About this role
Salary: £130,000 - 143,000 per year
Requirements
- Significant experience as a Principal Product Designer, Product Designer, UI Designer, Interaction Designer, or Design Systems Designer.
- An outstanding portfolio demonstrating exceptional UI, visual, and interaction design across complex digital products.
- Proven experience building and scaling design systems, component libraries, and reusable design patterns.
- Expert-level proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools.
- Strong understanding of accessibility (WCAG), responsive design, and front-end implementation considerations.
- Experience working closely with engineering teams throughout the full product lifecycle.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
- Desirable: Experience defining design system strategy in greenfield environments.
- Desirable: Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and modern front-end frameworks.
- Desirable: Experience designing enterprise-scale platforms and complex user journeys.
- Desirable: Background delivering products in regulated, public sector, or highly governed environments.
- Desirable: Experience contributing to product strategy while remaining hands-on with design delivery.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the visual design language across multiple digital products.
- Create high-fidelity UI designs, interactive prototypes, and detailed design specifications.
- Lead the development and governance of a scalable design system, including reusable components, design tokens, and documentation.
- Define interaction patterns that deliver intuitive, accessible, and consistent user experiences.
- Work closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and design quality.
- Translate complex business and technical requirements into simple, engaging interfaces.
- Champion accessibility, usability, and responsive design best practices.
- Help shape design standards and establish UI governance across the wider organisation.
Technologies
- CSS
- Figma
- Support
- UX UI Design
More
Were looking for an exceptional Principal Product Designer to help build a large-scale digital platform from the ground up. This greenfield opportunity involves defining the visual identity, interaction patterns, and design standards for a suite of modern digital products, while establishing a scalable design system. Youll work closely with Product, Engineering, and senior stakeholders to create user experiences and help shape a platform designed to support products for years to come. The contract is six months, paying £500–£550 per day inside IR35. The role is based in London with a hybrid arrangement of two onsite days per week.
last updated 45 week of 2026