User Interface (UI) Designer

Please be advised. UX and product design methodologies are not required for this role. This role a technical UI role, focused component construction through the use of Figma, tokenisation and Storybook.

We’re looking for a technical user interface designer, who is an expert in Figma and has experience in developing UI components for large scale design systems.

The role focuses on building UI components that are dev ready and adhere to the technical and style guidance of the organisations established design system.

The role requires a love for UI and an eye for detail, as the role is centred around maintaining, creating, and organising new components into our design libraries. As design system UI designer, you’d need to have a good understanding on how components work in the development environment and have good technical knowledge to bring your Figma design to life when handing over to the development team.

This unique role needs to enjoy all aspects of user interface design, from their conception to their construction, be able to adhere to brand guidelines and deliver components that scale.

The role will be working on a number of brands, across a number of channels, so we want a visual designer that loves to get their hands dirty in creating assets, developing their visual identity and is excited to work with the development team to bring them to life.

What this role is about - key themes:

We're looking for a UI and Interaction designer to contribute to our next big goal. Our new goal is to extend the reusability of the design system.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will have you creating new UI components, refactoring old ones to meet the design systems standards, whilst maintaining any changes required to our design libraries to ensure the development teams have all the resources readily available.

As a UI/Interaction designer we would expect an excellent / export knowledge in Figma. With a strong knowledge and experience of building bespoke UI components and using custom design libraries. A must for the role is to have demonstratable examples of committing and developing a design system first hand.

We’re want this role to take ownership of design enhancements, including good knowledge of both visual and interaction design.

We are also looking to harness the power of tokenisation, giving us the ability to maximise experiences through a limited set of well tested, high quality UI components.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience as a UI / Interaction designer (3+ years’ experience).
• Expert / excellent knowledge of using Figma and components.
• Experience using Figma variables, variants, and properties.
• Experience working with Design Systems, asset libraries or UI systems.
• Experience in interaction design and UI best practices.
• Ability to create high quality responsive UI designs.
• Knowledge of how to optimise designs for the design systems.
• Evidence of working with developers to ensure pixel-perfect UI implementation.
• Experience in organising and maintaining components, through the use of documentation.
• Good communication skills and understanding of how to deliver designs to development teams.
• Ability to adhere to brand guidelines.
• Identifying opportunities for design optimisation, improving design standards, and promoting implementation of best practices.
• Experience or knowledge working with Design Tokens.
• Good working understanding and experience of designing with WCAG Accessibility Guidelines in mind.

Nice-to-haves (non-essential):

• Have a good understanding of interaction design.
• An awareness of HTML, CSS and front end practices.
• Understanding and experience in Atomic Design Principles.
• Knowledge of Storybook.
• Knowledge of Chromatic.

This is not a UX / User Experience based role, this is strictly a user interface / visual design role.

Additional Information

• We will review your CV within 5 working days of application and get back to you
• We have a Hybrid approach to work remote working, 1-2 days per week in our Cardiff office (or more if you prefer)
• We will give you everything you need to work comfortably from home

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Salary, Benefits, and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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