UI Design Lead

Overview

Temp Role – W2 on dentsu payroll only

40 Hours/Week

Remote – EST with travel to NY for occasional client meetings

10/6/ /3/2025

As a Temporary UI Design Lead at Merkle, you’ll help define the North Star Customer Experience Vision for a major financial client, collaborating closely with a Group Creative Director and multidisciplinary teams. You’ll craft high-fidelity UI designs while also mapping intuitive customer journeys and service blueprints in Figma that brings the future-state advisory ecosystem to life.

We’re looking for a proactive, detail-oriented designer with strong UI instincts who thrives at the intersection of strategic creativity and flawless execution . You should be as comfortable designing elegant interfaces as you are visualizing complex service journeys for clients.

• Partner with the Group Creative Director to shape the North Star CX Vision, balancing UI craft and service design thinking.
• Design client-facing customer journeys and service blueprint diagrams in Figma that clearly illustrate the future-state digital ecosystem.
• Translate complex business strategies into engaginginteractive UI designs that align with customer journeys and operational workflows.
• Deliver polished UI assets and journey visualizations that feed directly into a North Star microsite.
• Apply a digital-first mindset, leveraging current trends in visual, motion, and interactive design across web, app, and other touchpoints.

• 5+ years of experience in digital design/art direction.
• Strong foundation in visual design (layout, typography, color theory, iconography).
• Ability to interpret and extend brand guidelines.
• Proficiency in Figma and FigJam.
• Knowledge of web and app accessibility best practices (WCAG 2.2 AA).
• Strength in systems thinking, interaction design, and modular/atomic design.
• Experience designing compelling customer journey and service blueprint diagrams.
• Skilled at presenting design rationale to both creative teams and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication, proactive time management, and ability to flex between independent and collaborative work.
• Location requirement : US-based role.

The hourly pay range for this position is $32.69 - $52.88. The hourly pay rate for the successful candidate is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Temporary employees are eligible for paid holidays in accordance with dentsu policy, as well as sick time. This position is not eligible for any other benefits or other compensation.

To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

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USA - Remote - New York

Brand: Merkle

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Temporary

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