Senior Design Judgment Research Contributor
Job Description
Your contribution at IXO
Help IXO understand the reasoning behind experienced design judgment. In a structured remote conversation, you will explain how you approach a problem, assess craft and decide when a design is ready for use. Depending on the assignment, you may contribute as the designer being interviewed or as the interviewer guiding the discussion.
What the work involves
• Prepare to discuss a design problem and the criteria you use to judge quality.
• Explain trade-offs in product, UX, brand or another relevant design discipline.
• Distinguish a strong solution from one that looks convincing but fails in practice.
• Describe your critique process and the evidence that supports a release decision.
• When interviewing, ask focused follow-up questions that make the other designer's reasoning clear.
• Review the session afterward and resolve any requested clarifications.
Suitable experience
The role is for senior designers with a developed view of craft, critique and completion standards. You should be able to explain your decisions clearly and support your experience with a shareable portfolio; a website link is useful. Product, user-experience, brand and adjacent design specialties are relevant.
Format and pay
A task or interview is expected to involve roughly four to five hours, including preparation and a short review afterward. The work is remote and recorded. IXO will confirm the interview structure, recording arrangements, assignment volume and schedule before participation.
Pay is $260/hr in USD. The fee applies to the agreed work scope, including the preparation and review time specified for the assignment. There is no guarantee of a fixed number of interviews.
Share only public or otherwise authorized portfolio work. Recording consent and the permitted uses of contributions will be explained before a session; private, unreleased or NDA-restricted material should not be included.