Principal UX/UI Designer
Job Description
We’re looking for a highly skilled product UX and UI designer to join our growing team.
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About you
User experience design
You’ve spent a rich career championing user experience design as an integral part of the product development process.
You’re able to use these skills to pass onto colleagues and clients, educating them on the values of user-centric design.
User interface design
You’ve lead projects that centre around a complex design system, balancing multiple brands, devices or languages.
You’re able to teach your teammates best practices you’ve picked up through your experience and the industry’s latest approach.
Leadership
You’ll have conducted projects for large accounts, working closely with C-level stakeholders, many of whom will have differing views and goals.
You’re used to steering a project team of senior designers to produce their best work.
Strategic partner
There’s a lot more to you than just great design output. Acting as a strategic partner to our clients, you’ll have a great grasp of product strategy and how to roadmap toward success.
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Our ideal candidate
- At least 8 years’ experience in a professional design environment
- Familiar with leading projects in agency or in-house environments
- A team leader who can inspire and bring out the best in others
- An expert communicator who can instil trust in our team and clients
- Someone with an in-depth knowledge of the product life cycle and modern, agile product teams
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About us
Lighthouse is a specialist UX / UI design agency with a focus on digital products. We’ve been around since 2008, helping product teams solve complex user issues using research and design. We work with a wide variety of clients with interesting challenges striving to constantly learn and improve our skills and processes.
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Perks
- Computer + kit for a perfect home working setup
- Quarterly bonus scheme 💸
- Private health insurance 👩⚕️
- Weekly yoga classes 🤸♂️🧘♂️
- Company creative outings and hack days 🎨👾
- Year long agency training programme 📚🎟
- Flexible work location and hours 🕒🗺
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Location
We are a remote-first team with the majority of us based in and around London, UK.
You’re welcome to work from our lovely office – located seconds from Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell – from a home setup or a mix of the two. Whatever works for you.
You don’t have to be UK-based, but we will require you to work within a 3-hour time difference.