Visual Designer

Join Our Team as a Visual Designer! Contract Length - 6 Months

Location; Edinburgh

Working Pattern: 2 days per week in the office

Are you a talented Visual Designer looking to make a meaningful impact in the digital product design space? Do you thrive in a dynamic, product-led environment? If so, we want to hear from you!

About the Role As a mid-to-senior level Visual Designer, you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing and elevating digital product experiences across multiple brands. You will work within an established design system, blending creativity with technical feasibility to deliver visually striking and user-friendly designs.

What You'll Do

Elevate Experiences:Apply your visual design expertise to enhance digital products on both web and mobile platforms.

Collaborate Effectively:Work closely with Product Owners, Engineers, UX Designers, and Customer Journey Managers in a multidisciplinary team to ensure cohesive end-to-end experiences.

Produce High-Quality Outputs:Translate concepts into high-fidelity UI designs and visual assets that align with brand and accessibility standards.

Support Multiple Projects:Flexibly contribute to various workstreams, adapting your designs to meet unique product requirements.

Refine Our Design System:Help enhance and scale our design system, ensuring consistency and quality across all outputs.

Key Deliverables Include

High-fidelity UI designs for web and mobile applications.

Visually engaging solutions to complex product challenges.

Design assets aligned with brand and product requirements.

What You Bring

A strong visual design portfolio showcasing your UI and digital product work.

Experience in large, complex organizations, ideally across multiple brands.

Proven ability to work within established design systems.

Familiarity with agile, product-led environments.

An understanding of UI design principles, layout, hierarchy, and visual storytelling.

Experience collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including UX, product, and engineering.

Tools & Technical Competencies

Proficiency in Figma (essential) for design and prototyping.

Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft tools is a plus.

Basic understanding of front-end development principles is advantageous but not required.

Why Join Us?

Work in a vibrant and collaborative environment.

Contribute to exciting projects that make a real impact.

Engage with a diverse team of professionals who are passionate about design and innovation.

Desirable Experience

Exposure to fintech or financial services environments.

Basic front-end development knowledge.

Success Profile: A successful candidate will showcase strong visual craft, navigate complexity with ease, and confidently operate in a fast-paced product environment. If you're excited to contribute to both concept and delivery while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, we want you on board!

Ready to Make Your Mark? If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, don't hesitate! Apply today and join us in creating amazing digital product experiences!

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.