Contract Digital Product Designer (Remote Europe)

YLD; City Of London; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A forward-thinking consultancy is seeking a Contract Digital Product Designer to create innovative digital products. The ideal candidate will focus on design systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a remote setting. Solid experience in UX Design, Product Strategy, and a strong portfolio is required. This role offers an opportunity to grow skills in a fast-paced environment while emphasizing collaboration and accessibility.

Benefits

Opportunity to grow skills in a fast-moving business

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Solid background in Digital Product Design focused on Design Systems.
• Experience crafting intuitive interfaces and cohesive design systems.
• Comfort with collaborating across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with client teams to design and deliver innovative digital products.
• Establish design language through collaboration with senior and junior teammates.
• Participate in all phases of product design from research to user testing.

Skills

UX Design

Product Strategy

UI Design

Design Systems

Animation in UI

Web Accessibility

Coding Skills

Zeroheight

Storybook

Education

Official UX/UI Training

Job description

Contract Digital Product Designer (Design Systems)

Location: Remote, GMT timezone

Department: Product Design

Employment Type: Contract (B2B)

Contract Length: 3 months

About YLD

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We're a team of curious, talented people, and we're committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.

We're a remote‑first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

About The Role

As a Digital Product Designer consultant at YLD, you'll collaborate with client teams to design and deliver innovative digital products. We're looking for someone curious, passionate, and driven, a designer who thrives on understanding users, solving complex problems, and turning insights into elegant, scalable solutions. You should have experience crafting intuitive interfaces, building cohesive design systems, and communicating ideas clearly across disciplines.

About You

We know that everyone can't be good at everything, but we expect that you have a solid background in Digital Product Design, with a strong focus on Design System and that you are comfortably familiar with a combination of specialisms.

Technical Competencies

• Experience in UX Design, Product Strategy, UI / Interaction Design
• Experience with animation and incorporating it into UI is very much welcomed
• Experience working with, or good knowledge of implementing web accessibility, would also be a big bonus
• Coding skills / ability would be a benefit, but is in no way essential
• Experience working with Zeroheight and Storybook very welcome
• Significant experience in Design Systems and UI design
• Are confident with creating UI components independently to craft a reusable design systems

Non-Technical Competencies

• You are happy to collaborate with both more senior and junior people to establish a design language
• Enjoy transforming complex concepts into simple and easy-to-use experiences
• Happily participate in all phases of product design: Research, Sketching, Wireframing, UI Design, Prototyping, User Testing
• Love working with other experienced designers and learning from them as well as sharing your own knowledge
• Love working alongside front‑end developers and being a part of a cross‑functional team
• Believe that product, design and engineering are closely connected and work best when collaborating together
• Care about accessibility and creating products that are inclusive to all people
• Are very hands‑on
• Feel comfortable with moving at a fast pace with your team
• Believe that learning and self‑development never end
• Want to bring your drive, passion and experience to our work and processes
• Are comfortable working either in a remote environment, or surrounded by your colleagues in the office.

What We'd Like To See From You

• A portfolio (pdf, presentation or website) demonstrating critical thinking, creativity and visual design
• CV outlining any professional experience and creative training/education, incl. any kind of official UX / UI training that you may have
• All written documents must be sent in English

Benefits

• The chance to work with a forward‑thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast‑moving business

Our Typical Recruitment Process Looks Like This

1. 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
2. Interview & Portfolio Review with Head of Product Design and one Senior Designer (~1h30)
3. Call with Client Partner of the Project (15-30 min)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too

• Growing every day
• Including everyone
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics
• Inspiring solutions
• Winning together

We're an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We also offer a remote‑first working environment, with flexible working and work‑life balance as standard for all employees.