Senior User Experience Designer

WRK Digital; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

WRK digital is proud to partner with an award-winning digital consultancy to expand its Experience Design capability. We are seeking a Senior UX Designer who thrives on solving complex challenges, leading discovery, and shaping digital experiences that matter for users and businesses.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team on websites, digital products, platforms and mobile experiences, mentoring others and shaping design systems in Figma while leveraging AI-driven insights to accelerate

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in UX/Design roles.
• Led discovery workshops and user-centred design activities.
• Portfolio with measurable outcomes.
• Experience in consultancy/agency environments and AI-enabled design.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops to set objectives and direction.
• Plan and run user research, interviews, usability tests, workshops.
• Translate insights into actionable recommendations and strategies.
• Create user journeys, IA, flows and prioritisation frameworks.
• Design wireframes, prototypes and interaction models balancing needs, business and tech.
• Build strong client/stakeholder relationships and justify design choices.
• Evolve design systems within Figma.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept to delivery.
• Mentor junior and mid-weight designers.
• Contribute to proposals, estimates and strategic design discussions.

Skills

User research

Discovery workshops

Figma

Design systems

Information architecture

Prototyping

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Accessibility & inclusive design

AI-enabled / data-driven design

Analytics & experimentation

Branding & visual identity

Consultancy / agency experience

Webflow exposure

Tools

Webflow

Job description

WRK digital are proud to be the exclusive recruitment partner for an award-winning digital consultancy as they continue to grow their Experience Design capability.

We're looking for a talented Senior UX Designer who thrives on solving complex challenges, leading discovery, and shaping digital experiences that genuinely make a difference for users and businesses alike.

This is an opportunity to join a highly respected consultancy working with a diverse range of clients, from ambitious start-ups to well-established brands, delivering impactful websites, digital products, platforms and mobile experiences.

This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of modern product design, combining user-centred design principles with AI-powered tools and data-driven insights to accelerate ideation, validate concepts faster, and deliver more impactful digital experiences.

If you're passionate about user-centred design and AI, you are confident facilitating stakeholder workshops, and enjoy translating insight into commercially valuable digital experiences, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

As a Senior UX Designer, you'll play a key role across the full design lifecycle, from strategic discovery and user research through to interaction design, prototyping and delivery.

Working within multidisciplinary teams, you'll collaborate closely with developers, designers and delivery professionals to shape intuitive, accessible and engaging digital experiences.

You'll also have the opportunity to mentor fellow designers, influence design maturity, and contribute to new business initiatives and consultancy growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops to define objectives, requirements, success measures and project direction.
• Plan and facilitate user research, including interviews, usability testing and workshops.
• Translate research insights into actionable recommendations and experience strategies.
• Create user journeys, information architecture, user flows and feature prioritisation frameworks.
• Design wireframes, prototypes and interaction models that balance user needs, business objectives and technical constraints.
• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, confidently communicating design rationale and recommendations.
• Contribute to and evolve design systems within Figma.
• Collaborate with cross-functional delivery teams to ensure quality from concept through to implementation.
• Support and mentor junior and mid-weight designers.
• Contribute to proposals, estimates and strategic design discussions.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years' experience in UX, Product Design or Digital Design.
• Strong experience leading discovery workshops and user-centred design activities.
• Proven experience conducting user research and usability testing.
• Expertise in Figma and design systems.
• Strong capabilities across user flows, journey mapping, information architecture and prototyping.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working within agile delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of accessibility and inclusive design principles.
• A portfolio demonstrating successful digital products, platforms and experiences that have delivered measurable outcomes.
• Consultancy or agency experience.
• Exposure to Webflow.
• Experience using analytics and experimentation to influence design decisions.
• Experience designing AI-enabled or data-driven products.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate design workflows, concept creation and prototyping.
• Branding and visual identity project experience.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of £60,000 - £75,000
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with additional annual leave awarded for long service
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Learning and development investment
• Quarterly innovation and hackathon events
• Regular team socials and collaborative events

About You

You're an experienced UX professional who enjoys combining research, strategy and design to solve meaningful problems. You're comfortable leading conversations with senior stakeholders, passionate about user-centred thinking, and excited by the opportunity to influence both client outcomes and the future direction of a growing design practice.

Interested?

WRK digital are acting as the exclusive recruitment partner for this opportunity.