Senior UX/UI Designer - Flex Team in London

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human-first, award-winning work for blue-chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's.

We are seeking a passionate and talented Senior UX/UI Product Designer to join our dynamic, flexible team, embedded directly with a leading automotive client. This hybrid role is ideal for a highly skilled individual who excels in crafting best-in-class user experience and user interface design and is eager to create exceptional digital experiences that drive engagement, enhance customer journeys, and foster loyalty within the fast-evolving automotive sector.

You will be at the forefront of digital design for a major automotive brand, problem-solving with user-centricity at the core. Working collaboratively within a cross-functional flex team, you will craft delightful and impactful solutions across a diverse range of projects, from in-car infotainment systems and companion apps to digital customer portals and online retail experiences.

Please note that this job is a full-time perm position in London.

What you’ll be doing:

• You are a highly motivated, self-sufficient, and top-tier Senior UX/UI Product Designer with a drive to create exceptional digital experiences for our automotive client.
• Your passion for user experience and user interface design pushes you to find smarter, more effective ways of delivering high-quality outcomes, underpinned by a meticulous attention to detail across both concept and execution.
• You understand the critical role of bridging the gap between UX and UI, bringing end-to-end expertise across products, services, devices, and channels within the automotive ecosystem.
• You will play a key role in shaping digital products and services end-to-end for our automotive client, working across the full design spectrum—from early discovery and experience definition through to polished, high-fidelity UI execution.

What we want from you:

• Automotive Sector Acumen: Confident working within the automotive sector, quickly building domain understanding and adapting your approach to different levels of design maturity and stakeholder expectations unique to the industry.
• Strategic Autonomy: Proven ability to work autonomously and lead design within complex, fast-paced environments, often with incomplete or evolving requirements typical of large enterprise projects.
• Stakeholder Leadership: Strong experience in stakeholder management, with the ability to challenge, influence, and align senior stakeholders across various disciplines.
• Problem Framing & Direction: Demonstrated ability to frame complex problems, define clear opportunities, and actively shape product direction.
• End-to-End Design Expertise: Proven ability to operate as a true end-to-end product designer, seamlessly transitioning between UX strategy, interaction design, and high-fidelity UI execution without loss of quality.
• Flexible Delivery Model: Comfortable operating within various delivery models, balancing pace and quality while managing multiple workstreams, priorities, and stakeholders.
• Design System Mastery: Strong experience working with complex, tokenised design systems, with a deep understanding of component architecture.
• Responsive & Adaptive Design: Solid understanding of responsive design principles and behaviour logic.
• Figma Fluency: Advanced proficiency in Figma, with the ability to create scalable, well-structured design files.
• Multi-Brand Adaptability: Experience working across multiple brands and visual identities.
• Compelling Artefact Creation: Ability to produce high-quality supporting design artefacts beyond core product UI.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Expertise in translating user research and data into actionable insights.
• Strong Communication: Strong communication and storytelling skills.

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

We offer a great benefits package including a discretionary bonus scheme, training opportunities, competitive pension, medical insurance, life assurance, social events, opportunities to buy and sell holidays, family-friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.