Designer - Senior (Hybrid)

Location: Austin, TexasJob Type: ContractCompensation Range: $75.12 - 78.12 per hourWe are seeking an experienced UX/Product Designer to join our MarTech Planning and Enablement Team and design intuitive, scalable authoring experiences within Sanity Studio. The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to simplify complex content workflows, translate business needs into effective UX solutions, and enhance platform adoption and efficiency.The ideal candidate has strong experience in enterprise product design, CMS platforms, content authoring, and end-to-end content workflows.Responsibilities: Drive the design of intuitive content authoring, editing, review, approval, and publishing experiences within Sanity Studio. Develop user flows, journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that support product development and stakeholder alignment. Define authoring interaction patterns, UX standards, and design principles that enable scalable and consistent content operations. Balance business objectives, user needs, governance requirements, and technical constraints to deliver effective solutions. Partner with experience and design system teams to translate approved client-facing patterns and components into effective authoring controls, previews, guardrails, and workflows within Sanity Studio. Content Authoring and Workflow Design Partner with content strategists, marketers, UX designers, and platform teams to understand content creation, design system, and publishing requirements. Design authoring experiences that support content models, metadata, taxonomy, governance, localization, and content reuse. Streamline workflows to reduce manual effort, improve usability, and enable efficient content operations at scale. Establish scalable authoring patterns that support platform growth and evolving business needs. Research and Validation Conduct discovery activities to understand user needs, workflow challenges, and operational pain points. Leverage user feedback, analytics, research findings, and usability testing to inform design decisions. Validate concepts and prototypes with stakeholders and end users. Use qualitative and quantitative inputs to continuously improve platform usability and adoption. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Content Strategists, Engineers, Architects, and Design peers throughout the product lifecycle. Collaborate with development teams to ensure authoring interface designs are feasible, scalable, and aligned with platform capabilities. Facilitate workshops and working sessions to align on requirements, workflows, and user experience decisions. Advocate for user-centered design and content first thinking while balancing delivery timelines and business priorities. Qualifications: 7+ years of Product Design, UX Design, Service Design, or related experience. 3+ years focused on experience with content-first authoring within headless CMS systems. Proven experience designing enterprise applications, workflow-based platforms, or content management solutions. Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design across complex business problems. Expertise in user-centered design methodologies, interaction design, information architecture, and usability principles. Ability to translate complex business requirements into intuitive and scalable user experiences. Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Experience working in Agile product development environments. JOBID: 092026-146311#PLEqual Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on creativetechgigs.com offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days.