Senior UI/UX Designer

Phillip Securities Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillip Securities Pte Ltd in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer to lead end-to-end product design for web and mobile platforms, translating business needs into intuitive experiences and collaborating with product managers, developers, and QA.

The role combines UX thinking with UI execution, contributes to the Design System, ensures accessibility and scalability, and stays current with industry standards while driving continuous UX process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of UI/UX, Product Design, or Digital Experience Design.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design and problem-solving.
• Experience with user research, usability testing, and accessible design.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product design from discovery through delivery.
• Conduct user research, interviews, workshops, and usability testing.
• Translate needs into journeys, flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Design high-fidelity interfaces with usability, accessibility, and visual hierarchy.
• Contribute to the Design System with reusable components and standards.
• Define UX behaviour for responsive layouts and edge cases.
• Identify UX issues and propose user-centered improvements.
• Collaborate with product, development, QA, and stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Present design concepts and rationales to stakeholders.
• Validate designs with research, feedback, usability testing, and analytics.
• Support design reviews and implementation quality for consistency.
• Stay current with UX/UI accessibility and industry standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of UX processes.

Skills

End-to-end design

User research

Usability testing

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Accessibility

UI design

Design systems

Cross-functional

Prototyping

AI-assisted design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Figma

FigJam

AI-assisted design tools

Prototyping tools

Job description

The Senior UI/UX Designer is responsible for leading end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming customer and business needs into intuitive, scalable, and engaging digital experiences. The role works closely with product managers, developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders to identify user problems, conduct research, validate solutions, and deliver high-quality experiences across web and mobile platforms.

The Senior UI/UX Designer combines strong UX thinking with excellent UI execution, contributes to the Design System, and ensures solutions are usable, accessible, scalable, and implementation-ready.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end product design from discovery through delivery.

Conduct and participate in user research, interviews, workshops, and usability testing.

Translate user needs, business requirements, and insights into user journeys, flows, wireframes, and prototypes.

Design high-fidelity user interfaces with strong attention to usability, accessibility, visual hierarchy, and consistency.

Contribute to the Design System by defining, applying, documenting, and improving reusable components, patterns, and standards.

Define and document UX behaviour for responsive layouts, accessibility, dynamic content, and edge-case scenarios.

Identify UX issues and recommend practical, user-centred design improvements.

Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders to define and deliver effective solutions.

Present and articulate design concepts, recommendations, and rationale to stakeholders.

Validate designs using research findings, customer feedback, usability testing, and analytics.

Support design reviews, UX QA, and implementation quality to ensure designs are delivered consistently and accurately.

Stay current with UX, UI, accessibility, industry standards, and evolving design practices.

Contribute to continuous improvement of UX processes, Design System standards, and product experiences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science is preferred.

Minimum 5 years of experience in UI/UX, Product Design, or Digital Experience Design.

Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work and problem-solving capability.

Solid understanding of user-centred design, interaction design, information architecture, usability principles, and accessibility standards.

Strong UI design skills, including typography, layout, visual hierarchy, spacing, and component-based design.

Experience conducting or participating in user research and usability testing.

Proficiency in Figma, FigJam, prototyping tools, and AI-assisted design tools.

Experience working with or contributing to Design Systems and scalable component libraries.

Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional product teams.

Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience in financial services, fintech, investment platforms, or regulated industries is an advantage.

PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. We operate in the financial hubs of 16 countries, with offices in Singapore, United Kingdom, USA, France, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, India, Dubai and Cambodia.

PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. We operate in the financial hubs of 16 countries, with offices in Singapore, United Kingdom, USA, France, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, India, Dubai and Cambodia.