Lead User Experience (UX) Designer Mobile Platforms (IOS and ANDROID)

Job Title: Lead User Experience (UX) Designer Mobile & Platforms
Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: July 27, 2026 July 26, 2027

Pay Rate: Max $90

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY. The role is hybrid, 2 days a month in the office.

NEED W2 Candidate only

Role Overview Seeking a Lead User Experience (UX) Designer Mobile & Platforms to provide leadership in understanding customer needs, defining product experiences, and shaping the overall design vision for a new customer-facing mobile platform. This role begins as a hands-on design leader and evolves into leading a small UX function.
The Lead UX Designer owns end-to-end experience design researching user behaviors, identifying unmet needs, documenting current-state journeys, and driving future-state improvements while partnering closely with Product and Engineering.

KEY SKILLS:

• • Built and launched a mobile product that did not previously exist.
  • Taken a product from concept through launch.
  • Worked on products that are publicly available and used by customers.
  • Understanding and application of current iOS and Android design languages and design
    patterns.

Minimum Experience

• 8 10+ years of UX/UI or product design experience
• Strong background in user research, interaction design, and mobile design
• Experience across end-to-end product design lifecycle
• Ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive experiences
• Experience with journey maps and design systems
• Proficiency with tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD
• Cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering
• Ability to lead and influence without authority

UX Designer

• Senior-level UX professional.
• Experience designing mobile-first products from concept through launch.
• Ability to create intuitive, customer-focused user experiences.
• Strong understanding of current iOS and Android design languages and platform guidelines.
• Strong potential to convert to a full-time employee (FTE).

Portfolio Expectations (UX Designer)

• Candidates should be prepared to present a portfolio demonstrating:
• Mobile applications designed for both iOS and Android.
• Products taken from concept through launch.
• Customer-focused mobile experiences.
• Understanding and application of current iOS and Android design languages and design
  patterns.