Job Description

Consultant - UX Designer

We are looking for a Consultant - UX Designer based out of Kansas City, MO.
 

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct UX reviews and usability assessments of existing applications, identifying interaction, layout, and workflow issues that should be addressed during future rewrites

• Partner with product owners and technical teams to translate findings into clear design recommendations and prioritized improvements

• Design updated user experiences and screen layouts for targeted pages within existing applications, balancing near‑term improvements with long‑term rewrite goals

• Lead UX and UI design efforts for a brand‑new application being developed as part of a legacy system rewrite

• Create user flows, wireframes, and high‑fidelity designs that clearly communicate intended behavior and interactions to development teams

• Establish and evolve a foundational style guide and design patterns that can be reused across multiple applications, incrementally improving consistency over time

• Collaborate closely with developers and scrum masters within Agile/Scrum teams to ensure designs are feasible, well understood, and effectively implemented

• Serve as the primary UX advocate within IT, promoting user‑centered design practices and helping teams consider usability and consistency in decision‑making

• Present design concepts, rationale, and trade‑offs to stakeholders and incorporate feedback into iterative design improvements

 

Minimum Required Experience

• 3+ years of UX Design experience

• Proven experience conducting UX reviews and audits of existing enterprise applications, identifying usability, interaction, and layout issues, and proposing actionable design improvements

• Demonstrated ability to design user interfaces for both application rewrites and net‑new applications, from early concepts through high‑fidelity designs

• Strong background in interaction design and information architecture, with experience simplifying complex workflows and data‑heavy screens

• Experience creating and evolving a lightweight design system or style guide, including reusable patterns and components, while balancing speed and consistency

• Ability to work independently as a sole UX designer embedded with an IT organization, managing priorities across multiple products and initiatives

• Experience collaborating closely with product owners, developers, and scrum masters in an Agile/Scrum environment

• Skilled at translating business requirements and technical constraints into user‑centered design solutions

• Comfortable presenting design rationale, trade‑offs, and recommendations to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

 

Schedule : Monday – Friday - 8:00am – 5:00pm

Location:  Remote, within 100 miles of KC

Length of Contract : 8 months (April – Dec 18, 2026)

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