2,885 Lead Sound Designers jobs in the United Kingdom

We're looking for a highly conceptual and skilled Lead Designer to join a dynamic creative agency. This role requires a blend of exceptional design execution, particularly with Figma , and the ability to drive the creative vision from initial concept through to final delivery. The Lead Designer will take hold of the creative department, and shape that department and grow with the business.

Key Responsibilities

Creative & Conceptual Leadership

• Lead the ideation and development of innovative, conceptual design solutions across various platforms, including digital experiences, branding, and marketing campaigns.
• Translate complex client challenges and strategic insights into clear, compelling, and effective visual narratives.
• Champion a culture of design excellence, pushing creative boundaries while maintaining brand integrity and meeting business objectives.
• Present design concepts and rationale clearly and persuasively to internal teams and clients.

Design Execution & Tool Proficiency

• Act as the Figma expert within the agency, establishing best practices, design systems, and efficient workflows for the design team.
• Design and iterate on high-fidelity prototypes and final UI/UX designs for websites, applications, and digital products using Figma.
• Oversee the design quality assurance process, ensuring all deliverables are pixel-perfect and adhere to accessibility standards.
• Utilize other relevant tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, prototyping tools) as needed to support comprehensive campaign development.

Team Management & Collaboration

• Mentor and provide constructive critique to mid-level and junior designers, fostering their growth and skill development.
• Manage project timelines and resource allocation for the design team in collaboration with Project Managers.
• Serve as the primary design point-of-contact on key projects, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams (Strategy, Copy, Development).

Qualifications

• Solid professional design experience at a creative/design agency.
• A world-class portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, a diverse range of projects, and expert proficiency in digital design.
• Great working knowledge of Figma is non-negotiable, including deep knowledge of auto layout, components, variables, and team library management.
• Proven ability to take projects from abstract concepts to final production-ready files.
• Strong understanding of contemporary design trends, usability principles, front-end development capabilities, and responsive design best practices.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Creative Designer / Creative Lead / Lead Designer - Chester / Cheshire (hybrid) - Digital & Print / Adobe Creative / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Web / Mobile / UX/UI / Content design / Animation / Video Editing

We are looking for a Designer who wants to be a Lead Designer / Creative Lead, who wants to join a high energy, all action Content & Marketing team, who work across health, leisure and fitness.

You'll be the Lead Designer in a team of 2 and while prior experience in a Lead role isn't a must have you must be able to show what you can bring to the role.

The responsibilities are split into 2 main parts:

• Leadership, mentorship, guidance, development & progression of another Designer.
• Strategic interpretation of marketing campaigns, critiquing, enhancing, and elevating marketing's ideas and bringing them to life.

Within the role you'll be the go-to for all things creative & design over print, digital, web and mobile. The team are very modern, collaborative and innovative in their industry. They are looking to push boundaries in their work and stand-out.

To be considered for the role you'll need to be confident in full Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.) over a wide range of online and offline / print designs. Any additional experience with the below would be beneficial, but can be picked up.

You'll join a team that trust in your ability and your ideas, who want to facilitate progression and don't put red tape on creativity.

Role overview:

• Lead creative and design for the business
• Digital & print/offline design - full lifecycle from research, strategy and concept design through to inception/production.
• Work with the Marketing Manager to bring ideas to life.
• Customer & user research and segmentation.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to produce eye-catching, clear, fit for purpose designs inline with brand guidelines and company voice.
• Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• UX/UI - with a focus on UX for customer demographic. Wireframes & mock-ups for web and mobile. Figma (ideally) or XD
• Be involved in content creation for social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter / X, TikTok.
• Aid in videography, editing & animation - Premiere Pro, After Effects, Lightroom (not a dealbreaker)

The role is varied and you'll need to be organised and be adaptable. You'll have the full support of the wider Marketing team and you're own training budget for upskilling in any of the above.

The role is based in the Chester HQ, with additional travel to sites in Cheshire needed when applicable. You'll need to be able to drive and have you're own transport. The team go into the office 1-2 days a week, with the other days WFH. They offer flexible hours and have a non-corporate, casual way of working.

Salary is up to £30,500, with regular reviews, cost of living increases. You'll get a Mac and home office kit out, 26 days holiday + BH, free gym & leisure membership, additional employee perks.

Creative Designer / Creative Lead / Lead Designer - Chester / Cheshire (hybrid) - Digital & Print / Adobe Creative / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Web / Mobile / UX/UI / Content design / Animation / Video Editing

Lead Designer – eCommerce

Manchester (Hybrid: 1 day per week in office) | Permanent | Competitive Salary

We’re looking for a Lead Designer with a great progression opportunity to Head of Design to lead a small creative team within a fast-paced, data-driven eCommerce agency.

