[Hiring] UX/UI Designer @Life Science Connect

Role Description

We're hiring our first dedicated UX/UI designer. You'll be a design partner to product, not only an executor of requirements: you'll help imagine and shape new experiences, products and interfaces for both our readers and our customers, then turn them into finished, buildable designs across web, email and SaaS. You'll work day-to-day with our Senior Product Manager, Audience & Data, alongside engineering, editorial and commercial teams.

The role starts as a 1099 contract as soon as possible, at about 22–28 hours a week. We plan to convert to a full-time position in Q1 2027. We're looking for someone who wants the full-time role. The contract start gets us working together sooner.

What you'll work on first

• Website UX across 15 sites: Redesign, refine and extend core page templates and a design system in Figma, including a sponsored "Related Content" sidebar, sponsor Storefront microsite pages, and a searchable supplier directory.
• Email newsletter system: Design a modular email system and theme it into about 26 newsletter templates (editorial, sponsored, and personalized).
• RFP Navigator: A UX refresh of our B2B SaaS platform for drug developers and CDMOs/CROs, covering the marketing site, onboarding, and core RFP workflows.

Next on the roadmap

• Interactive AI content experiences.
• Personalized on-site and reader-agent experiences.
• Self-service data products for clients.

What you'll do

• Partner with product to brainstorm and shape new experiences, products, and interfaces.
• Turn PM requirements, briefs, and rough prototypes into wireframes and high-fidelity Figma designs.
• Present options and iterate with the PM, usually two or three review rounds per page type.
• Work within the existing design system and add new components back to the shared library.
• Spec designs for developers, including layout, spacing, type, color tokens, interactions, and accessibility.
• Answer developer questions and review built pages against the designs before release.
• Use AI tools to move faster and help the team adopt them.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional UX/UI design experience.
• A portfolio that shows work in at least two of these three areas: B2B SaaS or web application UX, content or media websites, and email or newsletter design.
• Strong Figma skills, including working inside another team's design system.
• Responsive design and clean developer handoff.
• Practical knowledge of email design constraints.
• Working knowledge of accessibility (WCAG 2.x AA).
• AI fluency: you already use AI tools in your design workflow.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and communicate progress.
• Ability to present your thinking clearly to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Mobile app UX experience (nice to have).
• HTML/CSS knowledge, especially for email (nice to have).
• Experience in life sciences, B2B publishing, or media (nice to have).
• Experience with data products, dashboards, or AI and conversational interfaces (nice to have).
• Experience designing against a coded component library (nice to have).

Benefits

• Remote work with a weekly working session with the PM.
• Figma for design, specs, and handoff, plus shared tools for tickets and feedback.
• Life Science Connect owns all work product.
• No visa sponsorship offered for this role.