Senior UX and Product Design Consultant – Part-time

• Conduct comprehensive UX reviews of existing products and workflows
• Identify friction points and recommend improvements based on established UX principles
• Evaluate new features before development to ensure they are intuitive and user-friendly
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle
• Create user flows, prototypes, and interactive designs where appropriate
• Introduce UX methodologies and best practices into the product development process
• Establish design standards, interaction patterns, and usability guidelines
• Recommend improvements to navigation, information architecture, accessibility, and overall product consistency
• Partner with Product leadership to influence roadmap prioritization through a UX lens
• Evaluate product decisions based on customer outcomes, usability, and market competitiveness
• Identify opportunities where improved experience creates strategic product differentiation
• Balance usability improvements against technical realities and product priorities
• Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Embed UX thinking into planning, estimation, feature discovery, and product reviews
• Mentor developers and stakeholders on user-centered design principles
• Build relationships with Product and Development teams as a trusted design partner
• Identify high-impact usability improvements across legacy and modern platforms
• Help establish a shared design language and interaction standards

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional UI/UX design experience
• Significant experience improving B2B SaaS products
• Strong portfolio demonstrating complex software applications, not just marketing websites
• Expertise in user-centered design methodologies
• Strong knowledge of interaction design, information architecture, and accessibility standards
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to constructively challenge assumptions and advocate for user needs while balancing business objectives and technical realities
• Experience working with Agile product teams
• Bonus: CRM, ERP, case management, fundraising, or enterprise software experience
• Bonus: Experience modernizing or evolving established enterprise software products
• Bonus: Experience with software serving nonprofit organizations
• Bonus: Design system creation and governance
• Bonus: UX research and usability testing
• Bonus: Accessibility (WCAG) expertise

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in user-centered design methodologies, interaction design, and information architecture, with a strong focus on improving B2B SaaS products. Proven ability to mentor teams, establish design standards, and advocate for user needs while balancing business objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 8+ Years UI/UX Design Experience
• User-Centered Design Methodologies
• Interaction Design
• Information Architecture
• Agile Product Teams Experience

Hard Skills

• UX Reviews
• Prototyping
• Usability Testing
• Design Standards
• Accessibility Standards
• User Flows
• Interactive Designs
• Information Architecture
• Design System Creation
• UX Research

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication
• Facilitation Skills
• Constructive Feedback
• Relationship Building
• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• Accessibility (WCAG)
• User Experience
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Usability Improvements
• Strategic Product Differentiation

Tools & Technologies

• B2B SaaS Products
• CRM Software
• ERP Software
• Case Management Software
• Fundraising Software
• Enterprise Software