Lead User Interface Designer
🎨 Lead UI Designer - 💰Competitive / DOE
🖥️ Enterprise UI. Design Systems. Craft Leadership.
We're partnering with a long-established global technology company that's looking for an exceptional Lead UI Designer to help shape the next generation of its enterprise software.
This isn't a people management role. It's for someone who leads through design excellence. You'll spend roughly 50% of your time owning complex UI projects and 50% supporting other designers, raising the quality of work across the team and helping drive consistency through design systems and UI leadership.
If you love solving complex interface problems, refining dense desktop experiences and mentoring other designers without stepping away from hands-on design, this could be a great fit.
🔍 What you'll do
🎨 Lead UI design across complex enterprise desktop products
🖥️ Design intuitive interfaces for data-rich, workflow-driven applications
🧩 Own and evolve a mature design system, components and UI patterns
🤝 Guide and mentor other UI designers through reviews and collaboration
⚙️ Work closely with Product, UX and Engineering from discovery through delivery
✨ Ensure a consistently high standard of UI craft across multiple product teams
💡 What they're looking for
🎯 10+ years' experience in UI or product design with a strong UI focus
🎨 Outstanding visual craft with an exceptional portfolio
🖥️ Experience designing complex B2B SaaS or enterprise desktop applications
🧩 Deep expertise in design systems, scalable components and UI frameworks
👥 Experience leading projects and supporting or mentoring other designers
💬 Confident presenting work and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
📍 London-based with the right to work in the UK
⭐ Nice to have
🏦 Experience in regulated industries or financial services
🎞️ Motion or micro-interaction experience
🧠 Product Designers are welcome to apply, provided UI is your primary discipline
🧩 Interview Process
1️⃣ Initial interview
2️⃣ Take-home design challenge
3️⃣ Technical interview
4️⃣ Final culture interview
📍 Central London - 4 days/week onsite
👥 Lead UI Designer (Craft Leadership, no formal people management)
💰 Salary: Competitive / DOE