Digital Designer – Brand & UI, Hybrid Role with Mentorship

Critical Playground LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working policy

Bupa Healthcare

Income protection & life insurance

Classpass credits

Group personal pension

25 days holiday

Summer Fridays

Birthday day off

Season ticket loan

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental leave policies

Referral scheme

2 weeks work from anywhere

Job summary

Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) in London is seeking a Digital Designer to join our busy team. You’ll work as part of our 170-person strong London studio, shaping brand-led digital experiences from discovery to delivery.

This hands-on design role requires a strong portfolio across multiple platforms, a user-first mindset, and collaboration with strategists, creatives, developers, and clients. You’ll mentor teammates and help grow the digital design capability while crafting distinctive UI systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on design role owning projects from discovery to delivery.
• Design UI systems translating brand identities into digital interfaces.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with strategists, creatives, developers, and clients.
• Shape experiences end-to-end: research, audits, personas, journeys, wireframes, prototypes, UI design.
• Inspire and mentor designers, elevating the team’s digital craft.

Responsibilities

• Balance user needs with brand storytelling.
• Design distinctive UI systems that translate brand identities into digital interfaces.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with strategists, creatives, developers, and clients to deliver outcomes.
• Shape experiences end-to-end: from research to final UI design.
• Mentor designers and elevate the team’s digital craft.

Skills

Brand thinking

UI design

Hands-on design

Cross-functional collaboration

Portfolio across platforms

Tools

Figma

FigJam

Miro

After Effects

Jitter

Job description

Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) in London is seeking a Digital Designer to join our busy team. You’ll work as part of our 170-person strong London studio, shaping brand-led digital experiences from discovery to delivery.

This hands-on design role requires a strong portfolio across multiple platforms, a user-first mindset, and collaboration with strategists, creatives, developers, and clients. You’ll mentor teammates and help grow the digital design capability while crafting distinctive UI systems.