Graphic Designer

CGI; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital services firm in the UK is seeking a Graphic Designer to create user-centred design solutions. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance digital services while ensuring high accessibility standards. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in delivering effective design solutions, strong communication skills, and proficiency in tools like Figma and Adobe XD. This role is hybrid, offering a competitive salary and great benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent pension

Private healthcare

Share scheme with matching

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering user-centred digital design solutions.
• Ability to translate research evidence into clear, effective design decisions.
• Strong understanding of design systems, components and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop design solutions informed by user needs and organisational goals.
• Create and iterate design concepts using evidence and research insights.
• Lead design work for complex services and clearly communicate decisions.

Skills

User-centred design

Adobe XD

Figma

Accessibility standards

Design systems

Collaboration in agile teams

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Job description

Position Description

Join CGI and help shape meaningful, user-centred design solutions that drive innovation and elevate digital services across the UK. As a Graphic Designer, you’ll bring creative thinking and evidence-based design together to deliver work that is accessible, inclusive, and aligned with real user needs. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, take ownership of complex design challenges, and help ensure our design standards remain high and consistent. With the support of an expert community and opportunities to explore new creative approaches, you’ll play an important role in delivering impactful solutions that enhance user experiences and drive successful outcomes for our clients.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme you will need to either hold, or be eligible and willing to undergo UK Security Clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will create high-quality, user-centred designs that enhance digital services and ensure accessibility, consistency, and meaningful impact. You’ll interpret research findings, develop creative design concepts, and support the delivery of clear, intuitive solutions across multiple projects. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you’ll bring ideas to life through evidence-based design practices and contribute to agile delivery.

You’ll have opportunities to take ownership of complex design challenges, shape design standards, and apply your creativity to identify risks and unlock opportunities. Supported by a collaborative design community, you’ll help drive innovative, user-focused outcomes across CGI’s portfolio.

Key responsibilities

• Develop design solutions informed by user needs and organisational goals
• Create and iterate design concepts using evidence, research insights and stakeholder input
• Lead design work for complex services and clearly communicate decisions
• Ensure all outputs meet accessibility and inclusion standards
• Identify risks, opportunities and improvements through strategic design thinking
• Facilitate workshops, design sessions and collaborative activities
• Work closely with product managers, developers, researchers and digital leaders
• Use analytics, research, and testing to validate and improve design choicesApply iterative and agile design practices, using appropriate tools and prototypes
• Contribute to design patterns, components and community-wide best practices
• Support and mentor colleagues while engaging with the wider design community

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

To succeed in this role, you’ll need strong experience in delivering user-centred design solutions, the ability to interpret research and evidence, and confidence working collaboratively in agile environments. You should bring creative thinking, strong communication skills, and a solid understanding of accessibility and design systems.

You should have

• Proven experience delivering user-centred digital design solutions
• Ability to translate research evidence into clear, effective design decisions
• Strong understanding of design systems, components and accessibility standards
• Experience working in multidisciplinary, agile teams
• Proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Illustrator or similar
• Excellent communication skills for presenting and explaining design decisions
• Awareness of sustainable design principles
• A collaborative, open mindset with a desire to learn and support others

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Skills

• Adobe XD
• Figma