Senior UI/UX Designer & Design Systems Lead

Santander; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Santander is hiring a UI Designer to craft visually compelling, accessible digital experiences across web and mobile. You will translate user research, wireframes, and interaction models into polished visual designs and prototypes that align with design systems and brand guidelines.

Collaborate with UX Designers, Product Managers, and developers to deliver production-ready designs, maintain design standards, and advocate for accessibility across platforms.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional experience in UX research, product discovery, interaction design, information architecture, usability testing, and experience design required.
• Demonstrated experience conducting customer research, synthesizing findings, and translating insights into actionable product and design recommendations required.
• Experience leading end-to-end UX activities from discovery and research through validation and delivery required.
• Experience creating user flows, journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and information architecture for complex digital products required.
• Hands‑on experience with usability testing, accessibility reviews, and evidence-based design practices required.
• Experience partnering with product management, technology teams, and business stakeholders in Agile development environments required.
• Experience building or contributing to enterprise design systems and reusable interaction patterns preferred.
• Experience delivering solutions for complex business workflows and enterprise applications preferred.
• Experience in financial services, insurance, healthcare, or other regulated industries preferred.
• Experience with accessibility standards and WCAG compliance required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with UX Designers to translate research findings, user flows, wireframes, and interaction models into polished visual designs.
• Create high-fidelity mockups, screen designs, and interactive prototypes for web and mobile applications using Figma.
• Apply and maintain design system standards, ensuring consistency across products, platforms, and development teams.
• Design responsive user interfaces that provide seamless experiences across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
• Create and maintain reusable UI components, patterns, templates, and documentation within the design system.
• Develop detailed design specifications and implementation guidance for development teams.
• Partner with Scrum teams throughout the development lifecycle to ensure designs are accurately implemented and meet quality standards.
• Create visual assets, layouts, interaction states, and user interface components that align with business requirements and brand standards.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Owners, UX Designers, developers, and business stakeholders to deliver user-centered solutions.
• Participate in product discovery sessions, design reviews, usability testing, and stakeholder feedback sessions.
• Advocate for accessibility, visual consistency, and best practices in interface design.
• Contribute to the evolution and governance of enterprise design systems and component libraries.
• Review implemented solutions and recommend refinements to improve usability, consistency, and visual quality.
• Stay current with UI design trends, emerging technologies, accessibility standards, and industry best practices.

Skills

UI design

Visual design

Responsive design

Design systems

Collaboration

Accessibility

Agile / Scrum

UX research

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design

Tools

Figma

Job description

Santander is hiring a UI Designer to craft visually compelling, accessible digital experiences across web and mobile. You will translate user research, wireframes, and interaction models into polished visual designs and prototypes that align with design systems and brand guidelines.

Collaborate with UX Designers, Product Managers, and developers to deliver production-ready designs, maintain design standards, and advocate for accessibility across platforms.