How much do remote UX designers make?

Remote UX designers earn $95,000 median salary, ranging from $70,000 for entry-level to $160,000+ for senior individual contributors. Product designers at FAANG companies earn $180,000-$250,000 including equity. Design managers earn $150,000-$200,000. UX research specialists earn 10% more than generalist designers. Remote design salaries have increased 18% since 2023 as demand outpaces supply of qualified candidates.

What design tools are required for remote jobs?

Figma is mandatory—92% of remote design teams use it for collaborative UI/UX work. Proficiency with Figma components, auto-layout, and design systems is expected. Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) remains essential for marketing design and brand work. Prototyping tools Principle and ProtoPie are preferred for interaction design roles. Miro or FigJam handles remote workshop facilitation. Designers without Figma expertise are excluded from 90%+ of remote opportunities.

Do designers need to code?

Basic HTML/CSS knowledge increases remote design job offers by 40% and salary by $10,000-$15,000. Understanding flexbox, CSS grid, and responsive breakpoints improves developer handoff and design feasibility. Design engineer roles (HTML/CSS/JavaScript + design skills) pay $140,000-$190,000, 25% above pure design roles. Coding is optional for UX research and brand design but increasingly expected for product design positions.

How do I create a UX portfolio that gets interviews?

Include 4-5 case studies with measurable outcomes ('Increased checkout completion 34%', 'Reduced support tickets 50%'). Show the complete design process: problem definition, research, wireframes, iterations, final design, and results. Each case study should be readable in 5 minutes with a clear narrative arc. Host on a custom domain—portfolios on Notion or Google Slides signal lower professionalism. Portfolios with quantified results receive 4x more interview requests.

How do remote design teams do user research?

UserTesting and Maze run unmoderated tests reaching 500+ participants weekly at $50-$100 per session. Zoom interviews with recorded consent enable synchronous research across time zones. Hotjar and FullStory capture behavioral analytics on live products. Dovetail and Notion centralize research findings for async team access. Remote research reaches more diverse participants than in-person studies—65% of remote UX teams report better demographic representation in their research pools.

How do I become a UX designer with no experience?

Complete Google UX Design Certificate (6 months, $39/month) for foundational skills and portfolio projects. Redesign 3 existing apps or websites to demonstrate problem-solving ability. Learn Figma through free YouTube tutorials—2-4 weeks of daily practice builds working proficiency. Apply for junior and associate UX roles after completing 3-4 portfolio case studies. Career changers land first UX role in 6-12 months with consistent portfolio development.

What is the difference between UX and UI design?

UX design defines how a product works through research, information architecture, wireframes, and user flows. UI design defines how it looks through visual design, typography, color systems, and interaction patterns. UX designers earn $95,000 median; UI designers earn $85,000. Product designers combine both disciplines and earn $100,000-$160,000. 78% of remote design job postings require combined UX/UI skills rather than specialization.

How long does it take to become a UX designer?

Career changers become job-ready in 6-9 months with dedicated full-time study or 12-18 months part-time. Bootcamps (3-6 months, $8,000-$15,000) provide structured learning with portfolio projects. Google UX Certificate takes 6 months at 10 hours/week. Self-study using free resources takes 12-18 months. Time-to-first-job depends on portfolio quality more than study duration—designers with 4+ strong case studies get hired regardless of educational path.

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Senior Slot Game Designer 40 APPLICANTS

High 5 Games · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

High 5 Games

🌎 India ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Senior Slot Game Designer will lead the creation of innovative slot concepts, designing mathematical models, game themes, and mechanics from ideation through launch. Key duties include verifying all mathematical calculations for compliance and performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive execution.

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Senior Slot Game Designer 16 APPLICANTS

High 5 Games · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

High 5 Games

🌎 Hungary ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Senior Slot Game Designer will lead the creation of original mathematical models, game themes, and innovative slot mechanics from ideation through launch. This includes designing game concepts, verifying all mathematical calculations for compliance and performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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Contract Senior Content Designer

Fueled · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Fueled

🌎 North America ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Senior Content Designer will lead content design across client engagements, shaping clear, user-centered experiences through content strategy, UX writing, and information architecture. This involves translating ambiguous goals into structured content models, messaging frameworks, and scalable content systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph

GitLab · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

GitLab

🌎 Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States 💵 $165K - $200K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Design Product Designer

The Staff Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for cross-cutting platform features and workflows that impact users across the entire product, defining both tactical deliverables and strategic outputs. This involves partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to shape priorities, scope Minimum Viable Concepts (MVCs), and ensure design intent is maintained through development.

