About the Role
AJ Bell is seeking a UI Designer to join their Design System team, focusing on shaping the future of their digital platforms. This role involves working across the D2C AJ Bell platform to deliver a large-scale design system for mobile and app, with a strong emphasis on creating and maintaining design system components and asset libraries.
Responsibilities
- Create design system components in Figma, demonstrating a strong understanding of interaction design and UI best practices.
- Produce high-quality, responsive UI designs that balance usability and accessibility with delightful user experiences.
- Produce component documentation and manage design tokens.
- Approach situations through a design systems lens, considering the reusability of design elements and contribute to documentation.
- Contribute to the design system strategy across platforms and support decision-making at the team level.
- Collaborate cross-functionally and play a key role in nurturing team collaboration.
- Make informed decisions during the design process, balancing user needs, business considerations, accessibility compliance, and research.
- Effectively communicate ideas and rationale to team members and stakeholders.
Requirements
- A minimum of 4 years' experience within a UX/UI role.
- Good working understanding of front-end practices and atomic design principles.
- Excellent knowledge of Figma; confident using auto layout, components, variables and managing libraries.
- Good understanding or experience of designing with WCAG or A11y guidelines in mind.
Skills
- UX/UI
- UI design
- Figma
- Auto layout
- Components
- Variables
- Libraries
- WCAG
- A11y guidelines
- Interaction design
- Responsive UI design
- Design system thinking
- Communication
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid working (minimum 50% office time per month)
- Full-time office working for initial onboarding period
Experience Level
- Minimum 4 years' experience in UX/UI
Benefits
- 25 days holiday, increasing with service
- Holiday buy/sell scheme
- Bank holidays
- 6% Pension with matched contributions
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)
- Health Cash Plan
- Discounted private healthcare
- Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Travel loan schemes
- Bike loan schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Regular social events
- Learning and development opportunities
About the Company
- AJ Bell is one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, trusted by over 762,000 customers managing more than £121.5 billion of assets.
- The company strives to make investing simpler and more accessible, helping people take control of their financial futures.
- Recognized as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years.
- Awarded Great Place to Work® in 2025 and 2026, reflecting a supportive and collaborative culture.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work.
- Welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential.
