UX/UI Designer | 3-Month Contract
Wiser
London
About Wiser Wiser is an award-winning Employer Branding and Talent agency on a mission to change the way people think about work. We build employer brands to attract exceptional talent and guide them toward their dream career. Wiser is a home for people who dream big and expect more; an environment where creativity and recruitment meet to build and transform employer brands. Our creatives innovate with design, web, film, and marketing to capture what makes companies great. Our recruitment teams introduce the right people to set these companies apart. We believe that people will do their best work and thrive in life when they're in an environment that enables it. And that's what we've created at Wiser - a culture where everyone can be real and back themselves, surrounded by high performers who love to take ownership and make moves, no matter what their background. Inclusion is at the heart of what we do for our clients and how we are building the world of Wiser. To find out more about Wiser and our culture, take a look at our website wearewiser.com WHAT'S THIS ROLE ALL ABOUT? At Wiser, we build world-class careers sites and intranets for clients across a variety of industries, including consumer, fashion, media, and travel. Our Product Team is made up of Product Designers, Developers, and Product Operations specialists, all working as a highly collaborative, agile team. We’re looking for an experienced mid to senior-level UX/UI Designer to join us on a 3-month contract in our London office. The role will support our Product Design Team to audit and design career sites for a series of upcoming global projects. WHAT WILL YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING?
- Conducting comprehensive UX audits to assess user behaviour, identify usability issues, and evaluate the effectiveness of our clients' existing websites.
- Translating insights into tangible design outputs, through sitemaps and high-fidelity wireframes.
- Owning the end-to-end UI design process, from concept development to delivery and iteration, ensuring all outputs fit the client’s branding and brief and meet the highest standard.
- Presenting design concepts and research findings to internal teams and clients, articulating design decisions and rationale to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborating closely with the Product Design Team, driving creative solutions and setting the standard for scalable visual systems.
- Reviewing implemented work against designs and providing clear feedback to our Product Developers to ensure outputs align with design quality.
- Championing accessibility and inclusivity in every aspect of design, exceeding compliance standards and delivering experiences that resonate with all users.
- UI Design Skills:
- High proficiency in Figma
- Strong knowledge of visual design principles, including typography, colour theory, and grid systems.
- Proven ability to design visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces for websites and web applications across different devices and screen sizes.
- Confident in applying motion and interactive design principles to animate prototypes and bring ideas to life.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and a commitment to inclusive design.
- UX Design Expertise:
- Able to synthesise research insights into personas, heuristic reports, and user flows to conceptualise findings.
- Experience in developing sitemaps and wireframes to translate insights into early-stage design concepts.
- Comfortable analysing website performance metrics to make informed design decisions and improve usability.
- Collaboration & Communication:
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product managers, project managers and account directors to understand project requirements and goals.
- Confident presenting to both internal and external stakeholders, clearly and persuasively explaining design rationale.
- Receptive to feedback, with the ability to incorporate it into design iterations.
- Communicates proactively when timelines or blockers arise, ensuring alignment across teams.
- Problem-Solving & Delivery:
- Able to identify UX challenges and propose creative and scalable solutions.
- Balances user needs with business goals, budget, timeline and technical restrictions.
- Comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously and prioritising tasks effectively, working as part of an agile and fast-moving team.
- Experienced in maintaining organised version control, component libraries and clear naming conventions to facilitate smooth development handover.
- Awareness of basic resource management fundamentals, including time management, effort estimation, and time tracking.
- Growth Mindset:
- Proactively seeking new inspiration, techniques and elevations to stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in the UX/UI space.
- Maintains a strong portfolio showcasing your end-to-end design process and impact.
- Experience across the Adobe Creative Cloud apps to support broader visual and motion design needs.
- Experience in the discovery and validation of design concepts with users, e.g. usability testing.
- Experience with project management tools such as Trello, Jira and Asana.
- Previous experience in delivering workshops and face-to-face sessions with clients.
- Client management experience, building relationships, and clearly communicating.
- Be Real. Be yourself when everyone’s watching, there’s no shame here.
- Back Yourself. Believe in your abilities – confidence is contagious.
- Take Ownership. Take it, make it yours, and be proud of it.
- Make Moves. Use your initiative and act with purpose for everyone’s gain.
- Expect More. Push your potential and inspire excellence in others.
- A high-performance company culture that will help you to progress quickly and thrive.
- The chance to develop and work in a fast-growing company, with monthly check-ins with your manager to talk about your progression.
- Regular events and socials to keep everyone engaged and level up our cross-team collaborations.
- Breakfast is provided in our award-winning* HQ in Farringdon, central London (yep, our office won an interior design award).
- Amazing support from our Happiness team who keep our happiness and wellbeing at the top of the agenda.
- Kitted out with a full suite of Apple goodies and any additional tech you may need, with our very own in-house Apple Genius.
- International travel opportunities for client pitches and workshops
- An office environment and team dynamic that will bring the very best out of you.
- Additional wellness support in the form of our performance coach, therapy budget.
- Apply (go on, do it!), providing your CV and Portfolio
- Initial interview
- Task and portfolio walk-through
- Final interview with our COO
Posted 2025-09-27
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