Digital Product & Information Design Specialist (Subcontractor)

Project: Elevate Quantum INCLUDE – Quantum Talent Pathways Connecting Colorado ImplementationContract structure: Subcontracted through GO Learning, sponsored and supported by ActivateWorkTimeline: July 2026 – March 2027Time commitment: Approximately 10–15 hours/month, very flexibleCompensation: Up to $2,000/month, up to $24,000 total

The opportunity

This role supports work across Elevate Quantum employer communities, CDLE, Connecting Colorado, Colorado Thrives, and other partners shaping quantum and quantum-adjacent talent pathways across Colorado and the Mountain West.

The strategy, content models, and Jobs/Skills and Educator Matrices are being developed by project leads. Your role is to own the experience layer: turning existing information architecture, employer trend data, and pathway content into accessible, usable, and visually compelling digital products that help partners see, navigate, and act on complex workforce information.

What you'll do

• Turn existing information architecture into intuitive digital layouts and flows that help users explore roles, skills, pathways, and employer trends in the quantum and quantum-adjacent workforce.
• Design screens, views, and artifacts such as layouts, tables, cards, comparisons, pathway views, simple dashboards, and diagrams that make dense information easier to scan and understand.
• Create visual treatments of employer and workforce trends so patterns and insights are clearer to employers, educators, workforce teams, and other stakeholders.
• Design with implementation in mind, producing assets and specifications that can be adapted across workforce tools, shared communications, and partner-facing resources.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback from Elevate Quantum partners, employer communities, public-sector stakeholders, and education and workforce collaborators.
• Capture reusable patterns and simple standards so future phases can build from a coherent design system rather than starting over.

Who you are

You're a product-minded designer who likes working at the intersection of UI design, information architecture, and visual communication. You know how to take structured but complex content and turn it into digital experiences that feel clear, useful, and human.

You likely bring experience in some mix of:

• Designing data-rich or information-dense interfaces, internal tools, dashboards, portals, or resource hubs.
• Organizing complex content for non-technical audiences without flattening the nuance.
• Collaborating with product, implementation, program, employer, education, or public-sector partners to move from concept to usable output.
• Interest in workforce innovation, skills-based pathways, emerging technology ecosystems, and public–private collaboration.

You do not need to be a quantum expert. You do need to be energized by turning important, complex content into clean and useful digital experiences.

Why this role is critical to quantum workforce development and the future of work in the Mountain West

• You turn strategy into something partners can use. The matrices, data, and employer insights only matter if intermediary organizations can see and act on them. Your design work will shape the internal tools and reference assets those organizations rely on to do that work well.
• You influence how future talent is reached. The views, patterns, and structures you create will guide how employers, educators, and workforce organizations communicate about roles, skills, and pathways with future quantum and quantum-adjacent talent.
• You strengthen a multi-partner ecosystem. Elevate Quantum, CDLE, Connecting Colorado, Colorado Thrives, and other partners need shared ways of seeing workforce demand, pathway options, and emerging opportunities. Your patterns and visuals help align those conversations.
• You shape a model others can build on. The work done here can influence how other regions and Tech Hubs communicate about quantum workforce needs and future-of-work strategy.

To apply, please send a resume, a brief note highlighting experience with digital product design, information architecture, and information-dense interfaces, and links to portfolio or work samples.