Mid-Level UX​/UI Designer; Maternity Leave Cover

Contract type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract (Maternity Leave Cover) |

Location:

Remote |

Reports to:

Head of Design |

Start date:

Beginning of October | Applicants must be available immediately or with a notice period of a month or less

Interview process:
Final date to receive applications: 14th September 2026 | Initial HR intro call: 16th - 18th September 2026 | Interviews: 21st - 24th September 2026 (possible extension to 1st October)

We are seeking a hands-on, execution-driven Mid-Level UX/UI Designer to join our growing product team on a 12-month fixed-term maternity leave cover. This role is focused on building and owning the end-to-end UX workflow: transforming validated product hypotheses into intuitive, high-quality interaction designs that meet real user needs. You'll focus on translating well-defined product problems into clean, usable, component-based designs. You'll work closely with PMs and engineers to ensure we deliver intuitive, usable solutions-fast, consistently, and with craft.

You'll also help strengthen our philosophy of simplicity by applying core UX principles to improve usability across the product.

• Design execution and craft
• Translate user needs and validated product ideas and requirements into wireframes, flows, and polished UI components
• Own the design process from concept through handoff to engineering, ensuring clarity, consistency, and usability
• Build UX that scales - your work should hold up across mobile and desktop, new users and power users, in any language
• Work within and contribute to an evolving component-based design system
• Conduct or support user research and usability testing; synthesize insights into actionable improvements
• Design process and infrastructure
• Establish and maintain a structured Figma workspace and design architecture
• Build out a scalable design library and visual style guide to ensure design consistency that aligns with brand guidelines
• Collaborate with other designers and engineers to evolve and optimize how we work and document design decisions
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to deeply understand the problem and shape problem statements and solution spaces
• Work directly with engineers to ensure accurate implementation of your designs
• Participate in design iterations, rapid prototyping, user testing, QA handoffs, and cross-functional reviews

• 4+ years of experience designing digital products or SaaS applications
• Strong interaction design skills and deep understanding of usability best practices
• Fluency in Figma and component-driven design systems
• A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to translate product intent into functional, user-first design
• Comfortable managing own workload and maintaining velocity in a remote, async team
• Comfortable testing and using AI solutions to accelerate design
• Must have an existing suitable homeworking set-up in place
• Must have the right to work in the UK (we are unable to offer sponsorship)
• Must be available immediately or with a notice period of a month or less

• Experience in EdTech, education platforms, or creator tools
• Familiarity with implementing and documenting design libraries
• Experience working closely with PMs and engineers in delivery-focused environments
• Understanding of user-centred design, user testing, rapid prototyping, and QA workflows

• You prioritize usability and optimal user experience in your design
• You consistently deliver high-quality UX work across product surfaces
• You contribute to a clean, maintainable Figma environment alongside an organization-wide design system
• You ensure consistent branding throughout the end-to-end user journey
• Engineers rely on your specs and annotations to build efficiently

• 30 days' holiday per year (inclusive of UK bank holidays)
• 100% remote working
• Social events and annual meet ups