Senior Digital UX Designer
2 months ago
£45000–£55000 yearly
Full-time
Takeley
About the role We’re looking for a Senior Digital UX Designer to join our growing team. In this role, you’ll lead and deliver digital design work across retail and financial services clients, including new websites, complex decision-based journeys and ongoing optimisation initiatives. You’ll play a key role in shaping creative responses to briefs, designing high-quality websites and journeys, and delivering conversion-focused (CRO) solutions that balance strong visual craft with usability, performance and commercial impact. As a senior member of the design team, you’ll take ownership of projects end-to-end, from early discovery and UX thinking through to high-fidelity design and delivery. You’ll work closely with UX designers, developers and QA, and will have a strong influence on the overall creative and UX output of the agency. You’ll be comfortable making design decisions, articulating rationale to both internal teams and clients, and raising the quality bar across the work we produce. This role is ideal for an experienced designer who is confident in leading UX-led digital work, enjoys solving complex problems and is motivated by creating measurable impact through thoughtful design. What you’ll be doing • Leading the design of websites, landing pages and complex digital journeys across a range of clients and industries, • Creating clean, intuitive UI designs with strong attention to layout, typography and visual hierarchy, • Translating UX thinking, research and wireframes into polished, high-fidelity designs, • Delivering pixel-perfect, production-ready assets on time and to brief, • Owning and maintaining high-quality artwork for ongoing, high-volume consumer-facing digital products, promotions and optimisation activity, • Contributing to and evolving design systems and component libraries to ensure consistency and scalability, • Designing mobile-first, responsive experiences that meet accessibility and usability standards, • Collaborating closely with developers to ensure designs are feasible, accessible and build-ready, • Leading and contributing to CRO-led design work, including iteration, optimisation and testing, • Supporting and leading client presentations, and contributing confidently to design discussions, • Leading and contributing to design research activities, including competitor analysis, journey reviews and insight gathering, • Identifying user and business problems, and translating them into clear, usable and creative design solutions What we’re looking for Essential • 5+ years’ experience in a digital design role (agency or in-house), • A strong portfolio demonstrating UX-led digital work and measurable outcomes, • Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, auto layout, shared libraries, prototyping and collaborative workflows, • Good working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator to support image editing, asset preparation and production-ready outputs, • Strong understanding of responsive and mobile-first design, • Strong understanding of UI/UX design and accessibility fundamentals, • Strong experience designing forms and complex journeys, with a focus on conversion-focused, user-friendly flows, • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and rationale, • Confidence working independently, leading projects and managing multiple priorities, • High attention to detail and a strong eye for aesthetics, typography and layout, • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, • Strong UX thinking, with the ability to identify issues in journeys or flows and propose thoughtful, creative and commercially sound solutions, • Passion for design and a commitment to continuous learning and growth, • Strong UX thinking, with the ability to identify issues in journeys or flows and propose thoughtful, creative solutions Nice to have • You’ll work alongside other senior designers, collaborating closely with development and QA teams, and reporting into the Creative Director., • You’ll have a high level of ownership and autonomy, with support where needed, • You’ll be encouraged to challenge ideas, contribute strategically and help shape how design is delivered, • You’ll work across multiple projects, balancing craft, pace and commercial impact How you’ll work • You’ll work alongside other senior designers, collaborating closely with development and QA teams, and reporting into the Creative Director., • You’ll have a high level of ownership and autonomy, with support where needed, • You’ll be encouraged to challenge ideas, contribute strategically and help shape how design is delivered, • You’ll work across multiple projects, balancing craft, pace and commercial impact What we offer • Competitive salary based on experience, • Remote-first working (UK-based), with optional hybrid working in London, • Opportunity to work on meaningful, performance-driven digital projects, • Supportive team environment with room to grow and progress, • Exposure to the full digital delivery lifecycle — from concept to optimisation How to apply Your CV and a link to your portfolio (required)
