JPMorgan Lead UI Designer 

United Kingdom, England, London 

171702218

This role requires an extensive understanding of UI design for digital products and services with a focus on B2B. A balanced understanding of interaction, motion, colour,
iconography, typography, design system and visual design is a must.

Job Responsibilities:

● Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, product designers and engineers to create new B2B customer-focused products and services
● Lead and advise on how to ensure the delivery of visual UI designs are implemented effectively through product design to engineering build to deployment
● Lead and create high-quality visual UI design outcomes like mood boards, concepts, UI layouts, design system components and style guides
● Proactively contribute to Design Systems work collaborating with product designers and engineers
● Partner with leads and stakeholders to identify and evolve visual design directions
● Ensure deliverables are consistent with the brand and Design Systems
● Understand wider design application including brand, experience and implementation
● Base decisions on solid visual design principles and customer data
● Having a deep understanding of the business drivers behind the product goals
● Champion accessibility and usability through visual, interface and interaction design
● Provide accurate estimation of tasks and help with prioritisation
● Deliver visual UI design outcomes to stakeholders in a timely manner and efficient execution.
● Work closely with other disciplines to understand and provide feedback to design context
● Present and communicate work and recommendations to the wider organisation
● Manage stakeholders and proactively solve issues affecting visual UI design quality
● Support best practices and methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness
● Uphold design consistency and excellence of visual UI design deliverables

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

● Strong hands on experience in roles such as Senior or Lead UI designer, across multiple devices and platforms (experience with B2B applications is a plus)
● Strong portfolio of deep understanding of visual UI design fundamentals (colour, iconography, typography, structure and visual hierarchy) and solid application of
user interface (usability, comprehension, and accessibility)
● Experience and examples of interaction design (aesthetics, animations, and transitions)
● Experienced in creating UI design using input from user research, business requirements, technology and brand
● Experience of designing and/or implementing solutions for products/ services as well as production knowledge of the delivery process
● Experience in creating visual design language and UI for Design Systems, component libraries, style guides, and documentation
● Awareness and practical understanding of current technologies and their application and relevance to digital experiences
● Proven understanding of B2B design
● Solid communication and interpersonal skills
● Ability to actively listen, hear and understand what is said and not said, and with nuanced comprehension of meaning and intent
● Comfortable developing and sustaining effective and cooperative working relationships with peers, managers and other internal or external stakeholders
● Ability to influence others and provide thought leadership on user centereddesign.
● Flexibility / adaptability (ability to change direction based upon team and stakeholder consensus)
● Expert knowledge of modern design systems, prototyping software and design tools (we use Figma)
● Prototyping skills across a variety of mediums and needs: on paper, in Principle, and other digital methods
● A passion for helping create an environment where people can do their best work
● Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented, cross-functional environment
● Experience in the Atlassian suite of software (Jira & Confluence) is desirable
● Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field or equivalent professional experience