Lead Visual Designer

End Date

Thursday 27 February 2025

Salary Range

£86,964 - £102,310

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Play a lead role in the integration & pragmatic application of visual design in a multidisciplinary team of designers, product owners and engineers. Champions human centred design, drives the highest standards of visual design and help change mind-sets about problem solving. Helps others grow and succeed through coaching and by sharing knowledge, being a leader in the Experience design community.

Job Description

About this opportunity

You’ll be part of a cross-functional project team and responsible for all visual design elements, from design thinking right the way through to deployment. Whether it’s contributing to workshops, advising on best practice or responding to research, you should be a design advocate and understand how to apply design principles to make accessible customer experiences.

Add beauty, clarity and creative consideration to LBG products, elevating the customer experience from functional to desirable and delightful. It goes beyond usability by addressing both form and function. Visual design is the first impression consumers will have of our product—it is actually arguably the most important impression it'll make. Users will decide whether to trust the credibility of a website/app based more upon its visual cues than its actual content. Additionally, it is one of the strongest ties a designer can use for effectual branding.

 What you'll be doing

• Inject empathy and creativity into the teams focused on the most strategically important work in the lab within a multidisciplinary team of designers, product owners and engineers, ensuring customer focus through everything they do.

• You’ll develop deep empathy for people, understanding their needs, aspirations and challenges.

• Recruit and mentor designers early in their career and help facilitate growth within visual designer community.

• Support the visual design community of practice lead

• Share knowledge and improve design methods as an active member of the visual design and experience design community.

What you'll need

• Proven and demonstrable background at a senior level experience in visual design for large scale projects.

• Advanced skills in: competitor analysis, concepting, work shopping, visual design across multiple platforms (iOS and Android) and mobile and web, prototyping, sketching skills

• Experience of working within and contributing to a enterprise design system.

• Experience of supporting wider team activities user research.

• Deep proficiency with industry standard design & business tools such as; Adobe CC, Figma

• The ability to manage key stakeholders in the business who come from digital and non-digital backgrounds.

• We are looking for someone who is empathetic, daring, and inquisitive. Good at problem-solving and who is a proactive customer advocate.

 What we like…

• You’re passionate about delivering all things UI, and know your way around a Design System.

• You’re highly skilled and competent at what you do. You pride yourself on your work. You have a forensic attention to detail, and if something isn’t pixel perfect, it bothers you.

• You’ve designed for iOS / Android apps and are always up to speed with app design best practices.

• You always take ownership of your work and are good at managing your own time. You’re able to balance multiple tasks at once.

• You care about your craft and ultimately want to make a difference.

• You’re an advocate for simplicity, usability and accessibility.

• You’re proactive, always looking for the next innovation or efficiency.
   

About Working For Us
 

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.