Contract Senior UX/UI Designer - Website Strategy & Design

Contract Senior UX/UI Designer (Website Strategy & Design)

This is a contract position open exclusively to candidates who are located in and legally authorized to provide services in Canada. Applications from candidates located outside of Canada will not be considered.

Kanopi Studios is a Design, Development & Support Agency with a fully distributed team of experts in Drupal & WordPress. Our clients are mission-driven - and so are we. We design, build, and support websites that help their missions thrive. We believe the people behind the work matter just as much as the work itself. That's why we're deeply committed to supporting our team's growth, well-being, and success.

When our people thrive, our clients do too - and together, we build a web that works better for everyone.

As Kanopi continues to grow, we're looking to engage a Contract Senior UX/UI Designer (Website Strategy & Design) on a contract basis.

At Kanopi, we design, build, and support websites for clients who are doing meaningful work. We're looking for a Contract Senior UX/UI Designer (Website Strategy & Design) who can help clients make sense of complex website challenges and turn that clarity into thoughtful, accessible, and effective digital experiences.

This is a hands-on role. You'll lead and support discovery, shape UX and content strategy, create information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and polished visual designs, then present your work clearly to clients and internal teams. You'll be comfortable explaining the thinking behind your recommendations and empowering clients to make confident decisions.

Your engagement will also have you serve as a creative voice in our sales process and marketing process. That means joining conversations with prospective clients, contributing to proposals and project approaches, and showing how strategy-led design can create better outcomes for our prospective clients.

You'll help share Kanopi's point of view through marketing and thought leadership, including webinars, blog posts, case studies, and other informational content.

We're looking for someone who can think strategically, design with care, communicate clearly, and help make the web work better for everyone. This is a fully remote position, and the engagement is managed by the Director of Strategy and Creative.

You can expect to contribute in the following areas

• Lead Project Discovery
• Conduct interest-holder interviews
• Translate research and client input into actionable design direction
• Assess qualitative and quantitative datasets and formulate meaningful recommendations that balance user and business goals.
• Conduct UX, content and design audits and articulate your findings to internal and client teams.
• Conduct and synthesize actionable insights from user research and testing
• Develop Information architecture and content strategy:
• Synthesize information architecture, navigation and sitemap strategy
• Conduct content audits and gap analysis
• Develop tone, voice and taxonomies to guide content creation
• Ability to understand and articulate how content strategy shapes design
• Produce visual design and strategy artifacts including, but not limited to:
• Wireframes
• Page templates
• Interactive prototypes
• Full-fidelity visual comps
• UI component libraries and static or interactive responsive design systems
• Sales and Marketing
• Act as a senior creative voice in sales conversations
• Help uncover client goals, risks, constraints, and opportunities during pre-sales discovery
• Contribute design and strategy perspective to proposals, estimates, scopes, and project approaches
• Contribute to Kanopi thought leadership through webinars, blog posts, case studies, conference ideas, or educational content

This is an independent contractor engagement. Work is project-based, hours will vary, and no minimum hours are guaranteed. Contractors invoice at their contracted hourly rate. The expected hourly rate range for this role is $50 - $70 CAD, depending on experience and skills. Please note the top of this range is firm and non-negotiable.

This is a 100% remote role. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada, reside in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, or the Northwest Territories, and be available for regular collaboration during Pacific Time business hours. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.