Senior UI Designer

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About the role

We are looking for a talented Visual/UI Designer, who takes pride in creating great products and experiences, to join our growing User Centred Design department. This is a fantastic opportunity to own and grow the visual language of our digital experience. Alongside a multi-disciplinary squad you will be responsible for the growth, development and establishment of our recently created design system.

You will be an internal advocate for the user and will work closely with product, development, and creative design teams to ensure our design system consistently empowers our internal and external users.

Creating and documenting visual designs that effectively communicate product function and brand identity should be second nature.

You will have previous experience of design systems, with detailed understanding of their operation and be comfortable championing your work throughout the business.

As part of the visual design team, you will be a proactive Owner/guardian of the visual identity, championing the brand and its consistent delivery across the business.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work collaboratively and build successful relationships within our Design System squad, UCD department and wider business to better inform design solutions
- Iterate and improve designs based on evidence and sound rational
- Own the structure and promote UI process and documentation within the Design System
- Support development teams with clear hand over and documentation
- Conform and contribute to organisational design standards
- Working to brand, design guidelines and pattern libraries. Comfortable to challenge and evolve when required
- Work end to end on solutions from concept creation through to working with developers to ensure the design work is effectively implemented and looks great
- With the squad adopt a user-centred approach, being passionate about ideas and design but not precious about your solution.
- Help shape the UI design within HL
- Collaborate and support the UI team to ensure consistency across platforms and develop the teams design approach.
- Present complex information and concepts in a clear and articulate manner
- Share work with colleagues for critique, provide constructive, actionable critique on the work of others and facilitate critique sessions
- Proactively share knowledge effecting positive change across the UI team and wider UCD department

Skills & Experience
- Have excellent knowledge of established design and interaction patterns
- Passion for interface design and interaction, keeping up-to-date with digital trends, techniques and emerging UI patterns
- Excellent attention to detail, with excellent visual design knowledge and experience
- Set up and run collaborative design workshops
- Clearly articulate design decisions and rational to stakeholders and wider business
- Produce testable prototypes using appropriate tools and methods
- Create and document on brand reusable components, building and monitoring UI library’s for our digital space

Why Hargreaves Lansdown

Here at Hargreaves Lansdown, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

Why Us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?
- Discretionary annual bonus & annual pay review
- 25* days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year
- Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
- Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
- Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL’s future
- Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
- Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
- Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
- Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
- An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
- Join HL’s sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
- LifeWorks Discount