Lead UI/UX Designer for Luxury for e-commerce platform

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TYPE OF WORK

Any

SALARY

TBD

HOURS PER WEEK

30

DATE UPDATED

Feb 23, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

We’re hiring a Lead UI/UX Designer for a luxury lab-grown diamond e-commerce platform competing with Blue Nile and Brilliant Earth.

This is an intensive 8-week sprint (immediate start), plus an optional lightweight retainer during development for QA check-ins and sign-offs.

What you will own in 8 weeks
-Competitive UX audit (James Allen, Blue Nile, Brilliant Earth, Tiffany, GIA)
-Mobile-first strategy and information architecture (80%+ mobile audience)
-Full design system from scratch: typography, color (WCAG AA), spacing, grid
-Exhaustive component library with all states (buttons, cards, forms, modals, nav, filters, loading/empty states, etc.)
-25–30+ high-fidelity screens across desktop + mobile
-Developer handoff: annotated Figma, TailwindCSS-mapped specs, assets, component docs, breakpoints, prototypes

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Must-have requirements

-5+ years UI/UX experience
-Portfolio with 2–3 luxury/premium e-commerce examples
-Experience designing configurators or complex multi-step flows
-Expert in Figma (non-negotiable)
-Deep design systems experience
-Familiar with TailwindCSS / utility-first CSS workflows
-Mobile-first mindset + WCAG AA awareness
-Can start within 1 week
-US timezone overlap required

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How to apply (IMPORTANT)
Subject line must be exactly:
LUXURY-UX-8WEEK

Reply with:

-2–3 luxury/premium e-commerce examples (links) and what you personally did
-1 example of a configurator/builder or complex multi-step flow (link)
-1 design system you built from scratch (link or case study)
-Your hourly rate + timezone + weekly availability for the next 8 weeks

-Short answers (no essays):
How do you design for trust + conversion on $5K–$15K purchases?
How do you structure Figma for developer handoff (TailwindCSS-friendly)?

Applications that miss the subject line or do not include relevant portfolio examples will be skipped.

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