Senior UX Designer

Shaker Recruitment Marketing is seeking a Senior UX Designer to support the design and delivery of Career Websites across a range of platforms and custom solutions. Our Creative team is growing, and this role is being added to meet the increasing demand for high-quality, candidate-focused digital experiences. In this role, you will execute UX workstreams across the full project lifecycle — from discovery through launch. You will own the translation of employer brand direction into clear, intuitive site experiences, working in Figma to build scalable, component-based systems that support responsive design, consistency, and efficient production across CMS and career website platform environments and custom builds. You will work closely with the Creative Director, copywriters, developers, and project managers to bring site structure, content hierarchy, and user experience to life — contributing your UX expertise throughout the process and helping ensure designs translate effectively into build environments. This role is best suited for a designer who is both creative and structured — someone who thinks in systems, executes with precision, and can operate within constraints without sacrificing quality. Career Website Design & Delivery Execute the design of Career Websites from discovery through launch across career website platforms and custom builds Translate employer brand direction into intuitive, candidate-focused career website experiences that drive engagement and conversion Create sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that balance storytelling, usability, and platform constraints Support implementation within career website platforms, ensuring designs translate effectively into build environments Design within CMS and platform constraints while maintaining a high standard of visual quality and UX UX Execution & Research Participate in discovery sessions alongside creative directors, contributing UX thinking to shape site structure, content hierarchy, and user experience approach Translate research findings into personas, journey maps, information architecture, and wireframes in support of the agreed creative direction Apply heuristic evaluation and accessibility reviews to strengthen the quality of delivered experiences Design Systems & Figma Design responsive layouts in Figma using scalable components, auto layout, and repeatable systems Build and maintain design systems that support speed, consistency, and reuse across Career Website projects Contribute to the evolution of UX patterns, interaction standards, and documentation in alignment with the Creative Director's frameworks Apply and maintain design processes, templates, and component libraries to improve efficiency and quality Developer Handoff & Collaboration Prepare thorough developer-ready specifications and annotations in Figma Partner with front-end developers during implementation to ensure design fidelity across responsive states and edge cases Communicate interaction states, responsive behavior, and platform-specific constraints clearly in handoff documentation Collaboration & Team Contribution Present design concepts and articulate creative rationale to internal- and client-facing audiences alongside creative directors and team members Ensure accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) are met across all designs, including responsive behavior, contrast, and usability best practices Provide peer-level feedback and guidance to creative team members, as needed Partner with creative team leaders to develop repeatable processes for our Career Websites practice Partner with project managers to meet timelines and deliverables Collaborate with developers to ensure design is structured for flexible, modular content systems