Senior Web Designer

Salary

£32,000 - £44,000+ depending on skills and experience

Hours and location

This is a full-time role based in Leeds, UK. We offer hybrid working and flexible hours to everyone in the team, but this is not a fully remote opportunity. You will be required to be in the Leeds office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Benefits package

As part of our commitment to making Engage a great place to work, we’ve built a comprehensive benefits package that fuels our thriving culture and delivers an exceptional, well-rounded employee experience. Some of our most popular perks are:

  • Hybrid working with flexible hours
  • 26 days holiday, plus extra for continued service
  • Private company medical and dental insurance
  • 5% employer pension contribution
  • Company Performance linked bonus scheme (this is depending on the business’ performance and is not a contractual benefit)
  • A 10% Learning and innovation time budget per team
  • Up to 4 weeks a year to Work From Absolutely Anywhere (WFAA)
  • Your own 1-on-1 financial coach

What we’re looking for

As a Senior Web Designer at Engage, your role will span all stages of the UX and UI design process, from discovery and scoping to final execution. You will take the creative lead on projects when required and bring strategic thinking to solve complex design challenges. This role demands a refined eye for design, a deep understanding of user-centred practices, and a proactive approach to elevating our web styling capabilities.

The role also includes mentoring and providing support to junior and midweight web designers, fostering their development through collaboration and constructive feedback. Additionally, you will be a key collaborator with clients and other team members, ensuring a cohesive design-to-development process. You will also be confident in presenting your ideas and work both internally and to clients, contributing to new business pitches and proposals as needed.

In this role, success looks like…

  • You establish a leadership presence within the team, mentoring others to achieve excellence.
  • Your design solutions lead to measurable improvements in user engagement and satisfaction.
  • You contribute to an elevated web design standard, recognised across projects and clients.
  • You are a go-to expert for both strategic and tactical design challenges.
  • You confidently present design solutions and contribute to the success of new business pitches.
  • You scope and cost design work accurately, ensuring projects are delivered within budget and expectations.


Operational Duties and Responsibilities

  • Organisation - Manage your time effectively, and provide regular updates to your tasks and projects.
  • Communication - Be present and approachable in both person and online. Respond to both internal and external communications in a timely manner, via instant messaging or email where applicable.
  • Administration - Accurately log your time each day in alignment with the company’s requirements. Ensure holiday bookings and time off requests are submitted through the company’s system of choice.

Design Duties and Responsibilities

  • Strategic Discovery: Lead design workshops, user interviews, and light user testing. Translate insights into actionable strategies.
  • Design Excellence: Create visually stunning, user-centric designs using tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Elevate web design aesthetics beyond basic standards.
  • Wireframing & Prototyping: Develop interactive wireframes and prototypes that adhere to best practices for usability and accessibility.
  • Design Systems: Build, manage, and maintain scalable design systems that align with development best practices.
  • Developer Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with developers to ensure designs are feasible and optimised for implementation.
  • Creative Problem-Solving: Push creative boundaries while respecting project constraints and client requirements.
  • Feedback: Interpret and action feedback constructively, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Figma: Proficient in Figma and all its features and functionality to empower design systems.
  • Costing and Scoping: Accurately scope and cost design work for projects, ensuring realistic expectations are set and met for timelines and budgets.
  • Presentation Skills: Confidently present design concepts and solutions to internal stakeholders and clients. You should be able to articulate your design rationale clearly and effectively without requiring others to step in.
  • New Business Pitches & Proposals: Collaborate with other teams on new business pitches and proposals, bringing your design expertise to the process and contributing to winning new opportunities.

Team Duties and Responsibilities

  • Leadership & Mentoring: Guide and support junior and midweight designers, fostering their growth through knowledge sharing and constructive critique.
  • Knowledge Sharing: Contribute insights about trends, best practices, and design tools to the wider team.

Collaborative Approach: Actively engage in brainstorming sessions and team critiques, offering objective, actionable feedback.

A bit about us

Established in 2007 we’ve earned a reputation for consistently delivering world-class digital products and strategies. We call this Attention to digital™

We also have a strong sense of wanting to do the right thing - not just in digital, but our impact on the world too. That’s why we’re proud to be a Certified B Corporation™

Want to get to know us a little better? Why not take a tour of our office, meet the team or browse some of our work and case studies.

Diverse teams make better teams

We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive working environment for employees that is free from discrimination.

We therefore welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, religious beliefs, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability.

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