Societ Nonprofit Solutions
Senior UX and Product Design Consultant (Part-time)
About this role
Senior UX & Product Design Consultant (Part-Time Contract) 2 Days per Week | Remote About Societ Societ is a leading software company dedicated to empowering nonprofit organizations. Our integrated platform provides case management, donor management, fundraising, and financial processing solutions that help nonprofits focus on what matters most—their mission. As we continue to grow our platform, we're looking for a senior product design professional who can help transform how we think about user experience across our product portfolio. This role goes beyond creating mockups or visual designs. We're looking for someone who can influence product thinking, challenge assumptions, advocate for users, and help establish a lasting culture of user-centered design throughout our organization. The Opportunity We’re seeking a highly experienced UI/UX professional who can bring industry best practices, challenge our assumptions, and help us build software that is intuitive, efficient, and enjoyable to use. Our product portfolio spans both modern cloud applications and mature enterprise software. This role offers the unique opportunity to influence the evolution of new products from their earliest stages while also improving the usability and consistency of long-established products used by thousands of nonprofit professionals. This is more than a design role. We’re looking for someone who can evaluate existing workflows, identify usability issues, establish UX standards, and work closely with our Product and Development teams to ensure user experience becomes a core part of how we build software. Working approximately two days per week, you’ll become a trusted advisor and partner to our product team.
What You’ll Do
- Help ensure our products not only function exceptionally well, but also present a modern, polished, and cohesive experience that reflects the quality of our platform and strengthens our position in the market.
- Conduct comprehensive UX reviews of existing products and workflows
- Identify friction points and recommend improvements based on established UX principles
- Evaluate new features before development to ensure they are intuitive and user-friendly
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle
- Create user flows, prototypes, and interactive designs where appropriate
- Introduce UX methodologies and best practices into our product development process
- Help establish design standards, interaction patterns, and usability guidelines
- Recommend improvements to navigation, information architecture, accessibility, and overall product consistency
- Partner with Product leadership to influence roadmap prioritization through a UX lens.
- Help evaluate product decisions based on customer outcomes, usability, and market competitiveness.
- Identify opportunities where improved experience creates strategic product differentiation in the market.
- Help balance usability improvements against technical realities and product priorities.
- Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback