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Motion Recruitment Partners LLC

UX/UI Designer- 6-month contract

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298

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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 BostonAreaand 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

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