Open Role + Senior Digital Designer +
Open Role + Senior Digital Designer +
Senior Digital Designer
About For Different
For Different unites creativity with commercial insight to craft brands and experiences with heart and ambition.
We are a small but mighty studio. We craft strong, beautiful brands, grounded in sound design principles and strategic insight, ready to connect seamlessly in the digital and physical worlds.
Our team hails from all over the world and mostly works remotely. We have a beautiful studio HQ in leafy Oxfordshire as well as a base in West London.
The Role
We’re looking for a highly creative and forward-thinking Senior UX/UI Designer, to join the FD team. You will sit at the heart of the studio's interactive output, working alongside great minds to design and deliver original digital experiences across both web and product. Bringing ideas, energy, and your skills to any task; from immersion to strategy, expression to implementation.
The Day-to-Day
You’ll champion the end-user.
Generating ideas with strong conceptual foundations.
Providing a digital perspective and valuable input across all stages of a project; from immersion to implementation. Delivering compelling and inspiring work from beginning to end.
You will plan, manage and run user research alongside your team to understand user behaviour and identify needs.
Take responsibility to hit deadlines and always being mindful of timings.
Supporting team members across the design and client service teams to meet collective goals.
Managing external suppliers to ensure they deliver to our high creative standards.
Being culturally connected, and understanding new waves and trends. Attending events, and exhibitions, and connecting to universities and design institutions.
Actively contributing to our culture.
Who Are We Looking For?
A Senior Digital Designer who has a passion for UX, UI, technology, and innovation.
You can turn big ideas into original digital experiences, delivering seamless user experiences, governed by the user, and designing at the cutting edge of what's possible.
You enjoy team collaboration and working alongside designers and developers and effectively collaborating with our Designer Team and Creative Director to achieve the team’s overall vision.
Key Skills and Qualities
6+ years of industry experience with proven skills and competencies. You must also show an ability to learn and develop.
Ability to solve complex business and user problems, communicating product strategy and creating high quality experiences.
Work that demonstrates a user-centric design approach and a well-crafted execution, along with experimentation, versatility, and energy.
Ability to run interviews, workshops, and interactions with clients.
Ability to flex and work within any industry, with any type of client, anywhere in the world (from startups to corporations to schools and beyond).
Excellent level of skill in design and prototyping programs specifically covering UX and UI. Including Figma and Adobe CS.
Experience in digital design operations and practices including delivering in an Agile manner, working in Sprints, and crafting Atomic Design systems.
Have a basic understanding of best practices for both coding and SEO.
Experience in animation, coding, and interaction design is a bonus.
Curiosity, generosity, and kindness.
If you feel as though you don’t meet all of the requirements listed but are still interested, we encourage you to apply. We’re looking for talented and friendly people more than just ticking boxes.
What We Can Offer You
£50,000 - £60,000 salary PA, depending on your experience
Pension scheme
Annual bonus scheme
Holiday package plus your birthday off
Annual team away day, summer party, and Christmas party
Remote working.
Flexible working.
An amazing like-minded team to work with.
The Not-So-Small Print
Please include a link or attached (under 20Mb) portfolio of relevant work.
We are flexible with regards to location—anywhere in the world, but you will be working UK hours.
Applicants must have the right to work within the UK.
We're very sorry to say that due to a high volume of candidates, we will only respond to those shortlisted for interviews, but thank you in advance for reaching out.