User Experience Designer Frontend Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Company Description

At Shaker, we believe people can do impactful things. Especially our people. In this role, you’ll help us transform companies by connecting them to the right solutions for their most complex talent needs. Focused on helping organizations enhance their recruitment and retention results, you’ll collaborate with co-workers, partners, and clients to make it happen. Within our tight-knit community, you’ll see the future you create and enjoy the team support to learn, grow, and thrive. What could be more powerful than that? Connect to the Power of People, with Shaker.

Job Description

Shaker Recruitment Marketing is seeking a Senior UX Designer to support the design and delivery of Career Websites across a range of platforms and custom solutions. Our Creative team is growing, and this role is being added to meet the increasing demand for high-quality, candidate-focused digital experiences. 

In this role, you will execute UX workstreams across the full project lifecycle — from discovery through launch. You will own the translation of employer brand direction into clear, intuitive site experiences, working in Figma to build scalable, component-based systems that support responsive design, consistency, and efficient production across CMS and career website platform environments and custom builds. 

You will work closely with the Creative Director, copywriters, developers, and project managers to bring site structure, content hierarchy, and user experience to life — contributing your UX expertise throughout the process and helping ensure designs translate effectively into build environments. 

This role is best suited for a designer who is both creative and structured — someone who thinks in systems, executes with precision, and can operate within constraints without sacrificing quality.

Responsibilities

Career Website Design & Delivery 

• Execute the design of Career Websites from discovery through launch across career website platforms and custom builds 
• Translate employer brand direction into intuitive, candidate-focused career website experiences that drive engagement and conversion 
• Create sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that balance storytelling, usability, and platform constraints 
• Support implementation within career website platforms, ensuring designs translate effectively into build environments 
• Design within CMS and platform constraints while maintaining a high standard of visual quality and UX 

UX Execution & Research 

• Participate in discovery sessions alongside creative directors, contributing UX thinking to shape site structure, content hierarchy, and user experience approach 
• Translate research findings into personas, journey maps, information architecture, and wireframes in support of the agreed creative direction 
• Apply heuristic evaluation and accessibility reviews to strengthen the quality of delivered experiences 

Design Systems & Figma 

• Design responsive layouts in Figma using scalable components, auto layout, and repeatable systems 
• Build and maintain design systems that support speed, consistency, and reuse across Career Website projects 
• Contribute to the evolution of UX patterns, interaction standards, and documentation in alignment with the Creative Director's frameworks 
• Apply and maintain design processes, templates, and component libraries to improve efficiency and quality 

Developer Handoff & Collaboration 

• Prepare thorough developer-ready specifications and annotations in Figma 
• Partner with front-end developers during implementation to ensure design fidelity across responsive states and edge cases 
• Communicate interaction states, responsive behavior, and platform-specific constraints clearly in handoff documentation 

Collaboration & Team Contribution 

• Present design concepts and articulate creative rationale to internal- and client-facing audiences alongside creative directors and team members 
• Ensure accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) are met across all designs, including responsive behavior, contrast, and usability best practices 
• Provide peer-level feedback and guidance to creative team members, as needed 
• Partner with creative team leaders to develop repeatable processes for our Career Websites practice 
• Partner with project managers to meet timelines and deliverables 
• Collaborate with developers to ensure design is structured for flexible, modular content systems 

Qualifications

Experience 

• Bachelor's degree 
• 5+ years of experience in web, UX, or digital design 
• Strong portfolio demonstrating responsive, system-based web design across website projects 
• Agency experience strongly preferred — you are comfortable navigating multiple clients and timelines 

Technical Skills 

• Advanced proficiency in Figma including auto layout, components, variants, design tokens, and design systems 
• Experience designing responsive layouts and scalable systems, not just static pages 
• Experience designing within CMS or platform environments 
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and responsive design best practices 
• Ability to contribute UX thinking to discovery, including sitemaps, wireframes, and information architecture 
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS sufficient to communicate technical constraints with developers 

Soft Skills 

• Strong communicator who can clearly explain design decisions to creative peers, developers, and clients 
• Highly organized and self-directed; able to manage competing priorities across multiple projects 
• Collaborative and receptive to direction — you work well within a creative team structure and incorporate feedback effectively 
• Curious and opinionated about digital experiences with a mindset oriented toward continuous improvement 
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to operate within constraints without sacrificing quality 

Nice to Have 

• Familiarity with recruitment marketing, employer branding, or career site platforms 
• Experience with content strategy, copywriting collaboration, or SEO considerations for web 
• Exposure to motion design or micro-interaction prototyping 
• Knowledge of AI-assisted design tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly) for concept exploration 

Additional Information

What Does Your Day Look Like?

• Collaborating with creative directors, writers, developers, and PMs to move Career Website projects forward 
• Building and iterating on designs in Figma using component-based systems 
• Working through responsive states and edge cases across devices 
• Participating in discovery sessions and contributing UX thinking to site structure and Career Website experience decisions 
• Supporting design presentations to internal teams and clients, and incorporating feedback into your work 
• Adapting designs to platform constraints while maintaining creative integrity 
• Contributing to improving how the team designs and delivers Career Websites 

Rewards and Career Advantages 

Within a culture defined by energy, fun, and talent, our team enjoys competitive pay, health and financial benefits, and the opportunity to work among innovative, friendly colleagues.  

About Us

Shaker Recruitment Marketing is the leading full-service talent marketing agency redefining how organizations attract, hire, and retain talent. With 75 years of expertise in branding, talent attraction, media, MarTech, and analytics, Shaker delivers strategies that lead with insight, fueled by creativity, and grounded in a legacy of trust and innovation.