Whiteshield: UX Design Lead (January Start)

Whiteshield; Remote; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global advisory firm is seeking a design lead in Dubai to shape the design language and standards across mobile and web platforms. The ideal candidate will utilize their taste, curiosity, and experience in creating elegant interfaces. Responsibilities include running design sprints, translating complex policies into user-friendly journeys, and mentoring other designers. This role offers creative freedom, flexibility, and collaboration with a talented team across various fields, impacting services on a national scale.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing clean UI, smart UX, and thoughtful problem-solving.
• Experience designing both mobile apps and large-scale platforms.
• Strong communication skills, especially with non-design teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape the design language and experience standards across all products.
• Run research and design sprints to understand diverse user groups.
• Translate policy and data into intuitive, human-centered journeys.

Job description

About Us

We’re a global advisory firm helping governments navigate big, world-shaping challenges. We blend policy, data science, and modern technology to build products that move nations forward. Design is how we turn complexity into clarity — and into experiences people love.

If you enjoy shaping products that matter, you’ll feel at home here.

Where You Fit In

We’re looking for a design lead with great taste, range, and curiosity. Someone who can go from idea → sketch → polished experience, and who naturally thinks about people first.

Ecosystem

• Mobile apps
• Large public-facing citizen platforms
• Government portals and services
• Data-rich dashboards and decision-support tools

If you love turning complex problems into simple, elegant interfaces — this is your playground.

What You’ll Own

Design Direction & Vision

• Shape the design language and experience standards across mobile, web, and large-scale citizen platforms.
• Elevate the Whiteshield visual identity across all products and touchpoints.
• Explore and use AI tools to ideate, accelerate, and improve design workflows.

User Experience & Insight

• Run research and design sprints to understand diverse user groups: citizens, students, jobseekers, policymakers, businesses, and more.
• Translate policy and data into intuitive, human-centered journeys.
• Make complex services feel simple, accessible, and culturally relevant across regions.

Digital Product Execution

• Run research and design sprints to understand diverse user groups: citizens, students, jobseekers, policymakers, businesses, and more.
• Translate policy and data into intuitive, human-centered journeys.
• Make complex services feel simple, accessible, and culturally relevant across regions.

Team Leadership

• Run research and design sprints to understand diverse user groups: citizens, students, jobseekers, policymakers, businesses, and more.
• Translate policy and data into intuitive, human-centered journeys.
• Make complex services feel simple, accessible, and culturally relevant across regions.

We care more about taste, judgment, and curiosity

• A portfolio showing clean UI, smart UX, and thoughtful problem-solving.
• Experience designing both mobile apps and large-scale platforms.
• Ability to think in systems — patterns, components, responsive layouts.
• Comfort exploring and learning AI tools to speed up and elevate your work.
• Strong communication skills, especially when working with non-design teams.
• Experience guiding or mentoring other designers.
• English fluency; more languages are a bonus.

Meaningful impact

Your designs help people access services, opportunities, and support at national scale.

Creative freedom

We move fast, experiment boldly, and push new ideas — even within government work.

High talent density

You’ll collaborate with brilliant people across policy, data, design, and tech.

Flexibility

Remote-friendly, outcome-driven, and human-first.

Growth

We reward ambition, craft, and curiosity.