Freelance UX Designer + Researcher

Salt Digital Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS payroll company seeks a Freelance Senior UX Designer and Researcher to enhance their SharePoint-based internal insights hub over an initial 2-month period. In this role, you will lead user discovery efforts, design and improve the platform for diverse users, and work closely with internal teams to iteratively enhance usability.

Qualifications

• Strong background in UX design with solid discovery experience.
• Able to simplify complexity and translate business needs into usable structures.
• Comfortable interviewing users and applying insights in real time.
• Experience working on internal tools, dashboards or content-heavy platforms.
• A confident communicator who can bring clarity, structure and logic to a project mid-flight.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, hands-on way, with direct stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Leading the discovery phase: conducting interviews and workshops with internal colleagues to understand user needs.
• Mapping and simplifying complex access flows across a 100+ page SharePoint hub.
• Designing new landing page experiences and information architecture.
• Creating clear signposting and navigation tailored to different user profiles.
• Applying UX thinking to help users find what they don’t know they’re looking for.
• Translating research insights into meaningful design improvements.
• Updating SharePoint pages directly.

Skills

UX design

User interviews

Design improvements

SharePoint

Job description

Freelance Senior UX Designer + Researcher (Internal Tools / SharePoint)

Start date: Thursday, 31st of July

Duration: 2 months (very good chance to be extended long-term)

Location: London / Newcastle / Winnersh (Berkshire)

Working pattern: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per month (location can be flexible between 3 offices)

IR35 status: Inside IR35 (must use an umbrella company)

Day rate: £350 per day (maximum)

Client: Global leader in accounting, payroll

Contract: 5 days a week (full-time)

A SaaS payroll company is looking for a Senior UX Designer to support a key internal tool project during its discovery and design phase. The project focuses on enhancing a SharePoint-based internal insights hub, a tool used by teams across the business to access customer research and strategic insights.

This hub was originally built by a research team, and now needs a UX expert to shape it into a more usable, intuitive and structured experience for internal colleagues of all levels.

What you’ll be doing:

Leading the discovery phase: conducting interviews and workshops with internal colleagues to understand user needs

Mapping and simplifying complex access flows across a 100+ page SharePoint hub

Designing new landing page experiences and information architecture

Creating clear signposting and navigation tailored to different user profiles (from senior leaders to junior staff)

Applying UX thinking to help users “find what they don’t know they’re looking for”

Translating research insights into meaningful design improvements

Updating SharePoint pages directly (you’ll need to be hands-on with the tool)

Collaborating closely with research teams and internal stakeholders to gather input and iterate quickly

What they’re looking for:

Strong background in UX design with solid discovery experience

Able to simplify complexity and translate business needs into usable structures

Comfortable interviewing users and applying insights in real time

Experience working on internal tools, dashboards or content-heavy platforms

Familiar with SharePoint (you’ll be expected to make updates within the system)

A confident communicator who can bring clarity, structure and logic to a project mid-flight

Comfortable working in a collaborative, hands-on way, with direct stakeholder engagement

If you’re a UX designer who thrives in research-heavy environments, can handle ambiguity, and enjoys making complex internal systems clearer and more human, this one’s for you.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements

Job Information

Job Reference: JO-2507-355104

Salary: Up to £350. per day

Salary per: day

Job Duration: 2 months

Job Start Date: 31/07/2025

Job Industries: UI & UX Jobs

Job Locations: Greater London

Job Types: Contract

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