UX/UI Designer - (12-Month FTC)

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 59,850 - 66,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days' holiday with bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Job summary

A financial services organization in Manchester is seeking a UX/UI Designer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role offers a hybrid working model and focuses on creating intuitive digital experiences. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in interaction design, prototyping, and accessible design practices. Responsibilities include crafting user journeys, advocating for inclusion, and collaborating with various stakeholders. A competitive salary and extensive benefits package are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in building scalable user interfaces.
• Strong prototyping skills for validating ideas.
• Ability to structure user flows and synthesize insights.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards is essential.

Responsibilities

• Create intuitive and accessible digital experiences.
• Craft cohesive end-to-end user experiences.
• Balance user needs with business requirements.
• Collaborate closely with product teams and designers.

Skills

Interaction Design & Design Systems

Prototyping & Interaction Experimentation

Information Architecture & Experience Mapping

Accessible & Inclusive Design

Product Thinking & Outcome Focus

Behavioural psychology and persuasive design

Visual and content design collaboration

Multi-disciplinary facilitation and critique leadership

User experience measurement frameworks (e.g., EBVI)

Mentoring and craft development

Tools

Figma

Job description

JOB TITLE: UX/UI Designer (12-Month FTC)
LOCATION: Manchester
SALARY: £59,850 - £66,500
HOURS: Full Time
DURATION: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in the Manchester office.
Occasional travel to other group locations (e.g. Leeds, London, and Edinburgh), may be required.

About this opportunity

The UX/UI Designer creates intuitive, accessible digital experiences within a start-up style innovation team. Working from concept through MVP and scaling, they design interaction patterns, prototype solutions, and shape product experiences across multiple modalities - not just screens.

What You'll Do

Work in a technically focused environment, balancing complex outcomes with consumer needs.

Craft the end-to-end user experience, bringing together a cohesive journey step by step.

Bring designs to life through Figma and feel confident in running user testing sessions.

Balance business requirements with user needs, gathering user research and rationale to align stakeholders on individual user needs. You'll know when to diplomatically push back, if necessary, to act on what's right for the customer.

Be adaptable to the technical constraints of different platforms yet still be able to give guidance on creating the best possible end-user experience.

Advocate customer inclusion, ensuring designs are inclusive and accessible to customers of all ages, backgrounds, and technical abilities.

Collaborate closely with other designers, product owners, and engineers.

What you'll need

• Interaction Design & Design Systems - Builds scalable interfaces using design systems and designs across multiple modalities and interaction contexts.
• Prototyping & Interaction Experimentation - Creates rapid prototypes and runs lightweight experiments to validate ideas and inform product direction.
• Information Architecture & Experience Mapping - Structures user flows and journeys, synthesising insights - even in ambiguous or low-information environments.
• Accessible & Inclusive Design - Applies accessibility standards from the outset and champions inclusive design practices.
• Product Thinking & Outcome Focus - Balances user needs with product growth, value proposition thinking, and measurable experience outcomes.
• Behavioural psychology and persuasive design
• Visual and content design collaboration
• Multi-disciplinary facilitation and critique leadership
• User experience measurement frameworks (e.g., EBVI)
• Mentoring and craft development

About the team

The Group Innovation team sits within the GCOO organisation and focuses on turning bold ideas into real, scalable outcomes. Working in a fast-paced, start-up like environment, the team rapidly explores and validates new opportunities by testing customer desirability, business viability, and technical feasibility.

Through experimentation, design, and cross-functional collaboration, Group Innovation helps shape future propositions, unlock new growth areas, and bring cutting-edge concepts from idea to delivery.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!