Senior UI Designer

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Dunelm

Senior UI Designer

Multiple locations
In office
Graduate
Junior
Mid
Senior
Leader

Description

This is a hybrid role working from home and our offices in either our London or Leicester.
You will play a key role in expanding our UI development, working closely with the product design team to deliver high-quality, user-centric digital experiences. As we evolve the mobile app from MVP to a more feature-rich and optimised version, you’ll help steer its future design direction—identifying opportunities to enhance functionality, usability, and engagement. A key part of your role will be conceptualising and designing animations and transitions that enrich user flows and bring ideas to life in meaningful, delightful ways. You’ll collaborate with our development partner to ensure these concepts are implemented effectively, while aligning with internal stakeholders to maintain consistency with our evolving design standards. You’ll also be at the forefront of innovation by leveraging AI tools and methodologies to streamline design processes and create more personalised user experiences.
In addition to these responsibilities, you’ll be involved in creating assets, developing design concepts, prototyping, and producing high-fidelity visuals specifically for our website. You’ll help maintain and evolve our design patterns and component libraries to ensure consistency and scalability across platforms. Strong communication skills are essential, as you’ll need to clearly articulate your design rationale to stakeholders across the business and produce detailed handover documentation to support seamless collaboration with developers.
Responsibilities:
Support UX designers in delivering customer-first experiences and innovative design solutions.
Design and prototype high-fidelity visuals, animations, and transitions.
Utilise data and insights to inform and enhance design decisions.
Maintain and evolve our design system, patterns, and component libraries.
Explore and implement AI tools to streamline design workflows and enhance user experience.
Ensure all design outputs are accessible and inclusive, meeting relevant accessibility standards and guidelines.
Collaborate effectively with agile teams to support the delivery of high-quality design outputs.
Provide clear and constructive feedback to other designers, contributing to their growth and the overall quality of the design team.
Develop and maintain design patterns that ensure consistency and efficiency across projects.
Contribute to the evolution of mobile app UI design, helping to shape its direction while ensuring adherence to platform-specific best practices.
What we’ll look for in you:
A strong portfolio showcasing high-fidelity UI, motion design, and mobile app-specific work.
Expertise in Figma, prototyping, and animation tools (e.g., Principle, After Effects, Lottie).
Experience with design systems and maintaining design libraries.
Deep understanding of UI design principles, including typography, colour theory, layout and responsive design.
Knowledge with using AI tools for design.
Experience in iconography, illustration, and visual storytelling.
Experience in motion and interaction design.
A collaborative spirit and a positive attitude towards teamwork and shared goals.
Strong attention to detail and a passion for creating polished, high-quality designs.
Demonstrate a flexible, can-do mindset that adapts to business needs, balancing design perfection with practicality and feasibility.
What will help you succeed:
A portfolio that demonstrates implementing a design system across multiple applications.
Experience in developing and maturing design systems, showcasing consistency and scalability across various projects.
Experience bridging the gap between design and engineering teams.
Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript capabilities and limitations.

Role tech stack

html5
HTML5
css-3
CSS 3
javascript
JavaScript

Culture overview

We're here to help our customers create the joy of feeling truly at home. Join us and you'll find our caring and inclusive culture makes this a place you'll feel right at home too. Learn Wherever you work with us and in whatever role, you'll have every opportunity to keep on learning and keep on growing. Thrive We'll take care of you, and make sure your everyday needs are met, so you can focus on doing a great job and being the best version of you. Belong We embrace diversity in all its forms. We'll celebrate the individual you are and value the unique contribution you bring. Colleague Networks All of our colleagues have the opportunity to be part of our four colleague networks. These are Disability & Neurodiversity, LGBTQ+, Gender Equality and Ethnicity & Race. Each network has co-chairs and an exec sponsor who work closely with us to ensure that we are a workplace where everyone feels supported, celebrated, valued and heard. A chance to give something back We're serious about our role in society. Each of our stores is partnered with a local charity and has its own community Facebook page. And we offer our Pausa Cafés for free to local community groups. We're also proud partners of the mental health charities, Mind (UK and Wales), SAMH (Scotland) and Inspire (Northern Ireland). And each year, we'll give you a day's paid leave to support a charity that matters to you. Work your way We have adapted our ways of working to make sure everyone can feel at home wherever they work. For many colleagues at our Head Office in Leicester and our Central London hub that now includes working on a hybrid basis, combining days in the office with time spent working at home or elsewhere across the business.

Employee benefits

Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Share Options
Wellbeing Programme

Office vibe

Birthday Off
City Centre
Hackathons
Office Dog
Open Plan
Social Events

Location

Leadership

John Gahagan
Chief Technology and Information Officer

Tech overview

Our Tech, Digital and Data teams are transforming literally every aspect of our business – from the way we manage and make use of our data, to the relationships we share with our customers. Already, their impact has been felt across the business, and indeed by our customers. But this is just the start and we know there are bigger opportunities ahead. Check out our tech blog for tales behind our talented teams: https://engineering.dunelm.com/ Keep on growing Join us on the tech side and you'll have access to a huge array of learning and development opportunities, including a variety of internally created workshops and externally accredited courses. We also have a substantial tech-specific budget to fund e-Learning licenses, conference visits, resources, and qualifications, plus dedicated mentors, well-being buddies and a wide range of network groups to support you as you progress.

Engineering principles

Agile Process
Code Reviews
Communication and collaboration
Continuous delivery
Continuous Development
Continuous integration
Infrastructure as code
Mentoring
Micro services
Pair programming
Scrum
Test Driven Development
Unit testing

Company tech stack

javascript
JavaScript
aws-lambda
AWS Lambda
graphql
GraphQL
react
React
typescript
TypeScript
jest
Jest
nodejs
Node.js
sql
SQL
python
Python
java
Java
Dunelm
Senior UI Designer
Leicester
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