Careers at the Planet group

UI/UX Designer

Romeoville, IL 60446

Posted: 05/12/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: UI/UX Job Number: 633390 Is job remote?: Yes

Job Description

UI/UX Designer
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 months
Pay Rate: $55/hr DOE

The Planet Group is looking for a UI/UX Designer for our technology client. This is a remote 6-month contract opportunity! The UI/UX Designer will be working on redesigning the webpages and functionality of an application. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of user-centered design principles and be able to translate user needs into elegant and effective solutions.

UI/UX Responsibilities:
  • Conduct user research and usability testing to understand user needs and pain points
  • Create user journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs to communicate design ideas to stakeholders
  • Design responsive and accessible user interfaces
  • Collaborate with software developers to ensure that designs are implemented correctly
  • Work independently and as part of multiple teams to manage projects and meet deadlines
  • Choose visual design elements such as color palettes, fonts, scrollbars, buttons, grids and list vies that are suitable for multiple devices
  • Design layouts that drive intuitive user experience on multiple devices.
  • Address design challenges and find effective and precise solutions and present design ideas to the team and key stakeholders
UI/UX Qualifications:
  • 3+ years UX design experience with a portfolio highlighting a variety of UX projects
  • Skilled in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, In Vision, and/or similar
  • Knowledge of front-end development technologies
  • Strong understanding of user-centered design principles.
  • Ability to illustrate design ideas using wireframes, storyboards, process flows, clickable prototypes, and high-fidelity designs and conduct user research and usability testing
  • Knowledge of WCAG 2.1+ success criteria, WAI-ARIA, Section 508, and the difference between legal compliance vs. accessibility beyond compliance
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, visual communications design, or relevant field.









 
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