Lead Designer

Lucky Rabbit is a staffing and professional services firm supporting public-sector and federal projects with technology and healthcare talent. For this engagement, you’ll contribute to a state initiative focused on helping residents explore careers, training opportunities, and pathways to employment. It’s an opportunity to do meaningful design work on a program intended to improve access and outcomes for the people it serves.

As Lead Designer, you’ll take ownership of the product design work for this initiative, helping shape the user experience while partnering closely with client stakeholders and internal delivery teams. This role is especially well suited to someone who can balance hands-on execution with thoughtful research, and who is excited by the chance to guide design decisions in a complex, mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Own UX/UI and product design efforts for a state initiative that helps residents explore careers, training opportunities, and pathways to employment.
• Plan and conduct user research and translate findings into actionable design recommendations.
• Work directly with client stakeholders to guide design efforts and support decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to move designs through implementation.
• Support ongoing design needs within the existing product and design ecosystem.

A few things we're looking for:

• Strong UX/UI and product design experience, ideally 5 to 8 years in UX/UI or product design.
• Experience planning and conducting user research, then translating findings into actionable design recommendations.
• Comfortable owning design efforts and working directly with client stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating closely with product managers and engineers to move designs through implementation.
• Strong Figma skills and ability to work within an existing product and design ecosystem.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Able to travel to New Jersey once per quarter for onsite client meetings.
• Experience with other relevant design tools is a plus.
• Experience in civic tech or public-sector environments is a plus.