UX/UI Creative Lead - Hands-on Design & Systems

Photon; Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon seeks a Creative Lead to drive hands-on UX and UI design for a Société Générale account. You will work with the Associate Creative Director to translate user needs, business priorities, and creative direction into polished digital experiences.

In a two‑person design team, you will own wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes, shaping a compelling creative vision and delivering detailed designs for handoff to engineering.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in digital product design with strong UX and UI
• Portfolio showing ideation, interaction design, polished UI craft, and end-to-end design execution
• Advanced proficiency in Figma including Auto Layout, components, variants, variables, and design tokens
• Strong skills in responsive design, interactive prototyping, accessible design, and design systems
• Experience in information architecture and usability testing with user research synthesis
• Ability to explain design decisions and defend them with rationale in client reviews
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and delivery against plans
• Fluent French, able to participate in workshops and present decisions confidently
• Based in Paris or willing to relocate to Paris area
• Experience using AI-assisted design tools for ideation or prototyping is a plus

Responsibilities

• Hands-on UX and UI design: create wireframes, high‑fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes
• Develop original concepts and contribute to the creative vision with the ACD
• Translate direction into cohesive experiences focusing on interaction design, typography, layout, color, and components
• Design responsive experiences with accessibility and content variation in mind
• Create and maintain reusable components, design tokens, and design system docs
• Prepare clean design files and specs for engineering handoff
• Support discovery: conduct stakeholder and user interviews, map journeys
• Participate in Creative Discovery workshops and translate findings into decisions
• Plan and conduct usability tests and iterate based on results
• Own deliverables quality and progress against project plans
• Collaborate with analysts and engineers to clarify requirements and resolve questions
• Review implemented work and adjust to preserve design intent
• Demonstrate disciplined design practice and accountability

Skills

UX leadership

UI design

Figma

Prototyping

Tools

Figma

Design tokens

Job description

Photon seeks a Creative Lead to drive hands-on UX and UI design for a Société Générale account. You will work with the Associate Creative Director to translate user needs, business priorities, and creative direction into polished digital experiences.

In a two‑person design team, you will own wireframes, visual designs, and interactive prototypes, shaping a compelling creative vision and delivering detailed designs for handoff to engineering.