Junior Experience Designer

Hargreaves Lansdown; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment platform in Bristol is seeking a Junior Experience Designer to help deliver thoughtful design solutions. You'll gain hands-on experience across UX, UI, and service design. Collaborate in a hybrid work environment, learning from experienced mentors as you contribute to user-centered solutions. The ideal candidate is open to feedback and has a solid design portfolio, with knowledge in tools like Figma and Adobe.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Health screening programme

Volunteering days

Inhouse barista and deli

Qualifications

• Experience through internships, bootcamps, or portfolio projects.
• Understanding of end-to-end design.
• Comfortable working in agile squads.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the creation of wireframes and UI mockups.
• Contributing to user testing prep and analysis.
• Participating in critiques and agile ceremonies.

Skills

Basic understanding of UX principles

Strong visual attention to detail

Collaborative and open to feedback

Familiar with core design tools (Figma, Adobe)

Education

Degree in Product Design, UX/UI Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Adobe

Job description

Overview

Excited to grow your career? Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!

About the role

We’re seeking a Junior Experience Designer to support the delivery of thoughtful, end-to-end design solutions across multiple squads and products. You'll work on a mix of tactical briefs and complex design challenges—helping to shape product and service experiences that create real value for users and support business goals.

As a full-stack designer, you'll gain hands-on experience across UX, UI, content, research, and service design—contributing to innovative, user-centred solutions and helping to raise the overall quality of design across the organisation.

You’ll follow best practices, support design governance, and actively contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture. This is a great opportunity to grow your design career, learn from experienced mentors, and be part of a high-performing and supportive design community.

Hargreaves Lansdown is going through an exciting period of change, and Design and Research sits at the core of the biggest digital transformation the company has gone through - and we're reinventing ourselves to match the ambition. Our focus is simple: create seamless end-to-end experiences, powered by insight, that put our clients at the centre.

We're building a future-fit team of full-stack designers and researchers accountable for crafting intuitive, cohesive journeys, shaping strategy through evidence, bringing clarity to complexity, and championing real user needs. Overhauling our ways of working to drive greater efficiency, raise the effectiveness of what we deliver and enable opportunity for development and growth. Energised by a shared mission to unlock our collective potential and set a new standard for what design and research can achieve bringing our future vision to life.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the creation of wireframes, UI mockups, and content edits
• Contributing to user testing prep, note-taking, and analysis
• Applying design systems under guidance and document design decisions
• Helping ensure accessibility, consistency, and compliance standards are met
• Participating in critiques, agile ceremonies, and cross-functional workshops
• Maintaining design standards and best practices, and continuously develop design knowledge
• Actively contributing to team ceremonies and shaping the team culture

About you

• Internships, bootcamps, junior roles, or portfolio projects experience - with a solid portfolio of relevant design work
• Basic understanding of UX principles, accessibility, and content writing
• Strong visual attention to detail, communication, and eagerness to learn
• Collaborative, open to feedback, and growth-oriented
• Understanding of end-to-end design and design systems
• Familiar with core design tools (Figma, Adobe, whiteboarding tools)
• Degree in Product Design, UX/UI Design or related field
• Comfortable working in agile squads and handling constructive feedback

Interview process

The interview process for this role will include two stages with a task.

Working Schedule

This role is based in our Bristol head office (BS1 5HL) and we offer a hybrid working pattern, with a minimum of two days in the office per week.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.