Senior UX Designer (UI & Research) (m/w/d)

Senior UX Designer (UI & Research) (m/w/d)

**Company:** eightbit experts GmbH

**Location:** Berlin

We are currently looking for a Senior UX Designer (UI & Research) on a freelance basis for one of our end clients in Berlin.

Tasks:

**Research**

• Plan, conduct and document agreed UX research activities based on defined research objectives.
• Prepare and facilitate agreed workshop formats and document the resulting findings and recommendations (e.g. on-site observations, focus groups, surveys as per agreed scope).
• Create personas and experience maps through user research and data
• Perform a UX Audit to review the existing platform

**Workshops & UX Design**

• Prepare, facilitate and document agreed ideation workshops with designated contact persons and user representatives of the Contracting Authority
• Identify business processes and use cases, define and formalize user journeys or make recommendations for improvement to existing journeys
• Create storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
• Present ideas, concepts and design solutions to various stakeholders
• Design user flows and wireframes based on standards and best practices.

**UI Design**

• Use the Figma design system provided by the Contracting Authority, realize wireframes, prototypes and final UI Design
• Iterate prototypes based on validated research and feedback.
• Provide documented design concepts and prototypes to UI Designers and Developers
• Produce final UI Design in the Nova design system components and tokens (provided by the Contracting Authority).
• Provide a developer-ready handover via Dev Mode.
• Deliver documentation for user flows, interaction logic, and component behaviour.

**Consulting activities**

• The contractor shall provide design-related input through defined project interfaces and agreed review formats. Participation in internal team ceremonies is not part of the service, unless required for specific deliverable-related coordination.
• Present concepts and design solutions to stakeholders.
• Prepare documentation enabling the Contracting Authority to further use and maintain the delivered UX/UI artefacts

Requirements:

• Proven UI design experience in complex, workflow-driven or data-heavy applications
• Demonstrated experience in conducting user tests and iterating designs based on insights
• Expert proficiency in Figma, including design systems, components, variables, and Dev Mode
• A minimum of 7 years' experience in UI Design, Interaction Design, Design Thinking and Information Architecture in an Agile development environment
• 7 years expertise of qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Experience in validating designs, and iterating based on measurable insights
• Experience gathering user feedback, validating designs, and iterating based on measurable insights
• Demonstrated experience in producing user flows, interaction models, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI using system standards
• Solid understanding of information architecture, interaction patterns, and simplifying complexity through clear design
• Experience in creating structured UX/UI documentation, including user flows, interaction logic, design decisions and developer-ready handover documentation
• Demonstrated experience in using Figma, including components, variables, tokens and Dev Mode, proven through comparable project references or portfolio examples
• Proficient in Miro
• Ability to deliver defined UX/UI artefacts independently based on agreed requirements, demonstrated through comparable project references or portfolio examples
• Experience in energy, infrastructure or comparable regulated environments is an advantage
• Ability to use the research tools Condens and UXTweak is a big plus

General details:

• Location: remote / Berlin
• Start date: 17.08.
• Duration: until 31.12. (+)
• Workload: 60% (55 PT)
• Proportion of remote work: 90%
• Language skills: english (min. C1), German language skill at B2 level is an advantage

If you are interested, please send us your skills profile as a PDF, stating your hourly rate and availability. If this opportunity does not suit you at present, please feel free to recommend someone else.