UX / UI Product Designer

Serve First CX Limited; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Standard UK pension

20 days holiday plus public holidays

Generous kit and software budget

Small team with direct product impact

Job summary

A dynamic startup in Milton Keynes seeks a UX Designer to shape and enhance the user experience for B2B SaaS products. You will focus on mapping critical workflows, defining the design system, and driving user research to implement actionable design changes. With at least 5 years of experience in the field and a strong portfolio, you're adept with Figma and well-versed in UX research methods. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible hybrid working conditions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing complex B2B SaaS products.
• Portfolio showcasing user-centred processes.
• Mastery of Figma and prototyping tools.
• Strong grasp of accessibility and responsive design.

Responsibilities

• Shape end-to-end UX, optimize B2B workflows.
• Define and document UI components and patterns.
• Conduct user research and translate insights.
• Collaborate with teams to clarify requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, Backend, and Frontend teams.
• Leverage AI tools while validating outcomes.
• Document flows, components, and rationale for distributed team.

Skills

User-centred design process

UX research methods

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Prototyping tools proficiency

Strong communication skills

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

HTML/CSS basics

Job description

Serve First is afastmoving, well funded start up turning customer feedback into live dashboards and AI driven alerts.

2025 roadmap: overhaul user journeys, add a design system, and launch new AI powered workflows.

You’ll own the end to end product experience and iterate fast-low bureaucracy, maximum autonomy.

What you’ll do

• Shape end to end UX. Map and optimise critical B2B workflows (survey creation, analytics, alerting). Product journey maps, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Own the design system. Define UI patterns, components, and accessibility rules in Figma; partner with engineering for pixel perfect implementation.
• Drive user research. Plan and run interviews, usability tests, and feedback sessions with enterprise customers; translate insights into actionable design changes.
• Iterate relentlessly. Ship small, test, and improve. Use data (Heap, GA, in-app analytics) and qualitative feedback to refine flows.
• Collaborate cross functionally. Work side‑by‑side with Product, Backend, and Frontend teams; clarify requirements, hand off specs, review builds.
• Leverage AI wisely. Use AI design/copy tools to accelerate work, but validate everything -you own the outcome.
• Document everything. Keep flows, components, and rationale well documented for the distributed team.

Must Haves

• 5+years designing complex B2B SaaS products (dashboards, workflows, admin interfaces).
• Portfolio that shows user-centred process from research prototypes shipped UI.
• Strong UX research chops: interviews, surveys, usability tests, heuristic reviews.
• Mastery of Figma (or Sketch/Adobe XD/etc) and prototyping tools.
• Comfortable working with design systems and handing off to React engineers.
• Solid grasp of accessibility (WCAG) and responsive design principles.
• Excellent written & verbal comms-async first.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with customer feedback / survey or analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with React component libraries (Storybook, Chakra, MUI, etc.).
• Motion/interaction design skills (Lottie, Framer Motion).
• Basic HTML/CSS to tinker directly in code.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid in Milton Keynes, at least 2 days a week
• Standard UK pension, 20days holiday + public holidays.
• Generous kit & software budget.
• Small team = direct impact on the product experience.