• Own the end-to-end UX/UI design of mobile app features, from discovery to final implementation. • Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs. Work closely with PMs and engineers to translate product requirements into clear mobile experiences. • Maintain and improve the mobile design system. Prepare developer-ready specs, review builds, QA implemented designs, and ensure consistency across iOS and Android. • Use user feedback, analytics, and usability testing to improve key app journeys.

• Own the design of the map experience, with a focus on readability, accessibility, symbol design, and visual clarity for users of all ages. • Design map symbols, icons, labels, POIs, route visuals, zoom-level behaviors, and visual hierarchy across the map. • Work closely with map rendering engineers to create MapLibre-compatible design solutions. • Improve the treatment of 3D buildings and map layers so the map is easier to understand. • Create map-style guidelines, QA-implemented map designs, and document reusable rules for the rendering squad.

Role Description As a Product Design Lead, you will own the execution of our design vision, managing a small team of designers across multiple teams to prioritise initiatives, drive strategic projects, and foster a culture of excellence. Balancing leadership with hands-on design, you will ensure we deliver business-driven, user-centred solutions that elevate the user experience. This role requires strong leadership, UX/UI expertise, and cross-functional collaboration. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to remove blockers, streamline workflows, and create scalable, accessible designs that align with both user and business needs. What you’ll do - Lead and manage a small team of product designers, ensuring project prioritisation, team alignment, and timely execution of high-quality design work. - Mentor and inspire your team, fostering a culture of feedback, learning, and innovation through regular critiques, coaching, and skill development. - Manage project timelines, roadmaps, and design workflows, ensuring the team delivers high-quality work on schedule. - Maintain a hands-on approach, contributing directly to key design projects while balancing leadership responsibilities. - Partner with product managers, engineers, and executives to translate strategic goals into user-friendly design solutions. - Advocate for user-centred design by leveraging qualitative and quantitative research, usability testing, and behavioural insights to make informed design decisions. - Ensure design consistency and scalability through the use of design systems and atomic design principles. - Champion accessibility (a11y) and inclusive design, ensuring our products are usable by a diverse audience. - Collaborate with analytics and product teams to measure the impact of design and optimise experiences based on data. Qualifications - A strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to lead design teams and deliver end-to-end product design solutions across platforms, backed by user research and measurable impact. - Experience leading and developing design teams, fostering collaboration, mentorship, and performance-driven growth. - Expertise in UX/UI principles, interaction design, and user research methodologies, with a proven track record of delivering results-driven digital products. - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and advocate for design at all levels. - Strategic mindset, with the ability to translate product goals into scalable, flexible, and user-centric design solutions. - Experience managing design workflows, tools, and operational processes to improve team efficiency and output. - Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, effectively balancing multiple priorities while maintaining design excellence. - Experience in fintech or SaaS, with a strong understanding of financial products, compliance, security, and designing for trust. Benefits - A leadership role in shaping the future of fintech - your work will influence design strategy and impact millions of users. - Opportunities for career growth - mentorship, leadership development, and the ability to scale and shape a high-performing design team. - Autonomy and influence - own design decisions, drive cross-functional collaboration, and define best practices. - A high-performing and collaborative team - work alongside talented designers, engineers, and product managers in a culture that values design excellence. - A culture of experimentation - we encourage bold ideas, rapid iteration, and data-driven design improvements. - Competitive compensation and benefits. - Remote-friendly work culture with support for professional development and engagement with the design community. What to expect in the hiring process - Application & portfolio review: we assess your experience, leadership impact, and UX case studies that demonstrate strategic thinking, process, and measurable outcomes. - Preliminary phone call with recruiter: a brief conversation to discuss your background, leadership experience, and expectations. - Interview with senior leadership: a deep dive into your leadership approach, design philosophy, and ability to drive impact. This includes a discussion on past projects and collaboration with cross-functional teams. - Design leadership challenge: a scenario-based assessment to assess both strategic thinking and leadership skills while balancing UX/UI expertise. - Final executive conversation: a discussion with senior leadership to assess alignment with our vision, strategic thinking, and team-building philosophy. How to apply Submit your resume and portfolio showcasing your leadership in managing design teams, driving strategy, and delivering user-centred solutions with measurable business impact. We want to see case studies that demonstrate how you have led and developed designers, prioritised and managed projects, and fostered a high-performing team culture. Your portfolio should highlight how you have used research, data, and experimentation to inform decisions, optimise workflows, and drive success metrics.

