About the job
We are seeking experienced Contract UI/UX Designers to support discovery and design for business‑critical web and mobile products.
This is a contract, hourly, project‑based role. We are building a bench of design leaders who can be engaged as client opportunities arise. Work is not guaranteed on a continuous basis; engagements will vary in scope and duration depending on client needs.
This is a unique opportunity to work alongside an experienced team that excels at building high‑quality products for clients at scale. You will report to a Project Lead and collaborate closely with a skilled Bellwood product development team across product, engineering, and QA.
This role is ideal for independent consultants or fractional designers who enjoy stepping into new environments, partnering directly with clients, and delivering high‑quality design work from early discovery through development‑ready assets.
Qualifications
Essential skills: Strong experience working with business and technical teams to design business applications, websites, and design systems utilizing Figma.
The role also requires a voracious appetite to learn and apply new skills. You should be skilled at designing responsive web experiences and mobile apps, and excel with different sets of tools and in different client environments.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Design, iterate, scale, and enhance Software Products, Apps, and Platforms based on Client Needs, Business Requirements and development
- Communicate complex topics clearly, in language that can be easily understood by clients
- Define, refine, and document Best Practices that enable excellent team performance
- Creating design systems that can be applied to the whole project and align with customer branding
- Creating user flows and presenting those flows to the team and customers
- Meeting with clients to understand their needs and processes
- Communicating to developers and other team members your ideas clearly and collaborating with the whole development team
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has 5+ years of professional application design experience
- Is passionate about interaction design, visual design, and design thinking
- Thrives in ambiguity, working across multiple organizational stakeholders
- Has a collaborative mindset
- Experience as a consultant, contractor, or fractional designer
- Comfortable balancing strategic discovery with hands‑on execution
- Organized, proactive, and responsive in a remote environment
- Motivated by flexible, project‑based work
Compensation at Bellwood is determined by several factors, including job scope, title, and relevant experience. The estimated hourly pay range for this position is $65-$85/hour
Company Description
Bellwood is a dynamic Product Development Consultancy. We're a team of developers, designers, marketers and entrepreneurs that companies turn to when they want to take a software product from conception to creation.
Our Mission
Bellwood seeks to be and be known as the most trusted partner to Build and Scale software products.
Our Core Values
- We Embrace Your Goals
- We Own our Commitments
- We Succeed through Empathy
- We Take the Next Step
Join our tight-knit team of skilled builders to leverage your talents and grow your skills. We are looking forward to meeting with you!
What We Do
Bellwood Labs is the business savvy, problem solving partner that startup, small business, and enterprise clients turn to when they want to take a software product from concept to creation and beyond. More than just technical developers, we are a collective of curious, forward-thinking, dynamic explorers who leverage our talents and decades of combined experience to build custom software solutions, help companies scale for growth, and optimize already established applications. From big picture ideation all the way down to the nitty gritty of seamlessly effective features, our invested, collaborative philosophy allows clients to see their ideas fully realized and done right the first time. With a company-wide passion for building the future, we continue to fulfill our mission to be known as the most trusted partner to turn to for software product, apps and platform development. Join our team Bellwood Labs is a fully remote company with employees all over the country, but we pride ourselves on our unified spirit and synergy. We love our team retreats! Whether we are enjoying jet skiing across Lake Tahoe or whipping around the track at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, we consider our work hard/play hard attitude to be the badge of honor that separates us from the competition. Our benefits include unlimited PTO, profit sharing, medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance. We are proud to provide our team members with the flexibility, peace of mind, and security they need to confidently and consistently create their best work in today’s world. Imaginative, dedicated, and never afraid to take the next step, Bellwood Labs is made up of dreamers that do! Please check out our open positions.
