Nearshore tech talent

Hire a UX/UI Designer in LATAM. Save an estimated 56%.

UX/UI Designers design intuitive, polished product experiences. They make your product easier to use, easier to sell and easier to build.

  • Time zone overlap
  • English-speaking
  • Recommendation in 7 days

The role

What a UX/UI Designer does.

A UX/UI Designer shapes how your product works and how it looks. They research users, map flows, prototype and test ideas, and deliver clean designs and components that engineers can build quickly. Teams usually bring one in when users get lost in the product, conversion is low, or engineers build screens without designs.

Typical responsibilities

  • Research users and their problems through interviews and tests.
  • Map user flows and information architecture.
  • Create wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity designs.
  • Build and maintain a design system.
  • Run usability tests and improve designs based on results.
  • Hand off designs to engineers with clear specs.
  • Make every screen accessible and consistent with the brand.

Skills & technologies

Design tools

  • Figma
  • FigJam
  • Adobe Creative Cloud

UX practice

  • User research
  • Usability testing
  • Information architecture
  • Wireframing

UI practice

  • Design systems
  • Prototyping
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Interaction design

Collaboration

  • Jira
  • Notion
  • Maze
  • Hotjar

Hiring in LATAM

Hiring a UX/UI Designer with Selecta One.

A strong UX/UI designer connects research to screens your engineers can build. They test ideas early, keep the design system consistent and explain their decisions in terms of your users and your metrics.

What we look for

  • A portfolio of shipped products that shows the problem, the process and the result.
  • User research and usability testing they ran themselves.
  • Fluency in Figma, components and design systems.
  • Accessibility (WCAG) and responsive design from the start.
  • Clear hand-off: specs, states and edge cases engineers can follow.

How they work with your team

  • Join product rituals, design reviews and user interviews on your U.S. hours.
  • Work closely with your product manager and front-end developers.
  • Keep your design system and Figma library up to date.
  • Present work in English to stakeholders and act on their feedback.

FAQ

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How much does a UX/UI Designer in Latin America cost?

Our estimate for one UX/UI Designer through Managed Talent is about $5,471 per month, or $65,647 a year. The same hire in the U.S. averages $109,727 in salary (Indeed), about $148,131 with employer costs, so the estimate is roughly 56% lower. You get an all-in quote for your exact profile before you start.

How fast can you recommend a UX/UI Designer?

Within 7 days of the kick-off we present one recommended candidate, plus two qualified alternatives. You run your own interviews and make the final call.

Will they work U.S. hours and speak English?

Yes. We hire in Latin America for time zone overlap with U.S. teams, and every candidate is assessed on advanced English as well as skills, experience and how they work with others.

UX/UI Designer or Front-End Developer?

A UX/UI designer decides what to build and how it should look and work; a front-end developer turns those designs into code. If you have designs but nobody to build them, start with front-end. If engineers build screens without designs, start with UX/UI.

Can we hire a UX/UI Designer directly instead?

Yes. With Direct Hire you employ the person yourself. The fee starts at 12.5% of annual salary and includes a 180-day replacement guarantee.

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  • 01
    Team Lead

    Florencia Echeverría

    Tech Lead

    Argentina

  • 02

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    Full-Stack Developer

    Brazil

  • 03

    Camila Pereyra

    AI Engineer

    Uruguay

  • 04

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    Data Engineer

    Colombia

  • 05

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    QA Automation Engineer

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Two ways to hire

Managed Talent or Direct Hire?

Both include our search and our recommendation. The difference is who runs the relationship after the hire.

One-time search

Direct Hire

We find your next hire. You hire them directly.

  • Best forA single role, remote or on-site
  • How you payOne-time fee, from 12.5% of annual salary
  • Hiring setupYou hire and manage directly
  • Ongoing supportYou run the relationship
  • Replacements180-day guarantee
Germán Gioffre, Founder and CEOAgustina Franzi, Founder and COO

Your first call is with Germán or Agustina.

You work directly with us, from the first call to the day your team starts.

Germán Gioffre, Founder & CEO
Agustina Franzi, Founder & COO

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