & Orthodontia Benefits

+ Vision Benefits

+ Health Savings Account (HSA)

+ Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance

+ Hospital Indemnity Insurance

+ 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options

+ Paid Sick Time Leave

+ Legal and Identity Protection Plans

+ Pre-tax Commuter Benefit

+ 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

**Posted by:** Grant Willoe

Specialization:

+ UX/UI Design