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About the role
What they do
UX Designers turn product goals into clear journeys and usable interfaces. They map user needs, define flows, build wireframes, and refine screens before development starts. In practice, they help teams reduce friction, make priorities visible, and keep the product logic consistent.
Typical deliverables
- User research plans and interview notes
- Personas, journey maps, and task flows
- Wireframes, prototypes, and interaction concepts
- UI-ready handoff assets for product and development teams
- Design system updates and usability findings
Skills that matter
A strong UX Designer combines structure, empathy, and product thinking. They know how to run discovery workshops, translate feedback into design decisions, and challenge unclear requirements without slowing the team down. Common tools include Figma, Miro, FigJam, Hotjar, and prototype tools used for testing and stakeholder reviews.
- Research, synthesis, and usability testing
- Information architecture and interaction design
- Figma-based prototyping and component thinking
- Clear documentation for developers and product owners
When companies hire freelance
Companies usually bring in a freelance UX Designer when a product needs a fast reset, extra capacity, or specialist support for a specific phase. That can mean a website relaunch, a SaaS redesign, a new mobile app, or a usability cleanup before release. In Vienna, this often fits product teams, agencies, and established businesses that need experienced support without a long hiring process.
What strong experts deliver
The best UX Designers do more than make screens look neat. They ask the right questions, expose missing logic, and connect user needs with business goals. You should see crisp decisions, readable flows, and handoffs that developers can implement without guesswork. A good freelancer also knows when to use plain language, when to push back, and when to simplify.
Best-fit situations
- Product teams need senior UX support for a limited period
- A new feature needs research before design starts
- Existing journeys are confusing or hard to use
- Stakeholders disagree and need a clear design direction
- The team needs someone who can work in English and, where needed, coordinate with German-speaking stakeholders in Vienna
Meet FRATCH UX Designers
Alexander Lechner
Guest lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (Master’s Level)
Last position:
Guest lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (Master’s Level) at FH des BFI Wien
- Teaching & presenting
- Communication
- Effectively communicate complex technical topics to non-technical audiences through lectures
- Guided non-technical students from zero knowledge to confidently understanding and applying algorithms to achieve business outcomes
Emanuel Jochum-Zehetner
Experience Design
Last position:
UX Architect (external, embedded) at Erste Digital
Embedded in an agile cross-functional team, I helped shape how complex banking interfaces look, feel and scale, working with a component-based design system and collaborating daily with engineers and product owners to make sure every design decision was both user-centred and buildable.
Banking, Enterprise Software, Figma, Design Systems, Agile/Scrum
Emanuel Jochum-Zehetner
Experience Design
Last position:
UX Architect (external, embedded) at Erste Digital
Embedded in an agile cross-functional team, I helped shape how complex banking interfaces look, feel and scale, working with a component-based design system and collaborating daily with engineers and product owners to
Embedded in an agile cross-functional team, I helped shape how complex banking interfaces look, feel and scale, working with a component-based design system and collaborating daily with engineers and product owners to make sure every design decision was both user-centred and buildable.
Banking, Enterprise Software, Figma, Design Systems, Agile/Scrum
make sure every design decision was both user-centred and buildable.
Banking, Enterprise Software, Figma, Design Systems, Agile/Scrum
Olena Zaiets
Product & Brand Designer
Last position:
Founder, Author & Producer at Motanchen
- Founded and lead an artistic-research and visual-storytelling project, from concept to production.
- Developed my own animation method, streamlined with AI tools, and grow the audience through publishing and content strategy.
Olena Zaiets
Product & Brand Designer
Last position:
Founder, Author & Producer at Motanchen
- Founded and lead an artistic-research and visual-storytelling project, from concept to production.
- Developed my own animation method, streamlined with AI tools, and grow the audience through publishing and content strategy.
- Founded and lead an artistic-research and visual-storytelling project, from concept to production.
- Developed my own animation method, streamlined with AI tools, and grow the audience through publishing and content strategy.
