233 Ux Lead jobs in the United Kingdom

• Lead the design process from concept to execution, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity UI design.
• Develop user personas, user journeys, and information architecture to guide design decisions.
• Conduct usability testing and analyze user feedback to iterate and improve designs.
• Create visually stunning and consistent UI designs that adhere to brand guidelines.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of designs.
• Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative design culture.
• Champion user-centered design principles and best practices throughout the organization.
• Present design concepts and solutions effectively to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Maintain and evolve design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency across all digital products.
• Stay updated on the latest UX/UI design trends, tools, and technologies.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in UX/UI design, with a proven track record of leading design projects.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of UX/UI design work for web and mobile applications.
• Expert proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, etc.
• In-depth understanding of user research methodologies, usability testing, and A/B testing.
• Experience in creating and managing design systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to articulate design rationale and influence decision-making.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Creative thinker with a keen eye for detail and a passion for user experience.
• Ability to thrive in a remote, collaborative setting.

Fixed-Term (4 Months)
Remote-first (UK-based), with occasional travel to office in the M5 corridor
70,000 per annum (Pro Rata)

A leading B2B fintech company is seeking a talented and experienced UX Design Lead to join on a 4-month fixed-term contract to provide paternity cover. This role is ideal for a senior designer who can lead UX design across complex digital products, maintain brand and design system consistency, and work effectively in a remote-first environment.

You will be responsible for leading UX initiatives across key digital platforms, ensuring high usability and a consistent visual experience. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive user journeys and polished, brand-aligned interfaces. This position requires both hands-on design and strategic thinking.

• Leading UX design for B2B software products, following established design templates and brand guidelines.

• Creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups.

• Working closely with product and development teams to understand user needs and deliver intuitive design solutions.

• Supporting documentation and handovers to ensure continuity post-contract.

• Contributing to stakeholder discussions and design iteration processes.

Skills & Experience

Required:

• Strong UX/UI design experience, ideally within B2B or fintech sectors.

• Proficiency with Google Workspace (Docs, Slides, etc.).

• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop.

• Ability to work within and expand on existing brand and design systems.

• Excellent communication skills and experience working in distributed teams.

Preferred:

• Experience in the financial technology sector.

• Basic video editing skills.

• Familiarity with design tools such as Figma or Sketch.

So, if this role sounds of interest then please apply today!

We’re looking for a hands-on UX champion who can turn research insights into simple, elegant journeys and build a cohesive, scalable design system. You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to craft intuitive experiences across our product suite, from core workflows to AI-powered enhancements.

Deskpro builds modern helpdesk software used by thousands of organisations worldwide to manage multichannel customer support. Our platform is feature-rich and highly configurable, it’s used by teams of all sizes, from startups to global enterprises, and has both internal and customer facing use-cases.

With that depth comes complexity: our user experience needs to evolve to match the scale and sophistication of our product. This is where you come in.

You’ll play a foundational role in establishing a unified design vision, championing usability, and shaping user experiences across our product suite. Whether it’s providing strategic insight, or solving real-world user experience challenges across the product, you'll contribute to delivering user-centred solutions that enhance both user satisfaction and our competitive advantage.

• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to develop intuitive user journeys that align with customer expectations and business goals.
• Lead design efforts from discovery to delivery, with an emphasis on clarity, usability, and reducing cognitive load.
• Champion the creation and adoption of a coherent, scalable design system, ensuring brand consistency across Deskpro’s product suite.
• Foster a user-centred design culture through regular user research and usability testing, to inform design decisions and bring the voice of the customer into every iteration.
• Establish lightweight, efficient processes for design collaboration.
• Take a hands-on approach: creating wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity UI, and product copy when needed.
• Provide strategic, UX driven insight for innovative product features, particularly around emerging technologies such as AI.
• Act as an advocate for UX best practices across Deskpro, mentoring team members and stakeholders about UX methodologies, and fostering an effective, collaborative design culture.

This role is about improving how Deskpro works, not just how it looks.

• Redesigning and streamlining user onboarding processes to improve trial conversion rates.
• Improving navigation and accessibility in workflow builders.
• Making multi-channel customer interactions seamless and intuitive.
• Developing intuitive UX patterns for integrating emerging AI-driven features across Deskpro’s product suite.
• Lead comprehensive UX audits to identify areas of improvement and provide actionable strategic recommendations.
• Help teams identify incremental improvements that make a big difference to daily user workflows.

• Lead UX vision and practice
• Develop and champion consistent design principles, patterns, and accessibility standards.
• Manage the end-to-end design process, from discovery and prototyping to validation, specification, development, and delivery.
• Mentor team-members and advocate for UX best practices.

