About The Position
Kanopi Studios is seeking a Contract Senior UX/UI Designer (Website Strategy & Design) to help mission-driven clients navigate complex website challenges and translate them into thoughtful, accessible, and effective digital experiences. This is a hands-on role requiring leadership in discovery, UX and content strategy, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, and visual design. The designer will present work to clients and internal teams, explain recommendations, and empower client decision-making. The role also involves contributing to Kanopi's sales and marketing processes by joining prospective client conversations, contributing to proposals, and sharing Kanopi's perspective through marketing and thought leadership content. The goal is to find someone who can think strategically, design with care, communicate clearly, and contribute to a better web. This is a fully remote position managed by the Director of Strategy and Creative.
Requirements
- Senior-level, hands-on UX/UI design experience for complex, content-rich websites.
- Strong portfolio showcasing process from discovery and strategy through high-fidelity visual design.
- Strong visual design craft, including layout, typography, hierarchy, brand application, responsive design, and accessible UI patterns.
- Advanced Figma skills, including prototyping, design systems, component workflows, and client-ready presentation files.
- Advanced knowledge of UX strategy, content strategy, information architecture, and content experience principles.
- Demonstrated experience in a creative agency environment.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to adapt messages for designers, developers, and clients, making complex ideas clear, useful, and actionable.
- Collaborative approach to untangling complex creative and strategic challenges, with a focus on practical, thoughtful solutions.
- Must be located in and legally authorized to provide services in Canada.
- Must be available for regular collaboration during Pacific Time business hours.
- Must reside in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, or the Northwest Territories.
Nice To Haves
- Coding experience
- Working knowledge of WordPress and/or Drupal
- Experience working in the higher-education, mission-driven or healthcare sectors
Responsibilities
- Lead Project Discovery: Conduct interest-holder interviews, translate research and client input into actionable design direction, assess qualitative and quantitative datasets, and formulate recommendations balancing user and business goals.
- Conduct UX, content, and design audits and articulate findings to internal and client teams.
- Conduct and synthesize actionable insights from user research and testing.
- Develop Information architecture and content strategy: Synthesize information architecture, navigation, and sitemap strategy; conduct content audits and gap analysis; develop tone, voice, and taxonomies to guide content creation.
- Understand and articulate how content strategy shapes design.
- Produce visual design and strategy artifacts including wireframes, page templates, interactive prototypes, full-fidelity visual comps, UI component libraries, and design systems.
- Act as a senior creative voice in sales conversations, uncovering client goals, risks, constraints, and opportunities during pre-sales discovery.
- Contribute design and strategy perspective to proposals, estimates, scopes, and project approaches.
- Contribute to Kanopi thought leadership through webinars, blog posts, case studies, conference ideas, or educational content.
Benefits
- Contractors invoice at their contracted hourly rate.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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