Volkmar Travnicek
UX Manager - Project Manager - Business Analyst – Requirements Engineer – SAFe Consultant
Last position:
Consultant | Business Analyst – Requirements Engineer – Agile Coach - Designer at ÖBB BCC
- Redesign of system error messages for Jira & Confluence
- Evaluation and implementation of new system extensions
- Analysis and design of new business processes with UX expertise
- Support for the implementation of SAFe
Volkmar Travnicek
UX Manager - Project Manager - Business Analyst – Requirements Engineer – SAFe Consultant
Last position:
Consultant | Business Analyst – Requirements Engineer – Agile Coach - Designer at ÖBB BCC
- Redesign of system error messages for Jira & Confluence
- Evaluation and implementation of new system extensions
- Analysis and design of new business processes with UX expertise
- Support for the implementation of SAFe
- Redesign of system error messages for Jira & Confluence
- Evaluation and implementation of new system extensions
- Analysis and design of new business processes with UX expertise
- Support for the implementation of SAFe
Oliver Schwaiger
UX-UI Designer – Design System
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer at backbone.one GmbH
ux-ui design
- provide dev teams with designs in an agile setup
- minor design ops tasks
- design system governance
- maintain ui-kit and component library
- make use of extended atomic approach
- documentation
- building ready-made responsive components using industry standards (e.g auto layout, design tokens)
- enhance pitch slides
- minor design tasks for CRM and marketing
Oliver Schwaiger
UX-UI Designer – Design System
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer at backbone.one GmbH
ux-ui design
- provide dev teams with designs in an agile setup
- minor design ops tasks
- design system governance
- maintain ui-kit and component library
- make use of extended atomic approach
- documentation
ux-ui design
- provide dev teams with designs in an agile setup
- minor design ops tasks
- design system governance
- maintain ui-kit and component library
- make use of extended atomic approach
- documentation
- building ready-made responsive components using industry standards (e.g auto layout, design tokens)
- enhance pitch slides
- minor design tasks for CRM and marketing
- building ready-made responsive components using industry standards (e.g auto layout, design tokens)
- enhance pitch slides
- minor design tasks for CRM and marketing
Alexander Stern
Founder & Creative Director
Last position:
Founder & Creative Director at OFFF Vienna Design Festival
- Led the festival’s creative direction, managing event planning, branding and content in Vienna
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UX Designers statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Marketing
Top industries
Information Technology, Sport, Advertising
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
80%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
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Average rates for UX Designers & Seniority distribution
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The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have questions? Here you can find further information about FRATCH
A UX Designer usually handles the user flow from first discovery to handoff. That includes research, wireframes, prototypes, usability feedback, and close work with product and development teams. On some projects, they also help define or clean up the information architecture.
Look for strong research habits, clear interaction design thinking, and the ability to explain decisions simply. A good candidate should be comfortable with tools like Figma and should know how to turn messy requirements into structured screens and flows. If they cannot connect user needs to product goals, the fit is weak.
A UX Designer focuses on how the product works, while a UI Designer focuses more on how it looks and feels. In real projects, the two roles often overlap, but the UX side starts earlier with journeys, logic, and testing. If the scope is mainly structure and usability, UX is the better match.
Freelance support makes sense when you need speed, a specific skill set, or help for a defined phase. It is a practical choice for redesigns, discovery work, or temporary gaps in the team. If the work is ongoing product ownership across many squads, a permanent hire may be better.
Yes, remote collaboration is common for UX Designers, especially for digital products. For workshops, stakeholder interviews, or early alignment, some teams in Vienna prefer a few on-site sessions. The best setup depends on how much shared decision-making and testing the project needs.
The first week should clarify the product goal, target users, constraints, and decision makers. A good UX Designer will also review existing analytics, support tickets, or research if they are available. That gives the design work a solid base instead of starting from assumptions.
Judge it by clarity, logic, and evidence. Strong work shows clean flows, clear priorities, and design choices that are linked to user needs or testing results. If the person only shows polished screens but cannot explain the reasoning behind them, that is a warning sign.
Those titles overlap, but they are not identical. A UX Designer usually covers research, flows, and interaction design, while a UX Researcher focuses more on research alone and a Product Designer may cover broader product work including UI. For hiring, the right title depends on whether you need strategy, testing, visual design, or all of it together.
The average hourly rate for UX Designers in Vienna is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 736 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as UX Designers in Vienna, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 80% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers working as UX Designers in Vienna have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as UX Designers in Vienna are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as UX Designers in Vienna are Information Technology (100%), Sport (83%), and Advertising (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as UX Designers in Vienna are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Marketing (83%).
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Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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