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Fueled is seeking a senior-level Lead UX Designer to lead end-to-end user-experience strategy and execution for client web and mobile product engagements. The contractor will translate ambiguous business goals into user journeys, information architecture, interaction models, patterns, and build-ready deliverables. The role requires strong cross-functional and client-facing facilitation skills, including running workshops, aligning stakeholders, and making informed experience tradeoffs with design and engineering teams. Candidates need at least six years of digital product UX experience, a history of shipping polished work, and the ability to create clarity and momentum in a fast-moving agency environment. This is a remote US-oriented contractor-pool opportunity that may lead to consideration for a full-time position when business needs and fit align.
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I begin by clarifying the business outcome, target users, constraints, and success measures through stakeholder conversations and available research. I synthesize this into prioritized user needs, journeys, and key decisions, then validate the direction with lightweight flows or prototypes. I document assumptions and tradeoffs so design and engineering can move forward with shared context.
I brought stakeholders back to the agreed user and business outcomes, separated preferences from evidence, and mapped the impact of each option on usability, scope, and delivery risk. I facilitated a focused decision session using prototypes and clear criteria. This produced a documented decision, preserved relationships, and enabled the team to proceed without repeated rework.
I define interaction states, edge cases, content behavior, responsive considerations, and accessibility requirements early. I use consistent patterns and component-based thinking, annotate critical behaviors, and review feasibility with engineers throughout the work rather than only at handoff. This reduces ambiguity and helps teams build the intended experience efficiently.
I identify the highest-risk user moments and protect the essentials needed for a coherent, usable experience. I make tradeoffs visible by explaining the user impact, effort, and alternatives, then prioritize a strong core flow with an iterative path for enhancements. This allows the team to ship value without losing sight of quality.
I align measures to the product goal before design begins, such as task completion, conversion, activation, onboarding completion, engagement, or support volume. After launch, I combine quantitative signals with usability feedback to understand both what changed and why. I use those findings to prioritize the next iteration and communicate impact to stakeholders.
Location: Remote – United States (Open to applicants located anywhere in the US or overlapping timezones)
Fueled is a leading digital strategy, design, and engineering agency. We are a 300+ person team that has designed and built hundreds of digital products and experiences for brands like Google, Apple, The New York Times, ESPN, Victoria’s Secret, MGM Resorts, Albertsons, and CLEAR.
As a Lead UX Designer at Fueled, you’ll thrive by embracing ambiguity and turning it into an opportunity. You’ll use each new problem as a chance to build something meaningful, collaborate with a cross-functional team, and prioritize action that moves projects forward. By creating thoughtful solutions, supporting great work across the team, and staying curious, you’ll make an impact that’s felt by users, clients, and your peers.
Intentionally remote, our team thrives in a culture that values flexibility, creativity, and cutting-edge technology. Together, we’re shaping the future of digital experiences.
What you will do:
- Lead end-to-end UX direction across client engagements, shaping experiences that are intuitive, scalable, and ready to ship.
- Collaborate closely with UX, design, and engineering teams to define scope, clarify priorities, and make smart tradeoffs that protect the user experience.
- Translate ambiguous business goals into clear user journeys, information architecture, and interaction models that teams can confidently build from.
- Facilitate alignment across client stakeholders and internal teams by guiding workshops and turning competing inputs into actionable decisions, supported by easy to understand deliverables.
- Develop UX patterns and design foundations that improve consistency, reduce rework, and accelerate delivery across teams.
What you will achieve:
- Deliver UX work that improves real product outcomes, such as higher conversion, stronger engagement, clearer navigation, or smoother onboarding experiences.
- Create clarity early by turning open questions into structured flows, priorities, and decisions that teams can build with confidence.
- Ship work you’re proud of, raising the bar for usability, polish, and thoughtful interaction design across client projects.
- Strengthen collaboration across teams by improving how clients, product, design, and engineering align and move forward together.
- Grow as a Lead UX Designer through feedback, iteration, and working closely with a tight team of people who care about craft.
About you:
- You have 6+ years of experience designing digital products and leading UX work across complex web and/or mobile experiences.
- You thrive in busy environments and know how to bring structure, clarity, and momentum without overcomplicating the process.
- You ask great questions early and aren’t afraid to seek input, challenge assumptions, or pull in the right people to get to the best outcome.
- You collaborate naturally across disciplines, building strong relationships with clients, product teams, and engineers to keep work moving forward.
- You have a track record of shipping work you’re proud of, delivering thoughtful, polished UX that improves usability, engagement, or conversion.
Contractor Fee
Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, projects, geographic location, and business needs.
Join our Contractor Pool
This role is designed as a contract position, offering you the opportunity to experience our team and culture while showcasing your contributions. When the fit and business needs align, some contractors are invited to explore a transition into full-time roles.
If you are passionate about Fueled’s mission and think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, please apply. We’d appreciate the opportunity to review your application. Everyone gets a response.
Upon meeting the necessary criteria, you’ll join the Fueled contractor network, granting you access to project invitations tailored to your expertise and availability when they arise.
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