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Learning Experience Designer: Corporate Training 38 APPLICANTS

ALX Africa · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

ALX Africa

🌎 Worldwide ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Learning Experience Designer will lead the design and development of high-impact enterprise learning solutions across online, hybrid, and in-person formats, translating business needs into practical, engaging, and commercially strong learning experiences. This involves designing learning journeys that build real capability through modular curricula, workshops, assessments, and reinforcement mechanisms aligned to client outcomes.

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Data Center Design & Assessment Consultant (Part-Time / Contract) - Remote

Franco Pinto · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Franco Pinto

🌎 Egypt ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The role involves assessing existing data center environments, providing improvement recommendations across power, cooling, and layout, and producing clear assessment reports and action plans. Additionally, the consultant will support the redesign of the company's data center support and service lines, including defining scope, SLAs, and templates.

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Head of Experience Design

Revel, Inc. · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Revel, Inc.

🌎 United States 💵 $175K - $225K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Head of Experience Design will lead the vision, strategy, and evolution of the global Experience Design (XD) practice, aligning design excellence with business growth and market differentiation. This role involves managing and scaling a multidisciplinary team while partnering with sales and executive leadership to drive new business and expand existing client relationships.

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Vice President of Mechanical Engineering Design

T5 Data Centers · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

T5 Data Centers

🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Design

The Vice President of Mechanical Engineering Design leads all mechanical engineering design activities for data center development and construction, overseeing strategy, standards, quality, and execution for mission-critical facilities. This role involves guiding subject matter experts and external partners to deliver efficient, resilient, and cost-effective mechanical systems.

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Vice President of Electrical Engineering Design

T5 Data Centers · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

T5 Data Centers

🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Design

The Vice President of Electrical Engineering Design leads all electrical engineering design activities across the data center development and construction portfolio, overseeing strategy, standards, quality, and execution for mission-critical facilities. This role guides subject matter experts and external partners to deliver efficient, resilient, and cost-effective electrical systems for complex projects.

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Staff Marketing Designer

Assured · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Assured

🌎 United States 💵 $155K - $185K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Staff Marketing Designer will be responsible for showcasing a deep understanding of design principles while maintaining strong storytelling across various marketing and sales assets, including websites, campaigns, and pitch decks. They will also collaborate with various creative teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality designs and maintain design systems and brand guidelines.

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Learning Experience Designer (US ONLY - Remote) 17 APPLICANTS

FreedomCare · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

FreedomCare

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $80000 per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Learning Experience Designer is responsible for designing and developing engaging, outcome-driven learning solutions across various modalities to drive measurable behavior change and improve workforce performance. This involves partnering with stakeholders to translate operational needs into effective learning experiences using modern instructional design practices and emerging technologies like AI.

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Instructional Designer (US ONLY - Remote)

FreedomCare · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

FreedomCare

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $80000 per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Instructional Designer

The Learning Experience Designer is responsible for designing and delivering scalable, high-impact learning solutions that drive measurable behavior change and improve performance across the workforce. This involves partnering with leaders and SMEs to translate operational needs into engaging, effective learning experiences using modern instructional design practices.

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Sr. UX/UI designer

Centific · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Centific

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design UI Designer

The Senior UX/UI Designer will lead the redesign of user onboarding and cross-platform experiences for mobile and web applications, focusing on creating seamless, consistent, and intuitive workflows. Key tasks include optimizing end-to-end onboarding, conducting user journey mapping, and leveraging AI-assisted tools for rapid prototyping and ideation.

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Design Task Leader / Senior Project Manager - Desalination

Ardurra · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Ardurra

🌎 United States 💵 $150K - $225K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Design Project Manager

The Design Task Leader / Senior Project Manager leads the full lifecycle delivery of complex desalination and advanced treatment projects through design, construction, and commissioning, maintaining full accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client outcomes. This role involves serving as a senior technical leader for desalination systems, overseeing technical deliverables, and guiding multidisciplinary teams across all project phases.

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Performance Art Director

Right Side Up · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Right Side Up

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Art Director

The role involves conceptualizing and executing high-performing ad creative across paid channels, presenting concepts to clients, and leading creative production for various assets. Consultants will collaborate with growth and media teams to align strategy and iterate on creative based on performance data.

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Product Design Lead

Goodbill · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Goodbill

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Product Design Lead will own the end-to-end design process, from discovery through production, while simultaneously building a scalable and consistent design system from an early-stage component library. They will also be responsible for designing AI-native experiences and shipping code incrementally using AI-assisted tools.

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Digital Product Designer

Remote People · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Remote People

🌎 Malaysia ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Product Designer

The role involves translating complex technical ideas, such as machine learning and automation, into engaging visual content through diagrams, journey mapping, and data visualization. Key tasks include collaborating with stakeholders to evolve the visual identity and creating various assets like campaign visuals, collateral, and presentation decks.

