Junior UX/UI Designer

At Smart, our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing, across all generations, around the world.

We’re looking for someone to join our design team and help drive the ongoing evolution of our clients' digital products and services. We value great attitudes, creative thinking and a user-centric approach to problem solving. This is a role for an early career designer with 1-2 years experience, developing an innovative fintech product across multiple geographies.

• Support UX/UI design for key features, ensuring alignment with user needs and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to define and refine user journeys.
• Create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes using tools like Figma or similar design software.
• Maintain design documentation, including style guides and design systems.
• Work closely with clients and stakeholders to ensure requirements are met in the designs.

The skills, experience, and aptitudes we are looking for are listed below but please don’t be discouraged from applying if you don’t meet every single one of these criteria – having a ‘can do’ attitude is sometimes more important than being able to tick every box:

• 1-2 years of experience in UX/UI design, preferably in fintech or a related industry.
• A portfolio showcasing your design process, decision-making, and final deliverables.
• Familiarity with Figma or other UX/UI design tools.
• Understanding of user-centered design, accessibility standards, and usability principles.
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with designers, product owners, and engineers.
• Experience in fintech, pensions, or financial services is preferred but not essential.
• Interest in new developments in design software and methodologies.
• Understanding of UX challenges related to financial regulation and compliance is preferred but not essential.

At Smart, one of the eight principles we work to is “We want happy and good people in our team”. We created a list of benefits that helps us achieve this goal:

• 25 days’ holiday per year, increasing with length of service.
• £500 annual training budget to spend on your professional development.
• Extensive private healthcare, including dental, eyecare and EAP.
• Enhanced sick leave (three months’ pay per year).
• Enhanced maternity and paternity (maternity – 6 months fully paid/paternity – 3 weeks fully paid).
• Death in service insurance cover.
• Fully-paid five-week sabbatical after five years of employment.
• In office wellbeing, such as manicures, massages and barbers.
• We also serve free lunch, breakfasts and social drinks weekly.

We think Smart is an awesome place to work. If it sounds like somewhere you’d like to work, too, and if you’re ready to play your part in our continued success in the future, then naturally we’d love to meet you.