Weekly Hours: 40
Contract Duration: 4 months
Working Hours: Available for synchronous collaboration 14:00- 18:00 UTC
Start Date: January 2026
The Product Design team at the Wikimedia Foundation is responsible for building and maintaining the user experience for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The team requires a UX Prototyper for a four month coverage.
Statement of Purpose
The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Design team is looking for an experienced UX Prototyper to support the Moderator Tools team, who works on improving Wikimedia's content moderation processes for users with extended rights.
The contract is for 4 months as leave coverage for the team's designer, with expected start date in January 2026. This is a fully remote position with an initial 1 month trial period.
This person will contribute to a key project prioritized by the Moderator Tools team in this year's annual plan: designing and building high-fidelity, code-based prototypes to explore and validate workflows for the Moderator Homepage.
They will be required to join team meetings on both their product and functional design teams, and share their design work for critique on a regular basis at Design team reviews.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries * . Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$54/hour to US$84/hour with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
We periodically review this list to streamline to ensure alignment with our hiring requirements.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
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