• Build and maintain a scalable design system
• Develop a design system covering typography, colour, UI components, interaction patterns, and documentation.
• Support adoption across product, engineering, and marketing teams to ensure consistent implementation.
• Coordinate regular user testing, interviews, and research.
• Translate user pain points and support insights into actionable design improvements.
• Collaborate across teams
• Work closely with Product Managers to define clear problem statements, success metrics, and validated design hypotheses.
• Partner with Engineering to ensure designs are feasible and implemented accurately.
• Coordinate with our Product Marketing Manager to align in-product copy, visual consistency, and brand voice.

Requirements

• Experience designing user-centric digital products, ideally with 7+ years in UX/UI or product design (or equivalent experience).
• Strong portfolio demonstrating ability to own and create scalable design systems in complex products end-to-end.
• Experience building, managing, and scaling design systems, ideally within a growing technology company.
• Bring strong user research and analytics skills, with an ability to translate insights into actionable designs for product improvement.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Combine pragmatic thinking with creativity, ensuring design outcomes are both innovative and aligned with business objectives.
• Balances research with delivery, acting when needed to keep projects moving forward while ensuring designs are grounded in user needs.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, particularly when explaining design choices and strategies to stakeholders.
• Proficiency with tools such as Figma or similar design and prototyping platforms, to design and maintain component libraries, and production-ready assets.
• An interest in exploring how AI can augment and facilitate the process.
• Understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
• Show leadership potential, mentorship experience, and passion for building and growing a user-centric, UX driven culture.

If you don’t meet every requirement but are excited about this role, we’d still love to hear from you.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary.
• A mixture of autonomy over your own work and real responsibilities to the team and business.
• Your choice of equipment (a lot of our team like MacBooks with two 4k monitors)
• We facilitate self-improvement: books, conferences, just ask!
• BUPA private healthcare & cash scheme
• Perkbox – giving you access to savings on shopping, gym memberships, eating out etc.
• Hybrid flexible working.
• And the usual pension scheme, bike storage, season ticket loans, death in service etc.

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where everyone has equal opportunity to thrive. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process, just let us know - we’re happy to help.

Product Design Engineer

30,000 - 35,000 + Excellent Company Benefits

Macclesfield, Commutable from: Buxton, Stockport, Knutsford, Congleton

Are you a Design Engineer from a Manufacturing background with Solidworks experience, looking to join an expanding, specialist engineering company where you will work on projects from cradle to grave?

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a niche industry for a company who will invest in you with continuous training and development.

The company work within a highly specialised market, and are renowned for their products and designs. Due to a high demand for their services, they are looking to expand their design team.

The role will be based within a tight knit design team where you will be involved in the whole design process.

This position would suit a Design Engineer looking to join a market leading company working on pioneering products.

The Role:

• Working within a specialist industry
• Being involved in the whole design process
• Full product training will be given

The Person:

• Design Engineer
• Manufacturing background
• Solidworks experience

To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact James Gray at Rise Technical Recruitment.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Job Title: Product Design Engineer

Location: Kidderminster

Salary: 32-38k (Depending on Experience)

Role Overview

On behalf of our Client, we are looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Sheetmetal Designer. Ideally you have excellent knowledge, and experience of using SolidWorks.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, supporting the production of precision sheet metal products from design through to programming.

While hands-on programming experience is desirable, full training will be provided for the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities

CAD Design

• Create detailed product drawings using CAD/CAM software including SolidWorks.
• Develop accurate, production-ready drawings in collaboration with surveyors and estimators.
• Support the seamless transition from design to manufacture with precise documentation.
• Manage tight deadlines while maintaining high-quality outputs.

Qualifications / Experience Required

• Experience in sheet metal CAD design.
• Highly proficient in CAD software, especially Sheetmetal toolsets in SolidWorks.
• Knowledge of downstream CAD/CAM process, ideally SigmaNest (or similar).
• Strong understanding of sheet metal processes and machine operations.
• Familiarity with quality control tools and measuring instruments.
• Knowledge of machine troubleshooting and process optimisation.

Nice to have:

• Experience in CNC machine tools (Laser Cutters and/or Punching machines)
• Turret Punch programming

About You

• Technically minded with a passion for precision and process.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Able to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced production environment.
• Looking to step into a leadership role and influence how programming is delivered across the business.

**Sponsorship is not available so you must have the full right to work in the UK both now, and in the future**

• Design and develop new products from brief to manufacture
• Produce drawings and 3D CAD models (Siemens NX or similar)
• Prototype and test designs, improving performance where needed
• Research and evaluate competitor products
• Collaborate with tooling and manufacturing engineers to ensure design suitability

• Degree in Engineering, Product Design, or related subject
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in product or mechanical design
• Proven experience in plastics and plastic injection moulding
• Skilled in 3D CAD software (Siemens NX, SolidWorks, or similar)
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organisational skills