Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Job Title
UI (Product) Designer – Principal Associate
Location
London OR Nottingham
Working Pattern
Hybrid – 3 days in-office (Tuesday‑Thursday) and 2 days remote.
What you’ll do
- Deliver high-fidelity design solutions that span the full project lifecycle, from initial conceptual sketches to production-ready assets and technical specs.
- Explore a variety of visual design directions rapidly and iteratively, incorporating feedback while maintaining a high bar for visual quality.
- Be a brand guardian and influence the application of our visual language whilst being an advocate for quality.
- Contribute to and evolve our design system as we continue to add features to our experiences on app and web.
- Partner with UX designers in ideation sessions and workshops to develop ideas that address both customer and business needs.
- Use your visual thinking to help team members across disciplines understand, frame and communicate real business problems.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams during the development process to translate design vision into flawless, production‑ready experiences for our customers.
- Empower the wider team by sharing the latest visual design trends, from visual best practices to new features in Figma and developments in AI.
The Skills And Experience You'll Need
- A portfolio that demonstrates your creative potential across a variety of platforms (e.g. Mobile, web). We’d love to see examples of how you’ve creatively responded to a complex brief, or challenging content and how you leverage AI tools (e.g., Figma AI, LLMs, or generative asset tools) to optimise your workflow, accelerate prototyping, or explore creative concepts.
- Skilled using tools such as Figma, Adobe suite.
- Creative storytelling and illustration skills.
- Proven experience in UI and visual design, with pixel-level attention to detail.
- Experience in contributing to and maintaining design systems that determine brand identity (typography, colour, layout) but also implementation rules and patterns.
- A commitment to inclusive design, ensuring that all visual outputs are fully accessible and meet WCAG standards without compromising on aesthetic impact.
- Experience integrating AI tools into your design process to increase efficiency while maintaining a critical eye for AI limitations regarding data privacy and accessibility.
It would also be beneficial (but not essential) if you had
- A Bachelor’s Degree or commensurate studies in Design, HCI, Computer Science or other related field.
- Experience working in an Agile development process.
- Project management experience, particularly in tooling such as JIRA and Confluence.
Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.
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