Senior UI Designer - Mobile Apps

Futureheads; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in London is seeking a Senior UI Designer to focus on mobile-first design. The successful candidate will lead high-fidelity UI designs, create polished visuals, and collaborate closely with product and UX teams. Ideal applicants have over five years of experience, particularly in mobile, and should have a solid portfolio showcasing their design skills. This position is based in Central London with a salary of up to £90,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ UI experience across multiple platforms.
• Strong experience in native mobile applications.
• Portfolio must demonstrate craft and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-fidelity UI design across mobile platforms.
• Create pixel-perfect visuals, icons, and illustrations.
• Collaborate with product and UX engineering teams.

Skills

UI design

Mobile design

Communication

Design systems

Accessibility

Job description

🎨 Senior UI Designer (Mobile) – up to £90,000 (DOE) 💰

📱 Beautiful, purposeful, mobile‑first design

🔍 What you’ll do

• Lead high‑fidelity UI design across mobile multi‑platform
• Create polished visuals, icons, illustrations pixel‑perfect assets
• Contribute to and evolve a large Design System
• Work closely with product and UX engineering in an agile team
• Deliver flows, mock‑ups, prototypes & motion explorations
• Design with accessibility consistency at the core

💡 What they’re looking for

• 5 years’ UI experience (web, mobile, desktop)
• Strong recent native mobile work
• Portfolio showing craft and problem‑solving
• Comfortable with design systems component libraries
• Clear communicator who can explain design decisions
• ✨ Bonus: motion, enterprise, or agency experience

🧩 Interview Process

1. Portfolio review
2. Take‑home task → in‑person presentation
3. Final culture chat

📍 Location & Reporting

Central London – 3 days/week onsite

Report to Lead UI Designer

Salary: up to £90,000 (DOE)

🗒️ EEO Statement

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre‑interview. We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp™ accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs.