Senior UX Architect & Design Lead: Strategy & Prototyping

Project Freelance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Free-Work is seeking a Lead UX Architect for our Holborn, London office. You will lead design initiatives with a strong UX background, focusing on service design and strategic design direction.

A hands-on practitioner with a can-do attitude, you will champion users, clients, and teams while improving existing systems. Reporting to the Global Head of the XD Practice, you will guide projects, lead pitches, and drive design excellence in enterprise-grade digital services and products.

Qualifications

• Senior designer with 8+ years experience delivering for blue chip clients.
• Roles include Senior UX designer, UX architect, or Service designer.
• Proficient in design processes, Agile, and Lean UX.

Responsibilities

• Lead pitches, presentations and support proposals.
• Create project estimates and plans.
• Lead design efforts as a senior team member and design representative.

Skills

8+ years experience

Senior UX designer

UX architect

Service designer

Design processes

Agile & Lean UX

Cross-functional teamwork

Omnichannel experiences

Enterprise digital services

Defining metrics

Deadline-driven

Agency experience

Design degree

Education

Design degree or equivalent

Tools

Sketch

Axure

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Free-Work is seeking a Lead UX Architect for our Holborn, London office. You will lead design initiatives with a strong UX background, focusing on service design and strategic design direction.

A hands-on practitioner with a can-do attitude, you will champion users, clients, and teams while improving existing systems. Reporting to the Global Head of the XD Practice, you will guide projects, lead pitches, and drive design excellence in enterprise-grade digital services and products.