UI Designer (Design Systems)

As part of our continued growth at AJ Bell, we are recruiting for a UI Designer to join our Design System team and help shape the future of our award-winning digital platforms. Reporting to the Design System Lead, you will work across our D2C (direct-to-consumer) AJ Bell platform to deliver a large-scale design system across mobile and app. We are looking for a designer with a minimum of 4/5 years' experience in UX/UI and a love for UI. This role is largely focused on the creation and ongoing maintenance of design system components and asset libraries. It requires a good understanding on how components work, with experience handing over designs to development as a must-have. We’re looking for designers who will enjoy focusing on the details but also maintain a macro-level appreciation for how the entire design system behaves. There’s an exciting rebrand underway, alongside a redesign of the AJ Bell app and website. You will play a key role in shaping our design standards for D2C, working hands-on with UX designers, developers, and product managers to champion the design system and encourage its adoption. What you’ll do: Hands-on design: create design system components in Figma, demonstrating a strong understanding of interaction design and UI best practices. UI specialist: create high-quality, responsive UI designs that balance usability and accessibility with delightful user experiences. Maintain and manage the design system: produce component documentation and manage design tokens. Design system thinking: approach situations through a design systems lens, considering the reusability of design elements and contribute to our documentation. Design ownership and influence: contribute to the design system strategy across our platforms and support decision-making at the team level. Collaboration: collaborate cross-functionally and play a key role in nurturing team collaboration. Decision making: make informed decisions during the design process where you balance user ne