UI Designer

UI Designer

Posted Today by Apex Systems US

£78 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
London

Summary: The UI Designer role in London is a fixed-term position requiring a skilled visual designer with a strong background in UX and UI. The candidate will autonomously deliver design work for advertising campaigns, collaborating with various teams to create customer-centered solutions. The position demands a solid portfolio showcasing design skills and an understanding of current design trends. The contract is for 40 hours per week, with a duration of 8 months and potential extensions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • UI design, motion ideas, and designs for innovative advertising experiences for global brands.
  • Create customer centered campaign executions by integrating marketing objectives, target audience, creative assets, design and motion patterns into intuitive solutions.
  • Independently lead campaign executions and collaborate with EU/US design teams.
  • Create on-brand design solutions for all owned and operated channels that meet measurable business goals.
  • Partner with and/or lead senior art directors, copywriters, designers, program managers, developers, and content producers to create customer-focused solutions that deliver on advertiser objectives.
  • Deliver high-quality look and feel and designs for campaigns across different touch-points.
  • Make creative trade-off decisions between teams, clients, and end-customer needs.
  • Measure and evaluate current processes within the department and improve them through documentation.

Key Skills:

  • Experience working in advertising, design departments, digital media, marketing.
  • Proven experience in design / communications experience at advertising agencies and/or in-house creative departments.
  • An online creative portfolio demonstrating design skill-set.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating creative thinking and process, visual design skills, and interactive/digital advertising experiences that solve for a customer/business problem.
  • In-depth understanding of industry design tools (Ex. Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, WebFlow).
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Experience managing projects in a fast pace environment.
  • Ability to prioritize various tasks effectively to meet even challenging deadlines.
  • Experience working cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets.
  • Adaptable and quick to learn new processes and tools, demonstrating strong technical/operational capabilities.
  • Self-directed, goal-oriented and flexible, enjoying working in a fast-paced and at times ambiguous environment.
  • Understanding of technical integration of ideas, and the ability to build relationships with development roles and designers.
  • Proficiency in English.

Salary (Rate): £78/hour

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Title: UI Designer

Location: London (onsite role)

Contract Type: 40 hours per week, Fixed term Agency contract – Inside IR35

Duration: 8 months with extensions

Compensation: £70-78 per hour (negotiable depending on experience)

We’re looking for a Visual Designer with exceptional craft and execution skills that can autonomously deliver work on execution briefs. This will enable them to take the right design decision and understanding how to improve it. The visual designer should also have a solid understanding of UX and UI. The candidate should feel confident in the visual field and be interested in making pitch decks, mockup and interactive prototypes. They should also working on design tasks as well as creative and innovative ideas when required. Their portfolio should contain great examples of crafts and design, and they should be up to date with global trends in design. Sponsorships or theatrical experience and client-facing presentation skills are preferable.

Key job responsibilities

The following are key responsibilities of the Visual Designer:

  • UI design, motion ideas, and designs for innovative advertising experiences for global brands.
  • Create customer centered campaign executions by integrating marketing objectives, target audience, creative assets, design and motion patterns into intuitive solutions.
  • Independently lead campaign executions and collaborate with EU/US design teams.
  • Create on-brand design solutions for all owned and operated channels that meet measurable business goals.
  • Partner with and/or lead senior art directors, copywriters, designers, program managers, developers, and content producers to create customer-focused solutions that deliver on advertiser objectives
  • Deliver high-quality look and feel and designs for campaigns across different touch-points.
  • Make creative trade-off decisions between teams, clients, and end-customer needs.
  • Measure and evaluate current processes within the department and improve them through documentation.

Basic qualifications

  • Experience working in advertising, design departments, digital media, marketing.
  • Proven experience in design / communications experience at advertising agencies and/or in-house creative departments
  • An online creative portfolio demonstrating design skill-set. Strong portfolio demonstrating creative thinking and process, visual design skills, and interactive/digital advertising experiences that solve for a customer/business problem.
  • In-depth understanding of industry design tools (Ex. Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, WebFlow)
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Experience managing projects in a fast pace environment.
  • Ability to prioritize various tasks effectively to meet even challenging deadlines.
  • Experience working cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets.
  • Adaptable and quick to learn new processes and tools, demonstrating strong technical/operational capabilities.
  • Self-directed, goal-oriented and flexible, enjoying working in a fast-paced and at times ambiguous environment.
  • Understanding of technical integration of ideas, and the ability to build relationships with development roles and designers.
  • Proficiency in English