DeWinter Group is hiring: UX Designer in Westbrook

Title: UX Designer

Job Type: Contract - W2 Only

Contract Length: 3+ months

Target Start Date: ASAP

Work Location/Structure: Westbrook, ME - Hybrid Ideal - Open to remote for the right candidate

About the Opportunity

Our client, a leader in health technology, is looking for a skilled UX Designer to join their team for a 3+ months engagement. This project involves designing user interfaces for Company software, hardware and web products to meet customer needs and deliver optimum user experience. This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing user interfaces for Company software, hardware and web products to meet customer needs and deliver optimum user experience.
• Leading interface idea generation, design and prototyping and working with project staff throughout development and testing phases to complete projects.
• Coordinating with product management, development, quality assurance, visual design and usability engineers to understand product requirements and identify solutions to user interface challenges.
• Developing creative responses to UX issues that arise during development and testing.
• Building prototypes and simulations of user interfaces.
• Producing wireframes, flow diagrams, specifications and other design related documentation.
• Participating in user research and observing usability tests which are organized and facilitated by usability engineers.
• Extending and maintaining pattern libraries, and other standards resources, to document common approach to Company user interface design.
• Building interface design discipline as a component of the product development process.
• Advocating for user-centered design process and contributing to overall user experience of Company products.

Required Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements. The ideal candidate will have:

• Basic software interaction design experience.
• Deep expertise in user-centered design philosophy and process, software and product development methodologies, and working knowledge of prototyping software such as Figma (experience with AI/generative UI is a plus). This isn't a learning role—you need to be a subject matter expert.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage your own time effectively to meet project goals.
• Experience with multiple interaction design projects as a team member.
• Strong communication skills to provide clear and concise status updates to the project team, including basic meeting facilitation and specification writing skills.