Robert Walters
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Lead Designer - Design Systems (VP)
Location: City of London
Contract: 6-9 months
Working pattern: Onsite - 5 days a week
Pay rate: £700/day
Sector: Financial Services / Digital Banking
We're looking for an experienced Lead Designer - Design Systems to join the Design & Customer Experience team within a leading digital banking organisation. This newly created role sits within the Design System Team, working closely with Product Design and wider multidisciplinary teams to evolve the design systems supporting a growing consumer-facing digital product.
The Role:
- Drive design system excellence, balancing design quality with customer and business impact.
- Develop and evolve design systems across a consumer-facing digital banking experience.
- Collaborate with Product Designers, Researchers, Engineers, Product Managers, and stakeholders.
- Translate customer and business needs into practical design system solutions.
- Identify opportunities to improve and innovate within the design system.
- Champion design system adoption and build buy-in across teams.
- Contribute to new product solutions and customer experiences.
- Use insights, data, and feedback to evolve the design system.
- Support consistency across digital touchpoints, including native iOS and Android.
- Work autonomously while bringing teams and stakeholders together.
- Promote accessibility and inclusive design principles.
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About You:
We're looking for someone with a strong background in hands-on product design and design systems, supported by a high-quality portfolio. You'll ideally have:
- Proven experience working with design systems at scale.
- Expert knowledge of Figma and modern design/prototyping tools.
- Essential experience designing for a consumer-facing digital product or app.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating design craft, problem-solving, and scalable systems.
- Experience collaborating within design system teams and multidisciplinary product teams.
- A strong understanding of how design systems solve customer and business problems.
- Experience across digital products, ideally including native iOS and Android.
- The ability to work autonomously and take ownership.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A solution-oriented mindset and appreciation for high-quality design.
- An understanding of accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.2.
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We're particularly interested in the quality of your design work, design systems experience, and consumer-facing products you've delivered.
Why Join?
Join a high-profile digital banking proposition at an exciting stage of growth, with genuine influence over its design system, products, and new product solutions.
Interview Process
- Interview with the Hiring Manager
- Portfolio review
If you're a hands-on designer with strong design systems experience and a portfolio demonstrating excellent consumer-facing digital work, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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