UI/UX Designer Contract ($130k-$150k annualized rate) Job at AURORA, New York, NY

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  • AURORA
  • New York, NY

Job Description

UI/UX Designer (Part-Time, Remote)

~15 to 20 hours/week | $72/hour (~$150,00 annualized)

Location: Remote USA/Europe

Example Schedule: ~2 hours/day + one full day on the weekend

Opportunity to transition to full-time with equity, vesting from day one

About Aurora

Aurora is the AI-powered Premium Lifestyle Manager for the world’s leading founders, athletes, and artists.

We empower ultra-high-performance individuals to master the art of living across relationships, exploration, and longevity.

We’re a team of tier-1 backed and exited operators united by five core principles :

  1. We seek truth
  2. We are high-leverage
  3. We are courageous
  4. We care deeply
  5. We believe impossible is an attitude

Aurora has launched a globally operational product to a curated cohort of members in Miami and NYC - achieving industry-leading usage.

Now, we’re enhancing our offering and expanding our membership base across the U.S.

About the Founders

Aurora was founded in 2024 by:

  • Jonah Lowenstein, previously backed by Accel, 20VC, and the Co-Founder of Venmo
  • Aurelius Zwick, UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Dmitry Ogurtsov, former Director of Engineering at Workbounce (acquired by ZoomInfo)

Aurora’s Chairman is Alex Macdonald, founder of Velocity Black (acquired by Capital One for $300M).

We’ve raised $2.5M from tier-1 investors, including Boost Capital, Koro Capital, Profluence VC, EQT Angel Fund, the Founder of Cleo, the Founder of Velocity Black, and the President of VistaJet US. With your help, we expect to raise a significant round by Q1, 2026.

Requirements

The Role

We’re looking for a standout UI/UX Designer to lead the design of:

  • Internal operational tools that power our best-in-class member experience
  • Enhancements to our member-facing app and web platforms

You’ll work directly with the founders and report to our COO. This is a high-visibility role with immediate ownership and a rapid path to senior responsibilities.

Why Join Aurora?

  • High Leverage: Design a daily-use product for elite performers - your work directly empowers global impact
  • Cutting Edge AI: Shape the next generation of AI-powered lifestyle systems
  • Category-Defining: Help define the new era of premium lifestyle management - a $10B+ opportunity at the intersection of technology, hospitality, and longevity

Who You Are

  • A user-first thinker who designs with empathy and intentionality
  • Confident prioritizing trade-offs and making high-leverage decisions
  • Urgent with inputs, pragmatic about outputs
  • Obsessed with early-stage user feedback, validation, and testing
  • Excited by the idea of enabling ultra-high performers to maximize impact
  • Passionate about (or eager to learn about) conversational UI, agentic AI, and hyper-personalized user experiences
  • A brilliant communicator, both visually and verbally
  • Experienced & comfortable collaborating with founders and C-suite leaders
  • Fluent in web, iOS, and Android design, with 3+ years of shipping real products
  • Willing to contribute to other priority areas when needed, such as marketing and brand assets, understand we are an early-stage company

Benefits

Perks & Benefits

  • Health & longevity perks
  • New tech setup
  • Annual education budget
  • Access to Aurora’s premium lifestyle management services, including premium hospitality, experiences & exclusive longevity offerings

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Immediate start, Remote work, Weekend work,

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