Experience Designer

Certain Advantage; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a proactive Experience Designer to join their Trading client in Greater London. This role involves leading the design process, engaging with users and stakeholders, and delivering user-centered solutions for complex tools. Applicants should have a strong portfolio and expertise in design disciplines and tools like Figma. This is a contract position initially until December 2026, requiring 3 days a week on-site work.

Qualifications

• Experience in user research, product and interface design.
• Proficiency in design tools and methods.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design impact in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the experience design process from discovery to delivery.
• Engage with users and stakeholders to validate design direction.
• Translate insights into clear, testable design concepts.

Skills

User research

Product design

Interface design

Service design

Design Thinking

Figma

Usability standards

Tools

Figma

FigJam

Job description

Overview

Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our Trading client for an Experience Designer to work in London (3 days per week onsite) on a contract basis initially until Dec 2026.

We're looking for Designers skilled across the end-to-end design lifecycle with a strong sense of ownership, who can come prepared by offering a strong portfolio demonstrating how you've shaped direction, influenced outcomes and solved complex challenges in high-context environments.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive Experience Designer who can confidently operate across the full design lifecycle. Partnering with stakeholders across the Trading business you'll shape and deliver effective, user-centred solutions for internal systems and business-critical tools.

You'll lead the experience design process across projects from discovery through to delivery, working independently or in collaboration with others. You'll engage with users and stakeholders to uncover needs, validate assumptions and shape direction. You'll translate insights into clear, testable concepts and work closely with developers to ensure high-quality delivery of your designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the experience design process across projects from discovery through delivery.
• Engage with users and stakeholders to uncover needs, validate assumptions and shape direction.
• Translate insights into clear, testable concepts and work closely with developers to ensure high-quality delivery of designs.

What we need from you (Qualifications)

• Demonstrable experience across user research, product, interface and service design, with deep expertise in at least one discipline and proven experience in complex enterprise or trading environments.
• Fluent in design methods and tools such as Design Thinking, Figma, service blueprinting, journey mapping, ecosystem mapping, etc.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating how you've shaped direction, influenced outcomes and solved complex challenges in high-context environments.
• Proficiency in Figma and FigJam, including design systems, components and interactive prototyping.
• A solid grasp of usability and accessibility standards (e.g. WCAG, ISO 9241), and how to apply them in complex, data-dense UIs.
• Skilled across the end-to-end design lifecycle, from framing problems and research through to execution and developer handoff in data-rich, multi-system contexts.

Additional

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