Senior Visual Designer

Pontoon Solutions; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services organization is looking for a Senior Visual Designer for a 6-month contract. This role involves designing engaging digital experiences across web and mobile platforms, simplifying complex financial services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in visual design, a strong portfolio demonstrating both visual and interaction design work, and a collaborative mindset. Skills in Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite are essential. Join a dynamic team and contribute to innovative digital banking solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Visual Design within digital products.
• Established portfolio showcasing exceptional visual and interaction design work.
• Experience solving visual design challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design engaging digital experiences for web and mobile applications.
• Support and scale a multi-brand digital design system.
• Create production assets and design visual elements.

Skills

Visual Design experience

Storytelling skills

Collaboration

Experience with design systems

Creativity

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Senior Visual Designer – 6-Month Contract (Edinburgh – hybrid)

Join a leading UK financial services organisation on an ambitious journey to transform digital banking for millions of customers. We’re putting human needs at the heart of everything we do, investing heavily in our platforms and people to create industry-leading digital experiences.

As a Senior Visual Designer, you’ll bring creativity, empathy, and technical skill to design engaging experiences across web and mobile platforms. You’ll play a key role in designing a new subscription hub, helping to make complex financial services simple and intuitive for millions of users.

About the Role

You’ll work as part of a multidisciplinary Experience Design team — alongside interaction designers, researchers, content writers, and strategists — helping to uncover priorities, visualise outcomes, and define scope. Your focus will be solving real customer problems and creating compelling, human-centered designs.

Key responsibilities:

• Applying creative thinking to simplify complex problems and craft elegant solutions.
• Designing production assets, infographics, logos, and other visual elements.
• Creating engaging digital experiences for web and mobile applications, including the new subscription hub.
• Supporting and scaling a multi-brand digital design system.
• Using storytelling techniques to communicate ideas effectively with stakeholders and customers.
• Bringing designs to life with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools.
• Collaborating confidently within agile teams to define priorities and outcomes.
• Designing and laying out pages and UI elements with consistency, creativity, and accessibility in mind.
• Engaging with communities of practice and broader design teams to align objectives with strong customer outcomes.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in Visual Design within digital products.
• An established portfolio that demonstrates exceptional visual and interaction design work.
• Strong storytelling skills to communicate design ideas and engage stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset, able to work closely with a busy, multidisciplinary team.
• Experience solving visual design challenges and delivering experience-led, digital journeys.
• Energy and enthusiasm to bring design wherever it’s needed.
• Familiarity with digital design systems and accessibility standards.
• Ability to see designs through to delivery, liaising with developers to ensure usability across diverse audiences.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Other

We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We showcase their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

We use generative AI tools to support the candidate screening process. All final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.