The UI Designer will advocate for users, translate concepts into user experiences, manage interface design processes, and conduct research on emerging design standards.
Who we are…
Modern Campus empowers 1,700+ higher education institutions to thrive when transformation is required to respond to lower student enrollments and revenue, rising costs, crushing student debt, and administrative complexity.
The Modern Campus learner-to-earner lifecycle platform power solutions for web content management, conversational text messaging, catalog and curriculum management, career pathways, student engagement and development, and non-traditional student management. The result: innovative institutions engage their modern learners for life, while providing modern administrators with the tool needed to streamline workflows and drive high efficiency.
Learn how Modern Campus is leading the modern learner-to-earner movement at moderncampus.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
What’s the role?
**This is a 12-month contract position. You will be an Independent Consultant**
We are looking for a UI Designer (contract) to join our Design Studio team and works with the Director of Design and other Professional Services team leaders to ensure that we successfully deliver new products and features to market that delight our customer and are in line with our corporate strategy.
What we believe…
At Modern Campus, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply for our positions. Modern Campus is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to bring on hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status (for US candidates). If you require accommodations during any part of the interview process due to a disability, please let our recruiter know.
* Our salary ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hires for the position within the US and Canada. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Modern Campus empowers 1,700+ higher education institutions to thrive when transformation is required to respond to lower student enrollments and revenue, rising costs, crushing student debt, and administrative complexity.
The Modern Campus learner-to-earner lifecycle platform power solutions for web content management, conversational text messaging, catalog and curriculum management, career pathways, student engagement and development, and non-traditional student management. The result: innovative institutions engage their modern learners for life, while providing modern administrators with the tool needed to streamline workflows and drive high efficiency.
Learn how Modern Campus is leading the modern learner-to-earner movement at moderncampus.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
What’s the role?
**This is a 12-month contract position. You will be an Independent Consultant**
We are looking for a UI Designer (contract) to join our Design Studio team and works with the Director of Design and other Professional Services team leaders to ensure that we successfully deliver new products and features to market that delight our customer and are in line with our corporate strategy.
- Advocating for the user on cross functional teams
- Taking a user-centered design approach, translating concepts into user stories, task flows, use cases, low and high-fidelity wireframes and functional documentation, etc., that lead to intuitive user experiences optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
- Providing visual design details, taking into consideration the interaction design direction, and adding the look and feel for brand identity consistent with company standards.
- Managing the interface design process, including optimizing and standardizing design elements and maintaining our design system.
- Performing regular research for continuous learning of emerging technologies, web and mobile design standards, and improvement in applicable tools.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Design, Human Technology Interaction, Computer Science, and /or Computer Programming and relevant experience
- 3+ years of UI design experience for web and mobile solutions or front end development
- Proven UI Experience
- Demonstrable UI design skills with a strong portfolio
- Expertise in standard UX software tools, such as Sketch, Figma, InVision, Photoshop and Illustrator
- A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns. Experience with Design Systems desired.
- Understands basic concepts of HTML and CSS
- Passion about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation, strong passion for delivering great customer experiences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- This is a 12-month contract position You will be an Independent Consultant with your own company setup.
- The base hourly range* for this contract position is between $28 - $43
- Remote first workplace! – must be located in North America
- You will make a difference every day for universities trying to grow and students trying to learn.
What we believe…
At Modern Campus, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply for our positions. Modern Campus is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to bring on hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status (for US candidates). If you require accommodations during any part of the interview process due to a disability, please let our recruiter know.
* Our salary ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hires for the position within the US and Canada. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Top Skills
CSS
Figma
HTML
Illustrator
Invision
Photoshop
Sketch
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