UI Designer

UI Designer

Full-time | Hybrid (London – 3 days per week)

About the Role

Are you passionate about creating intuitive, impactful digital experiences? Looking for your first or second role in UI Design?

Wex is looking for an enthusiastic and creative UI Designer to join our growing digital Product and Platform team. Reporting to the Senior UX Designer, you'll help bring digital experiences to life through engaging user interfaces, polished visual design and consistent application of our design system.

Working alongside UX and Front-End Development, you'll contribute to the design of new features, landing pages, customer journeys and ecommerce experiences that make it easier for customers to discover, research and buy.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone early in their design career who wants to learn from experienced professionals, build a strong portfolio and develop their skills within a well-established, fast-moving ecommerce business. As our first dedicated UI hire, you'll also have the chance to shape the UI for one of the UK's leading retailers.

Purpose

The UI Designer supports the delivery of engaging, intuitive and accessible digital experiences across the Wex website.

Working within the digital Product team and supported by the Senior UX Designer, you'll transform UX concepts into polished user interfaces that are visually consistent, customer-focused and aligned with the Wex brand.

You'll contribute to the evolution of our design system, support experimentation and help deliver continuous improvements that enhance customer experience and commercial performance.

Key Responsibilities

User Interface Design

• Design engaging user interfaces for the Wex website and digital products.
• Produce high-quality mock-ups, layouts and interface components using Figma.
• Translate wireframes and UX concepts into polished visual designs.
• Ensure interfaces are consistent, accessible and easy to use.

Design System

• Support the development and maintenance of the Wex design system.
• Create reusable UI components and templates that improve consistency and efficiency.
• Ensure all new designs align with established visual standards and interaction patterns.
• Work closely with Front-End Development to ensure designs are implemented accurately.

Product & Customer Experience

• Collaborate with the Senior UX Designer on customer journeys and digital experiences.
• Support the design of new ecommerce features, landing pages and promotional experiences.
• Help improve existing interfaces based on customer feedback and behavioural insight.
• Contribute ideas that enhance usability, engagement and conversion.

Experimentation & Optimisation

• Create design variations for A/B tests and optimisation initiatives.
• Support experimentation by producing concepts for testing.
• Learn from test results and customer insight to continually improve design quality.

Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, UX and Front-End Development throughout the design process.
• Participate in design reviews, workshops and planning sessions.
• Present design concepts clearly and confidently to internal stakeholders.
• Support Brand Operations in maintaining visual consistency across digital channels.

Continuous Learning

• Stay up to date with UI trends, accessibility standards and digital design best practice.
• Take ownership of your personal development, learning from senior colleagues and seeking opportunities to improve.
• Contribute to a collaborative, supportive and creative team culture.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• A degree, college qualification or equivalent experience in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Interaction Design or a related discipline.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating digital design projects (academic, freelance or commercial work).
• Good understanding of UI design principles, typography, layout, colour and visual hierarchy.
• Experience using Figma.
• Strong attention to detail and pride in producing high-quality work.
• Good communication skills and willingness to collaborate with others.
• Curious, proactive and eager to learn.

Desirable

• Up to two years' experience in a digital design, UI or product design role.
• Experience designing responsive websites or mobile interfaces.
• Basic understanding of UX principles and customer-centred design.
• Familiarity with design systems and reusable components.
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and how digital products are built.
• An interest in ecommerce and digital customer experience.

Key Relationships

Reports to: Senior UX Designer

Key Stakeholders

• Head of Product and Platform
• Front-End Developer
• Performance Marketing Team
• Brand Team
• Commercial
• IT

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Delivery of high-quality, visually engaging interface designs.
• Contribution to a consistent and scalable design system.
• Accuracy and quality of design handover to development.
• Positive feedback from stakeholders and customers.
• Continuous growth in design capability and technical skills.
• Effective contribution to experimentation and optimisation initiatives.
• Collaboration across Product, UX and Development teams.

Why Join Wex?

Wex is the UK's leading specialist retailer for photography and videography, with ambitious plans to transform its digital experience.

You'll join a collaborative Product and Platform team where you'll work alongside experienced professionals, gaining hands-on experience designing for a large ecommerce platform used by thousands of customers every day.

There's a lot being built. Alongside the core store, you'll help shape new experiences across WEX Exchange (buy, sell and trade), WEX Hub (immersive content) and WEX Service (rentals, repairs and printing). So, this is about creating genuinely new things, not only maintaining what's there.

If you're creative, curious and excited by the opportunity to grow your career in digital product design, we'd love to hear from you.