Title: UI Designer (Design System) Location: Manchester England GB Job Description: Title: UI Designer (Design System) Location: Manchester 3 days in office, 2 days remote Salary: From £37,910 Who we are: interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’ve seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £80 billion and over 500,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Purpose of the role: This role focuses on creating, maintaining, and evolving ii's design ecosystem to deliver consistent, accessible, and high-quality customer experiences. Working closely with the Design System Lead and the Design System and Architecture (DAS) team, you will help deliver the design system strategy and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the system. The role requires close collaboration with UX, research, engineering, brand, content design, and accessibility teams to ensure the system meets the needs of products, users, and contributors. Key responsibilities Design System delivery and evolution - Partner with the Design System Lead and DAS team to deliver the design system strategy and roadmap. - Contribute to the evolution of system foundations, components, patterns, and documentation. - Balance immediate product requirements with the long-term health and scalability of the system. - Support governance processes and encourage effective contribution and adoption. Asset libraries - Create, maintain, and refine reusable components and patterns within a robust asset library. - Apply systems thinking to component hierarchy, composition, and dependencies. - Maintain design tokens across colour, typography, spacing, motion, and other foundational elements. - Ensure visual consistency across components, patterns, templates, and foundations. - Ensure components are scalable, accessible, responsive, and support multiple use cases. - Maintain naming conventions, variants, states, and versioning standards. Cross-functional collaboration - Work closely with UX, research, engineering, brand, content design, and accessibility teams to create reusable, high-quality solutions. - Partner with developers to ensure alignment between design assets and coded components. - Gather feedback from stakeholders and product teams to inform continuous improvement. - Participate in workshops, reviews, and collaborative problem-solving activities. Documentation and quality - Produce and maintain clear guidance for components, patterns, and usage. - Document behaviours, variants, states, and interaction principles. - Contribute to maintaining consistency, quality, accessibility, and usability across the ecosystem. - Maintain visual design standards across typography, colour, iconography, spacing, motion, and interaction patterns. Requirements Required experience and skills Core UI design - 3–5 years' experience in UI, product, or digital design. - Strong visual design fundamentals, including layout, typography, colour, spacing, and interaction design. - Proficiency with Figma and component-based workflows. - Experience designing responsive experiences across platforms and devices. Design Systems - Proven experience creating and maintaining component libraries and design systems. - Strong understanding of component hierarchy, composition, and dependency management. - Experience working with design tokens and foundational design principles. - Confidence managing complex asset libraries and maintaining consistency across products. - Experience documenting components, patterns, and usage guidelines. - Ability to think systematically and understand the wider impact of design decisions. Collaboration and quality - Experience working in multidisciplinary teams. - Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate design rationale. - Working knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices. - Understanding of implementation considerations and quality assurance processes. Nice to have - Experience with design-to-code and MCP workflows. - Familiarity with Storybook and Zeroheight. - Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and component-based development frameworks. - Experience contributing to design system governance. - Experience supporting multi-brand or multi-platform ecosystems. Success in this role The successful candidate will: - Apply systems thinking to create scalable and reusable solutions. - Partner effectively with the Design System Lead and DAS team to evolve the system. - Build strong relationships across disciplines and promote shared ownership. - Balance consistency with flexibility to support evolving product needs. - Contribute to a design system that continuously improves through collaboration, evidence, and feedback. Benefits - Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution - Life Assurance and Group Income Protection - Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa - 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays - Staff Discounts on our investment products - Personal & Well-being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness - Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers - Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. 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