Freelance UX/UI Designer

Role Summary

The UX/UI Designer will audit and improve usability, spacing, hierarchy, and clarity across product pages, dashboards, and marketing surfaces, collaborating closely with product and development teams to refine layouts and create a cohesive design system.

Responsibilities

• Audit existing TRD Data and website pages for usability and design inconsistencies
• Improve spacing, typography hierarchy, and visual clarity
• Redesign key product landing pages and dashboard entry points
• Simplify navigation and highlight product features more effectively
• Create organized, developer-ready Figma files
• Establish basic design system guidelines including spacing rules, typography scale, and component patterns
• Iterate based on feedback from product leadership
• Suggest UX improvements based on user behavior and engagement patterns
• Provide guidance on improving subscription conversion through layout and messaging clarity

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in UX/UI design
• Strong portfolio demonstrating clean, modern SaaS or data product design
• Experience designing dashboards or data-heavy interfaces
• Strong understanding of layout systems, spacing principles, and typography
• Highly proficient in Figma
• Ability to work within an existing brand and improve it without reinventing everything
• Comfortable collaborating with product and engineering teams
• Experience with media, publishing, or B2B products (nice to have)
• Familiarity with analytics-driven design decisions (nice to have)

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a leading real-estate news outlet
• Collaborative and diverse work environment
• Support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Partnerships supporting higher education programs for journalists