UX/UI Designer (SaaS, Remote)

Wordwall • United Kingdom
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AI Summary

Wordwall is seeking a hands-on UX/UI Designer to own the end-to-end design process for their growing product team. This role focuses on translating product hypotheses into intuitive, high-quality interaction designs, collaborating closely with PMs and engineers. The ideal candidate will contribute to simplicity and usability across the product, working within a remote and async environment.

Key Highlights
Owns end-to-end UX workflow from concept to engineering handoff.
Translates user needs and product ideas into wireframes, flows, and UI components.
Collaborates with PMs and engineers to deliver intuitive and usable solutions.
Strengthens product simplicity and usability through core UX principles.
Builds scalable UX that works across devices and user types.
Contributes to and maintains a component-based design system and library.
Conducts or supports user research and usability testing.
Establishes and maintains a structured Figma workspace.
Works within a remote, async team environment.
Technical Skills Required
Figma Component-driven design systems Wireframing User flows UI components Design systems Visual style guides User research Usability testing Rapid prototyping QA handoffs
Benefits & Perks
Salary £45-55k per year
30 days' holiday per year
100% remote working
Flexible working

Job Description


We're seeking a hands-on, execution-driven UX/UI Designer to join our growing product team. This role is focused on building and owning the end-to-end UX workflow: transforming validated product hypotheses into intuitive, high-quality interaction designs that meet real user needs.

You'll focus on translating well-defined product problems into clean, usable, component-based designs. You'll work closely with PMs and engineers to ensure we deliver intuitive, usable solutions - fast, consistently, and with craft. You'll also help strengthen our philosophy of simplicity by applying core UX principles to improve usability across the product.

Key Responsibilities

Design execution & craft

  • Translate user needs and validated product ideas and requirements into wireframes, flows, and polished UI components
  • Own the design process from concept through handoff to engineering, ensuring clarity, consistency, and usability
  • Build UX that scales - Your work should hold up across mobile and desktop, new users and power users, in any language
  • Work within and contribute to an evolving component-based design system
  • Conduct or support user research and usability testing; synthesize insights into actionable improvements

Design process & infrastructure

  • Establish and maintain a structured Figma workspace and design architecture
  • Build out a scalable design library and visual style guide to ensure design consistency that aligns with brand guidelines
  • Collaborate with other designers and engineers to evolve and optimize how we work and document design decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers to deeply understand the problem and shape the problem statements and solution spaces
  • Work directly with engineers to ensure accurate implementation of your designs
  • Participate in design iterations, rapid prototyping, user testing, QA handoffs, and cross-functional reviews

Requirements

Required qualifications

  • A minimum 2+ years of experience designing digital products or SaaS applications
  • Strong interaction design skills and deep understanding of usability best practices
  • Fluency in Figma and component-driven design systems
  • A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to translate product intent into functional, user-first design
  • Comfortable managing own workload and maintaining velocity in a remote, async team
  • Comfortable testing and using AI solutions to accelerate design

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in EdTech, education platforms, or creator tools
  • Familiarity with implementing and documenting design libraries
  • Experience working closely with PMs and engineers in delivery-focused environments
  • Understanding of user-centred design, user testing, rapid prototyping and QA workflows

What Success Looks Like

  • You prioritize usability and optimal user experience in your design
  • You consistently deliver high-quality UX work across product surfaces
  • You contribute to a clean, maintainable Figma environment alongside an organization-wide design
  • You ensure consistent branding throughout the end-to-end user journey
  • Engineers rely on your specs and annotations to build efficiently

Benefits

  • Salary £45-55k per year
  • 30 days' holiday per year
  • 100% remote & flexible working

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