UX/UI Designer

We are Wiser , a global, award-winning Employer Brand agency. We build employer brands to guide the best in the biz into their dream career with our clients. We’re a home for people who think big and expect more. We transform a company’s employer brand internally and externally and change cultures from the ground up.

With creative, strategic and early talent experts in-house, our clients have a single partnership with Wiser and we deliver end to end campaigns helping them to attract and retain the best talent globally.

We believe that people will do their best work when they're in a space that enables it. And that's what we've shaped at Wiser - a culture where everyone can be real and back themselves, surrounded by high performers who take ownership of their career and make moves, no matter what their background.

To find out more about us, take a look at our website wearewiser.com or check us out on Instagram @wearewiser .

Please note this is a London-based office role (4 days per week)

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. 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.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

As a UX/UI Product Designer, you’ll bring 4+ years of experience designing digital products and websites, with a strong grasp of both user experience (UX) methodologies and user interface (UI) design principles and the ability to lead projects. You’ll have a strong portfolio that demonstrates a record of delivering high-quality design solutions.
We are seeking a candidate who can drive creative innovation across UI design concepts, delivering fresh, forward-thinking ideas that elevate usability and visual impact. The ideal candidate will produce pitch-ready designs at a standard that resonates with global brands such as On Running and L'Oréal.

• 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.

  • Conducting UX/Ui Audits.

  • Analysing data sets and collating design-centric key findings.

• 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.

• 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.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• 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.
  

BENEFITS:

• 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.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

You'll play a role in shaping outcomes across flagship clients and set a high bar for the Product Team’s design output. You'll be trusted with autonomy and influence from day one, and make your mark in a short space of time.

THE ROAD TO WISER LOOKS LIKE THIS:

1. Apply (go on, do it!), providing your CV and Portfolio

2. Initial interview

3. Task and portfolio walk-through

4. Final interview with our COO

At Wiser, we’re committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels empowered to be themselves and inspired to excel. We know that true creativity and innovation thrive when diversity is celebrated and everyone is given equal access to opportunities. That’s why we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, ability, or socioeconomic status.

We believe that everyone should feel comfortable and be able to back themselves in an inclusive environment where individuality is celebrated. We’re building a team as diverse as the brands we work with, and our aim is to change the way people think about work.