Senior UI​/UX Designer

Senior UI/UX Designer (Remote) – The Planet Group

Fortune‑500 Financial Services client requires a remote Senior UI/UX Designer for a 10‑month contract starting February 2026.

Pay: $55–$60/hr plus W2 benefits.

Location: Remote (must be based in Dallas, Texas or Los Angeles, California).

Eligibility: U.S. citizen residents and workers in the U.S.

• Team leadership:
  Work together and mentor a team of design professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and support. Ensure the team’s collaboration, growth, and adherence to design processes and methodologies.
• UI/UX design and prototyping:
  Proven expertise in user interface (UI) design, interaction design, and information architecture. Lead the creation of wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs to communicate and test design concepts.
• Stakeholder management:
  Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including product managers, developers, and business stakeholders, to ensure alignment and a shared understanding of user experience goals.
• AI in design:
  Has skills in applying AI on various design tools and to accelerate the design lifecycle.
• Usability testing and evaluation:
  Work with UX Lead to execute usability testing strategies to validate design decisions and uncover areas for improvement.
• User research and insights:
  Involved in user research activities to gain a deep understanding of user needs, behaviors, and motivations. Utilize research findings to inform design decisions and validate design solutions.
• Industry awareness:
  Staying up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in user experience design and provide thought leadership and guidance on emerging UX trends and innovations.

• 5+ years of UI design experience designing for complex digital applications/product solutions (not branding or marketing websites).
• Have a portfolio available for review with examples of project experience that demonstrates strategic and conceptual thinking.
• Be highly proficient with design software such as Figma, etc.
• Natural propensity for pixel perfect design.
• Highly proficient in working with Product Managers and multiple teams.
• Self‑starter/motivator and is a high impact team player.
• A clear understanding of the importance of user‑centered design, design thinking and research methodologies through formal training or work experience.
• A customer‑focused approach and experience conducting and leveraging qualitative & quantitative user research methodologies and insights to drive design decisions (e.g. User Zoom, User Testing, etc.).
• Fluent in creation of wireframes, mid and high‑fidelity designs (e.g. Figma, etc.).
• Understand and apply accessibility to design.
• Manage timelines and multiple concurrent projects.
• Self‑starter and operate at a high level independently.
• Fluent with Mac system.

• Experience working in Wealth Management or Financial industry.
• Experience working in an Agile framework, iterating on the product based on user input and stakeholder’s direction.
• Experience developing designs for digital products with complex tech stacks.
• Experience or familiarity with Storybook, Chromatic, NPM, etc.
• Experience with CSS/HTML.
• Degree in graphic design or related degree.

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Design and Marketing

• Vision insurance
• Medical insurance
• 401(k)