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Commissioning Art Director - Contract

Hasbro · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Hasbro

🌎 United States 💵 $53.8 - $80.67 per hour ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Art Director

The role involves commissioning a high volume of artwork by identifying illustrators, providing continuous art direction, maintaining partner relationships, and updating producers on art status. Responsibilities also include reviewing print-ready files and participating in creative expression and process improvement brainstorms.

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Instructional Designer II

IntelliPro Group Inc. · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

IntelliPro Group Inc.

🌎 United States 💵 $60 - $65 per hour ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Instructional Designer

The role involves applying adult learning principles to develop high-impact sales training content, authoring and editing enablement materials for accuracy, and managing project-level enablement operations like system hygiene and version control. Additionally, the designer will measure program effectiveness using performance data and feedback to drive continuous improvement.

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Senior Product Designer

Kota · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Kota

🌎 Ireland ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design Product Designer

The Senior Product Designer will own key web product areas from initial concepts through to shipped implementation, focusing on turning ambiguous problems into clear flows, interfaces, and interaction models. They will also be responsible for raising the quality bar through design quality, collaboration, and identifying/designing reusable components and patterns.

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Senior Branding Designer

DotYeti Design · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

DotYeti Design

🌎 Indonesia ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Senior Branding Designer will be responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive brand guidelines, including logos, typography, and color schemes, while driving the brand's visual strategy across all platforms. Key duties involve leading the creation of brand assets for digital and print channels and ensuring design consistency through quality assurance and stakeholder communication.

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Product & Marketing Designer (Contract)

Valital Technologies · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Valital Technologies

🌎 Canada ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design

The designer will be responsible for refining the brand identity, designing UI mockups and visuals for new product features, and updating the company website. They will also create various marketing assets, sales materials, and ensure visual consistency across all brand touchpoints.

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UI/UX Designer

Leap Tools · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Leap Tools

🌎 Canada 💵 70000 - 100K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design UX Designer

The role involves creating cutting-edge UI/UX experiences using Figma, systematizing design by reusing concepts while considering engineering implications, and ensuring design integrity across new products and features. The designer will also leverage data-driven insights from testing and collaborate cross-functionally with developers and product teams to refine designs based on user needs.

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UI/UX Designer (f/m/d) - Remote in Germany

Synera GmbH · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Synera GmbH

🌎 Germany 💵 €50800 - €84100 per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design UX Designer

The designer will shape how engineers interact with complex simulation and analysis tools through an automation platform, focusing on visual programming and AI-powered workflow building. Responsibilities span the full design cycle, including driving discovery, mapping technical user journeys, and owning UX concepts and UI design for features like node interfaces and the AI workflow builder.

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Photo Editor

Trafilea · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Trafilea

🌎 Argentina ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Editor

The role involves high-volume photo editing across global campaigns and product launches, focusing on speed, precision, and consistency to optimize visual performance. Responsibilities include retouching, ensuring color accuracy, performing advanced compositing and masking, and utilizing AI tools to accelerate workflows.

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Sr. User Experience Researcher (Remote) 12 APPLICANTS

Rula · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Rula

🌎 United States 💵 $180K - $212K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design

The Senior User Experience Researcher will lead end-to-end research initiatives to deeply understand patient needs and translate those insights into product experiences that improve mental health care access. This involves partnering with Product, Design, Engineering, and Data teams to ensure decisions are grounded in user insights and defining research roadmaps.

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Senior Product Designer

Fetch · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Fetch

🌎 United States 💵 $149K - $175K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Product Designer

The Senior Product Designer will lead efforts within a focused team to measurably improve people’s lives by taking ownership and significantly impacting the final product experience within the Fetch app. Responsibilities include leading design critiques, influencing team decisions, exploring new opportunities, and launching features into production within the first year.

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Graphic Designer

Fusion Growth Partners · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

Fusion Growth Partners

🌎 Philippines 💵 $500 - $900 per month ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Design Graphic Designer

The Graphic Designer will collaborate with US-based partners via Zoom to create and refine designs in real time, developing compelling logos, layouts, and visual assets for both digital and print media. Responsibilities also include designing engaging marketing materials while ensuring all work aligns with brand standards and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

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Design Manager

WD Partners · Full Time · 19 Weeks Ago

WD Partners

🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Design Design Manager

The Design Manager will be responsible for coordinating and directing daily project work and internal team communications, while also managing external communication with the client. This involves collaborating with prototype designers across disciplines to develop brand-compliant solutions and ensuring all work accurately meets client specifications.

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