UI Designer

Visual Designer

We're Civica, and we create software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world. From local government, to education, health, and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to provide essential services to over 100 million citizens. Our aspiration is to be a Gov Tech champion everywhere we work, supporting the needs of citizens and those who serve them every day.

Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point in our journey to realise that aspiration.

Join Civica's User Experience team and play a key role in shaping products that make a real difference. As a Visual Designer, you will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to craft visually engaging, accessible, and user‑friendly experiences that balance user needs with business goals. Your passion for pixel‑perfect design, attention to detail, and mastery of modern visual language will be essential to delivering compelling digital products.

We're building a team dedicated to creating best‑in‑class experiences through thoughtful design and continuous improvement. If you thrive on crafting beautiful, intuitive interfaces, solving complex design challenges, and collaborating in a fast‑paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

• Craft visually compelling, pixel‑perfect interfaces that are both beautiful and highly usable.
• Work closely with product designers, product managers, engineers, and researchers to bring designs to life throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop high‑fidelity prototypes to communicate design ideas, run design reviews, and iterate based on feedback, research and data insights.
• Use and contribute to the Firefly design system, ensuring consistency, scalability and adherence to established design principles.
• Champion inclusive design and ensure compliance with accessibility standards.
• Promote a collaborative, positive and feedback‑driven culture focused on creativity, continuous improvement and design excellence.

• 5+ years of experience in visual/product design roles, working across multiple platforms and industries, with a proven track record of delivering high‑quality digital products.
• Strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design skills — including typography, colour, composition and motion — with a clear eye for detail and pixel‑perfect execution.
• Ability to translate complex ideas into visually compelling and intuitive interfaces that elevate the overall user experience.
• Skilled in producing high‑fidelity prototypes and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to refine and validate design decisions.
• Deliver designs that reflect and evolve Civica's brand, adapting visual expression to suit modern digital contexts.
• Experience using and contributing to design systems, ensuring design consistency and scalability across multiple platforms.
• Strong understanding of accessibility principles and best practices (WCAG), ensuring designs are inclusive and compliant.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design rationale clearly and foster effective collaboration.
• Support and inspire peers, raising the visual quality and impact of design work across the team.
• Proficient in Figma, Fig Jam, and related design tools and plug‑ins for creating, presenting and delivering high‑quality visual design work.

• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and frameworks such as React or Angular.
• Familiarity with Gov Tech, B2B or public sector environments.
• Awareness of UK Government Digital Service (GDS) guidelines and best practices.
• Awareness of evolving design trends, technologies and digital culture.
• Interest in exploring how AI‑powered tools can enhance creativity, efficiency and automation in visual design workflows.

We Want You to Bring Your Whole Self to Work
There is no such thing as the perfect candidate, so if you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point on the list above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

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