Senior UI/UX Designer

Checkout.com; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in London seeks a Web Design Manager to lead website design and development. This role involves collaboration across teams to enhance user experience and web performance. Ideal candidates have a strong design background, experience in UX/UI, and knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are eager to contribute to innovative projects, this position is for you.

Benefits

Real ownership of projects

Opportunities for growth

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in web design and development.
• Strong attention to detail and visual standards.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and maintenance of Checkout.com's website.
• Collaborate with the Content & Web team for web experience improvements.
• Conduct market research and create user experience designs.

Skills

Web Design

UX/UI Design

Collaboration

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Tools

Webflow

Job description

We’re Checkout.com – you might not know our name, but companies like eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony do. That moment when you check out online? We make it happen.

Checkout.com is where the world checks out. Our global network powers billions of transactions every year, making money move without making a fuss. We spent years perfecting a service most people will never notice. Because when digital payments just work, businesses grow, customers stay, and no one stops to think about why.

With 19 offices spanning six continents, we feel at home everywhere – but London is our HQ. Wherever our people work their magic, they’re fast-moving, performance-obsessed, and driven by being better every day. Ideal. Because a role here isn’t just another job; it’s a career-defining opportunity to build the future of fintech.

Job Description

Creative at Checkout.com

The Creative team is a collaborative group of problem-solvers that partner with people across Marketing and the wider business on a varied range of activities. We work on anything from brand identity, product marketing and performance campaigns to physical brand environments, responsive web experiences, and bespoke pitches.

Web Design Manager

The Web Design Manager is a key role in Marketing at Checkout. The role requires high visual standards, great attention to detail, deep technical knowledge, and exceptional collaboration skills. The Web Design Manager sits within Creative, alongside other designers, writers and operations roles, but also works within the Content & Web team on a daily basis. This hybrid responsibility will further strengthen existing collaboration between Creative and Content & Web.

Core responsibilities

• Web Design & Development:
• Leading the design and maintenance of Checkout.com's main website and any other owned web experiences
• Collaborating closely with Content & Web team to identify the right priorities for our web experience, aligned to our Web Roadmap
• Managing the end-to-end design process, including ideation, UX/UI design, prototyping, development process, and supporting our development team
• User Experience & Interface (UX/UI):
• Conducting competitive analysis and market research.
• Creating intuitive user flows, wireframes, mockups, prototypes.
• Overseeing iterative design improvements and optimization, based on insights
• Collaboration:
• Collaborating effortlessly with other creatives, marketers, content writers, product managers, events team, and key stakeholders across the business
• Ensuring project deliverables align with timelines, budgets, and business objectives.
• Supporting Content & Web team in developing design solutions effectively
• Be a subject matter expert for colleagues across Marketing, offering guidance and advice when needed
• Managing Web Design:
• Own web design as a discipline, exploring innovative design solutions to enhance user engagement and conversion rates.
• Identify and implement best practice where needed
• Manage workload autonomously, with close alignment to the Web roadmap and Creative priorities
• Collaboration & Training:
• Mentoring and training designers on tools like Webflow
• Conducting workshops and educational sessions for teams on UX/UI fundamentals, editor-level web management, AI tools for web.

About you

• You care deeply about your work, and strive to deliver the best quality output possible. You welcome constructive criticism.
• You're not an island. You can show and tell us how you've helped the people around you get better, or brought in others’ support from inside or outside the team to get something done.
• You think in systems. You can anticipate the ripple effects of small and large changes will have on the brand experience.
• You highly prize being accountable. You take ownership for every action, share faults and failures, strive for better, and build trust.
• You place quality over speed, but you iterate and improve as swiftly as possible and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• You're self motivated and can work independently.
• You love learning. You might not have experience for everything this role requires, but you're excited to grow and learn - sometimes 'wearing many hats' in a team.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS & Javascript a plus

Bring all of you to work

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.