You’ll take ownership of all design delivery across a portfolio of clients, working on everything from high-performing Shopify storefronts to internal brand projects. With a small design team to manage, you’ll shape how design drives results, balancing hands-on design (around 60%) with leadership, mentoring and client-facing work.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, mentoring and scaling a multidisciplinary design team
• Owning creative direction across client projects & internal brand assets
• Turning CRO insights into high-converting designs across UI and UX
• Guiding clients through discovery, scoping and design strategy conversations

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years in UI/UX design
• Leadership/mentoring experience in either agency or in-house settings
• Strong balance of creative vision, user-first design thinking, and commercial awareness
• Fast-paced mindset – comfortable moving quickly from concepts to delivery

What’s on offer:

• Hybrid: 1 day per week in Manchester office (team days & socials)
• Flexible hours & clear career progression opportunities
• Regular time off: quarterly Friday off + birthday off + extra annual leave with service
• Company-wide bonus scheme

Lead Designer

Position type: Permanent

Location: London, Hybrid

Starting: Immediately

We are .

We’re an independent digital transformation consultancy with clients across public and

private sectors. We help our clients solve complex technical problems and provide

human-centred solutions that lead to positive outcomes. We do this with multidisciplinary

teams of strategists, architects, developers, designers and analysts working closely

alongside client stakeholders and end users.

We operate as a flat organisation, and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate

independently, making the most of their expertise. We believe in giving everyone an

opportunity to continually learn and grow in the direction they choose, and we actively help

people to shape the career they want. We take work-life balance seriously, enabling people

to work flexibly where possible and we strive to create a fun and relaxed working

environment allowing our team to thrive.

We believe diversity makes us a stronger company and we seek to employ people with

different ideas, styles and skill sets, each able to contribute in unique ways. This diversity

engenders a richer, more creative environment – one in which our people, clients and

end-users can all benefit.

The role

We’re looking for a Lead Designer to join our multidisciplinary team designing and delivering

innovative digital products and services for our Government and Private Sector clients.

● You will work in multidisciplinary teams, often blended from Solirius, client and

partner staff. You will help those teams create products and services that both meet

the needs of the different people who will use and be affected by them, and help our

clients achieve their intended outcomes.

● You will need to be a strong design generalist (content, interaction, UX and service

design) to lead and have experience using a wide range of design methods in line

with the Government Service Standard and Solirius’ practices, and support other

designers to do the same. You will guide teams through external and internal service

assessments.

● As a Lead Designer, alongside working on more complex projects, you will be a line

manager. You’ll support the Head of Design with building and managing Solirius’

design community and ensuring a consistent approach to produce the highest quality

work.

● You will help us strengthen our design practice through hiring, coaching and

mentoring others. You will help to improve the way we work, developing and

documenting our practices to ensure the work we do has integrity and provides

value.

● You will regularly share your experiences with the team and the wider design

community to develop your own skills and help others improve across Solirius.

● You will lead and support activities to develop new client relationships and accounts

for both the Design practice and wider Solirius team.

Skills and experience required:

User-centred design

● You understand user-centred design activities at all levels, from the ‘big picture’

through to detailed interaction, visual, content and information architecture design.

● You’re experienced in planning and leading design workshops at all stages of a

project, from gathering initial user insights through to testing the usability of a product

or service.

● You’re experienced in user research, utilising different research methods as

appropriate, synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research data and findings, and

are able to communicate insights in an engaging and concise way to engage

stakeholders in data-informed decisions.

● You’re able to understand, facilitate and communicate a vision of change from both

business and user perspectives.

● You’re experienced in creating hypotheses and mapping service experiences from

insights, and defining changes to meet user and business needs.

● You’re experienced at rapid prototyping to test, iterate and validate solution designs.

● You’re experienced at producing concise artefacts (e.g. personas, journey maps,

service blueprints, user stories) to help communicate user and business needs.

● You’re experienced at working with agile development teams and stakeholders to

co-design products and services to meet user needs.

● You’re able to support and coach teams and stakeholders in the use of user-centred

design and agile methodologies.

● You advocate for and ensure high standards of usability, accessibility and inclusivity

for products and services.

● You have a detailed understanding and experience of working to the Government

Service Standard. (essential)

Consulting, communications and productivity

● You’re able to understand client needs and both participate and lead in bid writing

and client presentation activities to generate new business. Prior experience working

within a consultancy or agency setting is desirable.

● You have experience with client account management and are able to work with

client stakeholders to ideate and define new projects, develop statements of work

and are confident in leading large-scale projects to successful completion.

● You have excellent verbal/written, listening and facilitation skills and are confident in

communicating with stakeholders at all levels.

● You have the technical literacy to understand (at a high-level) technical processes,

concepts and constraints.

● You naturally recognise and work within project constraints, supporting colleagues to

ensure delivery of value to the client and their users.

● You’re instrumental in supporting the development of Solirius’ internal culture, tools,

processes and growth opportunities.

The ideal candidate will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as

your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the development

lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors.

This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to continue building an

outstanding career.

Candidates should be open to working in different locations for different clients. Although

most of our work is remote, candidates should be happy to meet regularly in our London

office and travel as client needs dictate.

Senior Designer – Crypto & Web3 Focus

My client is hiring a Senior Designer to lead creative output across brand, product, and marketing. This is a hands-on role for someone with strong design instincts, a sharp portfolio, and proven experience in the crypto/Web3 space.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve brand visuals across digital channels
• Enhance design systems with custom graphics and illustrations
• Design clean, user-friendly interfaces and experiences
• Create assets for social media, campaigns, and communications
• Lead website design and ensure brand consistency
• Produce motion graphics and short-form video content
• Collaborate with marketing and product teams
• Present ideas clearly and adapt to feedback

Requirements

• Strong experience in visual, UI/UX, and motion design
• Skilled in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and related tools
• Proven ability to build and manage design systems
• Portfolio showing creative range and storytelling
• Solid grasp of typography, layout, and colour
• Excellent communicator and team player
• Crypto/Web3 experience is essential

Senior Designer – Crypto & Web3 Focus

My client is hiring a Senior Designer to lead creative output across brand, product, and marketing. This is a hands-on role for someone with strong design instincts, a sharp portfolio, and proven experience in the crypto/Web3 space.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve brand visuals across digital channels
• Enhance design systems with custom graphics and illustrations
• Design clean, user-friendly interfaces and experiences
• Create assets for social media, campaigns, and communications
• Lead website design and ensure brand consistency
• Produce motion graphics and short-form video content
• Collaborate with marketing and product teams
• Present ideas clearly and adapt to feedback

Requirements

• Strong experience in visual, UI/UX, and motion design
• Skilled in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and related tools
• Proven ability to build and manage design systems
• Portfolio showing creative range and storytelling
• Solid grasp of typography, layout, and colour
• Excellent communicator and team player
• Crypto/Web3 experience is essential

• Lead the sound design team, fostering a collaborative and creative environment.
• Define and implement the audio direction for multiple projects.
• Create, edit, and mix high-quality sound effects, ambient audio, and voiceovers.
• Design and implement dynamic audio systems using middleware and game engines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate audio assets effectively.
• Provide technical and creative guidance to junior sound designers.
• Manage audio budgets and schedules, ensuring timely delivery of assets.
• Conduct sound mixing and mastering to industry standards.
• Research and implement new audio technologies and techniques.
• Maintain and organize audio asset libraries.

• 7+ years of professional experience in sound design for interactive media.
• 2+ years in a Lead or Senior Sound Designer role.
• Proficiency with industry-standard DAWs (Pro Tools, Reaper, etc.) and audio middleware (Wwise, FMOD).
• Experience with game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity).
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional sound design skills.
• Excellent understanding of audio principles, acoustics, and psychoacoustics.
• Experience in music composition or directorship is advantageous.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid remote/in-office environment.

• Lead the sound design team, providing creative direction, mentorship, and technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and implement the overall audio vision and strategy for game titles, ensuring it aligns with the artistic direction and narrative.
• Design, record, edit, and mix high-quality sound effects, ambient environments, Foley, and musical elements.
• Implement audio assets into game engines using middleware such as Wwise or FMOD.
• Collaborate closely with game designers, level designers, programmers, and artists to integrate audio seamlessly into gameplay.
• Create dynamic and interactive audio systems that respond to player actions and in-game events.
• Source, license, or create original audio assets as required.
• Manage audio budgets and schedules, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality audio content.
• Conduct critical listening sessions and provide constructive feedback to the sound design team.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in audio technology, tools, and techniques.
• Troubleshoot and resolve any audio-related technical issues that arise during development.
• Contribute to the development of sound design pipelines and best practices.

• A Bachelor's degree in Sound Design, Audio Engineering, Music Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• A minimum of 6-8 years of professional experience in game sound design, with a significant portion in a lead or senior role.
• A strong portfolio showcasing exceptional sound design work across multiple projects, demonstrating a deep understanding of audio for games.
• Proficiency in industry-standard Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, etc.
• Experience with audio middleware like Wwise and/or FMOD is essential.
• Familiarity with game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Strong understanding of acoustics, psychoacoustics, and audio mixing principles.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to provide clear creative direction and constructive feedback.
• Self-motivated and able to manage time effectively in a remote or hybrid work environment.
• Passion for video games and a deep appreciation for the impact of sound in interactive entertainment.