Senior Web Designer

Anchour•New Gloucester, ME

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're hiring a Senior Web Designer to lead how the websites we build look and feel. You'll lead UI design for websites and eCommerce sites, from first concept through launch. You'll design homepages, navigation, page templates and the modular content blocks that hold a site together. You'll also build the design systems that let a family of brands share one foundation, and that a client's own team can keep using long after launch. You'll design for a range of brands across consumer goods, healthcare, financial services, hospitality and retail. Expect a new brand to bring to life every few months, and launches you can point to. We're growing, and so is the work. You'll turn brand, UX flows and content into high-fidelity, build-ready designs for desktop and mobile. You'll work closely with UX, strategy, development and marketing, and carry your design intent through build, QA and launch. Our Experience team sits at the heart of every build. We're looking for a senior designer who can lead UI across projects, raise our standards, and help our design systems mature alongside the work. We've been building our own AI tools since 2024, and we want a designer who's glad to bring AI into the work, from early exploration through handoff. This is a senior, client-facing role. You can be local or remote, though we have a soft spot for folks in New England or the wider Northeast so we can get in a room now and then. You'll report to our VP of Experience. About Anchour Anchour is a creative agency of 40+ people focused on building unforgettable brands and digital experiences that help businesses punch above their weight. We're headquartered in Maine and partner with small businesses and growing brands in industries like consumer goods, nutrition, fitness, financial services, hospitality and retail. Our work spans brand strategy, identity design, website design and development, content strategy, and full-service marketing. We call ourselves Creative Pragmatists. Great work happens when smart people are trusted to do it. We've built a place where talented people have real ownership, real influence over direction, and the room to do the best work of their careers.

Requirements

5+ years designing websites, including several full sites taken from concept through launch.
Agency or studio experience strongly preferred.
Portfolio of live, shipped websites.
Strong grasp of typography, color, layout, hierarchy and motion.
Experience building website design systems and component libraries.
Strong grasp of usability and WCAG 2.2 AA.
Figma expertise.
Comfortable working with developers through build and QA.
Solid understanding of front-end fundamentals and how a CMS shapes design.
Ownership: scope to budget, juggle several projects, communicate early, and own the outcome.
Low-ego, curious teammate.
Collaborative, invested in making the work and the team better.
Glad to bring AI into how you design.
Designs websites day in and day out.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Shopify or eCommerce.
Designing for headless or enterprise CMS handoffs.
Northeast-based, ideally.

Responsibilities

Own website UI design from concept to launch.
Lead interface design across projects with little oversight.
Turn brand identity, UX flows, and content into high-fidelity, build-ready designs for desktop and mobile, with WCAG 2.2 AA built in from the first artboard.
Translate brand systems into site experiences that feel unmistakably on-brand.
Design homepages, landing pages, navigation, footers and page templates.
Art-direct photography, layout rhythm and motion, and design for real content.
Build the systems behind the sites: page templates, modular content blocks and component libraries.
Document typography, color, spacing and motion as design tokens.
Build high-fidelity prototypes of key pages and interactions.
Deliver organized, documented Figma files and implementation-ready specs, including for partners building in AEM or Shopify.
Work side by side with front-end developers through build and QA.
Be the UI lead on your projects.
Make confident calls grounded in user needs, business goals, accessibility and what's buildable.
Scope design to the budget and timeline, and catch risks before they turn into rework.
Contribute to design systems, documentation and reviews.
Share knowledge with the Experience and Creative teams.
Use AI tools across the workflow, from early exploration to documentation to QA.

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Flexible Work (Hybrid out of Maine when nearby, remote when not, with time together in New England when it counts)
Retirement Savings plan with a 4% company match
Premium health, dental, vision and life insurance with generous coverage
Optional health savings account
Home Office Setup (laptop plus 50% reimbursement for home office equipment)
12 paid holidays throughout the year, including three flexible holidays
At least three weeks of paid time off per year
Paid parental, medical, bereavement and other types of leave
Flexible & Summer Fridays (Half-day Fridays throughout the summer)
Lifelong Learners Fund (Cash for professional development like books, conferences and courses, plus team bonding fun)
Baby Bonding Bucks ($500 bonus to cover diapers, meals and other expenses for any employee welcoming a new child)