Senior User Experience Designer

**About GALE** GALE is the world’s first and only Business Agency. We bring business strategy to brand storytelling to drive enterprise value. With expertise in strategy, media, CRM, creative, performance marketing, and technology, GALE creates integrated marketing systems and campaigns that grow businesses in significant ways. Founded in 2014, the agency has since been named AdAge’s Business Transformation Agency of the Year and Adweek’s U.S. Media Agency of the Year and has been recognized for its innovative creative at the Cannes Lions. We work with brands such as Delta, Uber, Starbucks, Chili’s, Hard Rock, MilkPEP, Diageo, Cotton, IHG and more. If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, a desire to innovate, and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, GALE is a great place for you! GALE has eight offices around the world, including New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Austin, Denver, Kansas City, London, and Bengaluru. GALE embraces a hybrid, flexible workplace. **Please note: This role is based in New York and is hybrid in office 3x per week.** **What You'll Do** We're looking for a Senior UX Designer to craft intuitive, elegant digital experiences across web and product touchpoints for our clients. You'll work on UX from discovery through delivery — translating business goals and user research into flows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished, developer\-ready design systems. You'll work embedded with cross\-functional teams (strategy, engineering, creative, and client leadership), and you'll be trusted to push back, simplify, and advocate for the user even when timelines are tight. **Who You Are** **What you'll be doing...** * UX design for client engagements: user flows, information architecture, wireframes, and interactive prototypes * Partner with strategists and researchers to turn insights, analytics, and usability findings into design decisions you can defend * Design and maintain scalable design systems and component libraries in Figma * Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure feasibility and quality through build — you don't hand off and disappear * Present work to clients with a clear rationale, and guide stakeholders through ambiguity * Mentor junior and mid\-level designers; raise the craft bar across the studio * Contribute to pitches and new business when needed **Nice to Have** **Who You Are...** * 5\+ years of UX/product design experience, ideally with some agency or consultancy time * A portfolio showing shipped work with clear articulation of the problem, your process, and measurable outcomes * Expert\-level Figma; fluency with prototyping and design system tooling * Strong grounding in accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsive design * Experience working directly with engineering teams and understanding of technical constraints * Confident, plain\-spoken presentation skills — you can walk a CMO and a developer through the same work * Comfort with ambiguity, feedback, and fast\-moving client environments **Nice to have...** * Experience with UX research methods (usability testing, journey mapping) * Motion/interaction design skills * Experience on retail, QSR, financial services, or travel accounts * Familiarity with analytics tools (GA4, Hotjar, or similar) to inform design decisions **Our Commitment to Inclusion** **Our Commitment to Inclusion** We believe in inclusivity and do our best work when people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skills are brought together. Our Core Values are at the root of GALE’s collaborative environment and help to foster a strong community. Our Code of Conduct, Human Resources policies, and executive investment in inclusion further support and protect GALE’s inclusive workplace. GALE is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. **Our Hiring Process** We want you to be just as discerning in making your next career move as we are finding great talent to join our team. Our interview process will allow you to meet a range of people from various disciplines and domains both virtually and in person. Please discuss with our recruiters if you require any accommodations throughout the process to help enable a smooth interview. **Compensation** 100,000 \- 130,000 USD