Senior/Lead Product Designer (Contract)

  • Location: Hybrid - from any of our UK offices
  • Term: Contract
  • Salary: Competitive
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Job description

Scope of work

  • Deliver end-to-end product design for agreed features, journeys, or product areas.
  • Produce high-quality UX and UI outputs aligned to existing brand guidelines and design systems.
  • Apply inclusive and accessible design best practices as part of delivery.
  • Work within and contribute design assets to established design systems and component libraries.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to ensure designs are technically feasible and implementation-ready.
  • Use research insights, analytics, and experimentation (including A/B testing where applicable) to validate design decisions and iterate towards agreed success measures.
  • Support delivery through build and release by providing clear documentation, specifications, and design rationale.

What you'll bring

  • Demonstrable experience delivering complex product design work from discovery through to launch
  • Strong UX/UI capability across research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping (e.g. Figma).
  • Experience operating in consultancy, agency, or delivery-led environments.
  • Clear understanding of technical constraints and how designs translate into build.
  • Confident working directly with client and stakeholder representatives.
  • Comfortable working to defined scopes, milestones, and timelines in fast-moving environments.

Our Benefits

We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:

You'll receive 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, totalling 35 days of holiday to unwind and pursue your passions.

Plan for retirement with our company-matched 5% pension contribution. For added peace of mind, we also offer a Death in Service benefit, providing 2 x your annual salary for your loved ones.

Our Medicash Health Cash Plans help cover everyday healthcare costs, complemented by an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support, and Group Sickness Cover for peace of mind.

We champion hybrid working, providing a home office setup budget to ensure you're comfortable and productive wherever you are.

Invest in yourself with access to Udemy Business and a dedicated learning and development budget for continuous growth.

Make the most of our Cycle to Work Scheme, and enjoy exclusive gym and retail discounts.

Our enhanced parental leave policies include support for fertility journeys, recognising diverse family needs.

We foster a vibrant culture with regular fun meet-ups and lunch on us in the office once a month. You'll also have the opportunity to make a local impact through Spirit of Waracle, our initiative for getting involved in charitable causes locally, building strong team bonds and giving back.

Our values

To make the world a better place through impactful software

We take pride in delivering high quality work and seeing the impact it has. We are curious, proactive, and always learning; continuously improving ourselves and our skills. We strive for excellence in everything we do. We see every opportunity as a chance to raise the bar - for Waracle, our clients, and for our own professional growth.

We succeed together: whether we’re leading, supporting or learning. We lead with empathy, working as a unified team to understand and appreciate other people’s perspectives and experiences. This commitment to one another empowers everyone to do their best work and reach their full potential. We build trust, celebrate every contribution, and create a space where everyone has the opportunity to shine.

We have big goals, but we don’t try to do everything. We know there are a limited number of hours in a day, so we make every one of them count. We accomplish this by regularly pausing to assess the potential impact of our work, prioritising what matters most and then acting with purpose.

We are transparent in how we think and act. We seek and share context, give and accept feedback, and communicate openly. We take full ownership of what we deliver as individuals and as a team, and hold ourselves accountable. This openness and accountability gives us the clarity and purpose to deliver at our best.

We love what we do and find the fun in each day, celebrating our shared successes and the satisfaction of doing hard work well. We’re in this together, creating space for connection, laughter, and fun. When we look after our clients and each other, and do work we’re proud of, we go home happy.

Frequently-asked questions

Here are some of the things that people tend to ask about working at Waracle.

Absolutely! At Waracle, we welcome both permanent and contract applicants. Each job posting indicates if it's open to contract applications. We offer a diverse range of projects, both within and outside IR35 regulations, catering to various preferences and expertise levels.

We work on a Hybrid working model and offer flexible working hours. We're spread across 4 vibrant UK offices, but our teamwork isn't confined to those spaces, it's all about collaboration! While using the office is encouraged for our teams to work together, each of us has a home office setup, relishing the freedom of hybrid workstyles. As of now, remote work outside the UK isn't part of our standard practice.

As proud sponsors, we're geared up to provide sponsorship for eligible roles. Be sure to view the specific job listing you're interested in to make sure we are accepting applications for sponsorship. If it doesn't quite fit, consider diving into our talent pool for potential future opportunities!

We always want to hear from talented people, join our talent pool 👇 and we'll contact you when a new opportunity becomes available.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.

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