Whiteshield: UX Design Lead (January Start)

Whiteshield; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global advisory firm in the UAE seeks a design lead to shape the design language for digital products, ensuring a user-focused experience across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong portfolio demonstrating clean UI and smart UX, with the ability to think in systems and explore AI tools. You will lead design efforts, mentor junior designers, and conduct user research to ensure services are culturally relevant and accessible. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at a national scale.

Benefits

Creative freedom

Flexibility

Growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Shape the design language and experience standards across all platforms.
• Elevate the company visual identity across all products.
• Run research and design sprints to understand diverse user groups.
• Translate policy and data into intuitive, human-centered journeys.
• Make complex services feel simple and culturally relevant.

Skills

Clean UI design

Smart UX design

System thinking

AI tools exploration

Strong communication skills

Mentoring designers

English fluency

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. You’ll design across an entire 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.

• Large public‑facing 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: 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.

Team Leadership: 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.

BENEFITS & CULTURE

• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

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.