UX Designer (12 Month FTC)

I.T. & Communications
Midlothian
June 1, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: UX Designer (12 Month FTC). End date: Thursday 11 June 2026. Salary Band: £61,344 – £68,160. Location: Edinburgh. Hours: 35 hours, full time. Working Pattern: Hybrid – at least two days per week on site.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end user experience, crafting a cohesive journey with a central design system.
  • Bring designs to life using prototyping tools such as Sketch, InVision, Figma, Axure, and Adobe XD.
  • Balance business requirements with user needs, gathering research and rationalising designs for stakeholders.
  • Diplomatically push back when necessary to advocate for the customer.
  • Adapt designs to technical constraints across platforms while guiding for the best possible end user experience.
  • Promote inclusive and accessible design for users of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years experience in User Experience or Interaction Design.
  • Strong experience as an Interaction Designer or UX Designer; a visual design background is also acceptable.
  • Full ownership of Interaction Design projects.
  • Excellent prototyping and layout skills, able to articulate clearly to internal customers and development teams.
  • Comfortable using existing design systems and proactively recommending improvements.
  • Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative research and apply insights to the design process.
  • Experience working in a complex landscape, ideally in financial services.
  • Strong ability to see designs through to delivery, collaborating with developers to ensure specifications are met.

Benefits

  • Generous pension contribution up to 15%.
  • Annual performance related bonus.
  • Share schemes including free shares.
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
  • 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
  • Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are disability confident and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. Reasonable adjustments can be made during recruitment upon request.

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