Lead UI Designer

Location Warwickshire
Discipline: Development/Design, Design Engineers
Job type: Contract
Salary: £52.98ph UMBRELLA
Contact name: Vicki Martinson

Contact email: vmartinson@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245403560
Job ref: 36211355
Published: 3 days ago
Duration: 8 Months
Expiry date: 28 Aug 2025 23:59
Startdate: ASAP

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Purpose of the Role:

  • The UI Designer is responsible for  translating the brand principles into the creative vision for how digital turns up across the visual interfaces of the vehicle.

  • Working closely with UX design as part of a design pair, the UI designer shapes how our digital experiences look, feel and behave, and how this is eventually realised into production HMI and UI systems.

Key accountabilities

  • Take creative direction and interpret brand principles and apply the vision across digital interfaces.

  • Develop and maintain design systems, guides and components

  • Work closely with UX designers , UX Design Technologists and SW developers to ensure the vision can be delivered.

  • Ensure cross design discipline alignment and  the integration of BI system design within the digital experience.

  • Produce high-fidelity mock ups and prototypes and iterate based feedback

  • Liaise and co-ordinate with creative operations , programme management and business operations teams to ensure content delivery timing can be supported.

  • Stakeholder management across interdependent design functions.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

Critical capabilities

  • Excellent creative acumen gained in agency and corporate settings

  • Demonstrable experience of crafting visually engaging interfaces

  • Deep understanding of visual identity principles of typography, layout and colour.

  • Automotive design experience is preferable.

  • Creative sensitivity understand complex multi-disciplinary design projects

  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to present complex information to all levels within the business

  • Comfortable working across different cultures, geography and time zones.

  • Able to adapt to a fast-paced design environment.

  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite etc.