Job Title: UX/UI Designer (Contract - 1099)

Compensation: $64.90 / hour

Work Week: 35 hours / per week

Location: 100% Remote - anywhere in the Continental U.S.

Timeframe: Jan 6, 2025 - March 26, 2025

Note: This position is contract-based (1099) and is fully remote.

Who We Are

We are Friends From The City, a design and tech company focused on impact. Our mission is to make digital interactions with the government easy, inclusive, and accessible for everyone. We create user-centered, inclusive, and accessible digital experiences for federal agencies. Picture this: A loved one is trying to access information on a government website, but they experience frustrating navigational challenges. Perhaps a relative seeking citizenship needs help understanding the application process because of a language barrier. At Friends, we work to eliminate obstacles like these.

We envision a future where everyone has equal access to the benefits of technology and where the use of technology is guided by ethical principles, plain language, a commitment to sustainability, inclusivity, and accessibility. We’re a minority, woman-owned, LGBT+., and service-disabled veteran-owned small business. That being said, diversity and inclusion aren’t trendy bylines for us. Everyone we hire is celebrated for their unique background, experience, and talent.

Our approach to human-centered design and software development is pretty straightforward. Guided by user research, we design and develop functional platforms using clean code and intuitive design, and then we make those platforms accessible to everyone.

About the Role

We are seeking a talented and experienced UX/UI Designer to lead the user experience and interface design for a New York State Website Redesign project. The redesigned website will migrate to Drupal 10.2 or the latest version, emphasizing user-centric design principles, accessibility, and scalability. This role is pivotal in creating a website that reflects New York State’s diverse communities, prioritizes mobile-first design, and enables data-informed decision-making for the agency.