Summary: The Lead UX/Product Designer will play a pivotal role in an award-winning digital design agency, focusing on creating user-centered digital products for a 12-month contract. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to design intuitive interfaces that meet both user needs and business objectives. Candidates should have experience in the financial services or fintech sectors, leveraging research and design tools to enhance user experiences. This role emphasizes strategic thinking, design leadership, and effective communication throughout the design process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the UX vision, ensuring consistency and usability across all digital products.
• Leverage qualitative and quantitative research to understand user needs, behaviors, and pain points, translating insights into actionable design solutions.
• Develop user journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs to enhance usability and engagement.
• Align design solutions with business goals and technical constraints, balancing user needs with scalability and feasibility.
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and stakeholders to translate ideas into impactful product experiences.
• Conduct usability testing, analyze data, and iterate on designs to continuously improve product performance.
• Maintain and evolve design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency across the product ecosystem.

Key Skills:

• Previous experience in UX/Product Design, with a proven track record in designing digital products within Banking or Fintech.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma for design and collaboration.
• Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and applying data-driven design decisions.
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams.
• A strategic mindset with a passion for solving complex user and business challenges.
• Excellent storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale effectively.

Salary (Rate): 500.00

City: City Of London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT