As AJ Bell continues to grow, we're recruiting for a Senior UX Designer to produce designs for our award-winning platforms. This is an opportunity to play a key role within our UX team, influencing design direction, championing user centred thinking, and helping to establish a shared UX vision across the business. We're looking for someone with at least six years' UX experience and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
What you'll do:
- Creativity: demonstrate expertise in creating seamless user experiences across all digital channels.
- Ownership: help lead the end to end UX design process across product areas.
- Design leadership: assist with the strategic planning of design initiatives, aligning design efforts with broader business goals.
- Brand knowledge: follow and contribute to wider branding initiatives and help facilitate our brand promise of "feel good investing" into different experiences.
- Design Systems: create and maintain components in a Figma library, bringing creative ideas to help iteration.
- Contribute to the development of our new design guidelines and component libraries.
- Collaboration: collaborate with executive stakeholders and cross functional teams, playing a key role in fostering strong partnerships and a culture of collaboration.
- Decision making: make informed and strategic decisions in the design process, balancing user needs, business considerations and creative goals.
- Research: illustrate skills in designing and overseeing comprehensive usability testing processes, utilising both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
- Be an advocate for UX in the wider business and look for opportunities to showcase UX.
- Inspire and motivate team members, whilst providing mentorship and guidance.
What you'll bring:
- A minimum of 6 years' experience in a UX role.
- Expert in prototyping software (Figma, XD etc).
- Deep understanding of user psychology.
- Accessibility expertise.
- Experience in guiding or mentoring junior team members.
- Ability to juggle multiple projects.
- A naturally creative and inquisitive approach.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- A self motivated and ambitious attitude.
About AJ Bell
AJ Bell is one of the UK's fastest growing investment platform businesses, providing award winning solutions for everyone, from professional financial advisers to first time investors.
Today, over723,000customerstrust us to manage more than£108.7billionof assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures.
We're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work in 2025 and 2026a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture.
What we offer:
- 26 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
- 7% Pension with matched contributions
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)
- Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare
- Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Travel and bike loan schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
Life at AJ Bell
- Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties
- Learning and development opportunities tailored to you
- Casual dress code
- Friendly, supportive team environment
Our ways of working
We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office.
For new starters, there is an initial period of full time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.
Inclusion & diversity
We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential.