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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Onsite
Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work.
At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office.
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A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself!
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Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance.
Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence.
Job Description:
McDermott, Will & Schulte LLP is building one of the most ambitious AI programs in the legal industry — and great design is central to making it work. We're looking for a UX Designer to serve as the design authority across our AI Solutions Delivery team: advising analysts on UX approaches, setting the quality bar for every user-facing solution we ship, and stepping in to drive design directly when it matters most. This is not a production design role. It's a judgment role — for a designer who can look at an AI-generated interface and immediately know what's right, what's wrong, and exactly how to make it better.WHY MWS
Shape the design language of an entirely new category of legal AI tools — from the ground up
Work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and one of the world's leading law firms
High-impact advisory role — your design judgment directly influences every solution the team ships
Remote-first, collaborative team that moves fast and values craft
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Serve as the UX authority for the AI Solutions Delivery team — advising analysts on design approach, interaction patterns, and user experience strategy for every solution they build
Review AI-generated UIs produced via AI-assisted development platforms, providing precise, actionable design direction to iterate toward production quality
Drive UI design directly for high-visibility or complex solutions, taking ownership from concept through delivery
Establish and maintain UX standards and design patterns across the firm's growing library of AI-powered tools
Conduct lightweight user research and stakeholder feedback sessions to validate design decisions with attorneys and operational teams
Champion accessibility, consistency, and usability across all solutions — ensuring AI tools are intuitive for legal professionals, not just technically functional
Stay ahead of evolving AI interface patterns, conversational UX, and agentic workflow design — bringing emerging best practices to the team
WHAT YOU BRING
3+ years of UX or product design experience, with a portfolio of shipped digital products
Strong design judgment — the ability to evaluate any interface, articulate exactly what's working and what isn't, and direct iterative improvement with precision
AI fluency — you use AI tools regularly, understand their output, and can direct AI-assisted design workflows rather than being dependent on traditional design tooling
Experience designing for complex workflows — multi-step processes, data-dense interfaces, or tools used by professional or expert users
Excellent communication and advisory skills — you can explain a design decision to a non-designer stakeholder as confidently as to a developer
Solid grasp of accessibility standards, responsive design, and web UI fundamentals
Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or equivalent demonstrated experience
Preferred
Experience designing conversational interfaces, AI agents, or prompt-driven workflows
Familiarity with AI-assisted development and design tools, including code-generating and UI-generating platforms
Exposure to legal, financial, or other professional services environments
Experience contributing to or establishing a design system in a fast-moving organization
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
We are tool-agnostic. Whether you reach for Figma, an AI-assisted development platform, a whiteboard, or a live prototype depends entirely on what the situation calls for. What we care about is design judgment — the ability to make the right call, explain it clearly, and raise the bar on everything the team ships.
Successful candidates will be provided with outstanding career opportunities and will receive a competitive total rewards package with the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses.
Target Hiring Range $110,000 - $169,000
Please note that quoted salary ranges are not guarantees of what final salary offers may be. Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. Base pay is only one part of the Total Rewards that MWE provides to compensate and recognize our staff professionals for their work. Full time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk and hear
Employee must occasionally lift up to twenty (20) pounds
Work Environment:
Typical indoor office environment
Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people within this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
