Senior UX/UI Designer (Contract)

Job Summary: Zymo Research is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer who combines strong UX judgment with polished visual execution. This role is a contract to hire starting at 6 months. This role will translate commercial goals, user needs, analytics, brand priorities, and technical constraints into clear, intuitive digital experiences. The designer will shape customer journeys, information architecture, navigation, page structure, interaction patterns, and final UI across Zymo's website and digital touchpoints. The ideal candidate can structure ambiguous problems, recommend practical solutions, and carry assigned work from discovery through implementation-ready design. Join us in making a meaningful impact! Essential Duties and

UX Strategy and Discovery • Translate commercial and marketing goals into clear UX objectives, journeys, and measurable outcomes. • Use stakeholder input, user research, analytics, usability findings, heuristic reviews, and competitive analysis to inform recommendations. • Map key journeys across product discovery,

, evaluation, sample or trial requests, purchasing, and contact paths. • Balance user needs, business priorities, brand standards, and technical constraints. Experience and Interface Design • Create information architecture, navigation systems, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes. • Organize complex scientific and commercial information into clear, intuitive experiences. • Produce polished, high-fidelity, responsive UI designs with strong hierarchy, typography, layout, and interaction states. • Apply usability, accessibility, and responsive-design best practices throughout the design process. Design Systems and Implementation • Maintain and recommend improvements to the Figma component library and design system. • Partner with Marketing, Creative, Content, Commercial, and Web teams to ensure solutions are aligned and feasible. • Provide implementation-ready handoffs, including specifications, responsive behavior, accessibility

, and acceptance criteria. • Participate in design QA and UAT to ensure the final experience reflects the approved design. Optimization and Execution • Partner with Marketing and Web Analytics to define success measures and evaluate performance. • Use analytics, testing, and feedback to recommend ongoing improvements. • Manage assigned priorities, timelines, documentation, and Figma files with strong organization and follow-through. • Clearly communicate design rationale, trade-offs, and expected outcomes.