UI Designer
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire The Role: At Spirax Group, we're transforming the way industrial customers interact with our digital products. We're looking for an experienced UI Designer to lead the development and evolution of our digital design system, ensuring a seamless, accessible and engaging user experience across our growing portfolio of digital solutions.
As a recognised specialist in UI design and design systems, you'll shape how our products look and behave across platforms including Connect, MiM and future Group Digital services. Working closely with UX Designers, Product Owners and Engineering teams, you'll create scalable design solutions that support consistency, usability and innovation across the business.
Key Responsibilities: Lead the development, maintenance and governance of Spirax Group's digital design system, including component libraries, design tokens and documentation. Partner with front-end engineers to ensure alignment between Figma libraries and coded components. Create high-fidelity user interfaces, translating UX concepts and wireframes into polished digital experiences.
Design responsive solutions across desktop, tablet and mobile environments. Produce clear UI specifications and developer handover documentation, supporting efficient implementation. Conduct design reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure designs are delivered as intended. Champion accessibility standards, embedding compliance across all design outputs.
Collaborate with product teams, stakeholders and business units to drive adoption of design standards and best practice. Support and mentor designers, developers and external partners, promoting a consistent and scalable approach to digital design. Your Skills: Extensive experience in UI, Visual or Product Design, ideally within digital products, SaaS, enterprise or technology environments.
Expert knowledge of Figma, including Auto Layout, components, variants, design tokens, variables and Dev Mode. Strong visual design capabilities across typography, colour, layout, iconography and data visualisation. Proven experience building and managing design systems and component libraries. Solid understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
Experience working closely with front-end development teams and understanding of HTML, CSS and component-based frameworks. Ability to create prototypes and micro-interactions that effectively communicate design intent. Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills. A collaborative, detail-oriented approach with a passion for creating consistent digital experiences.
Join us and play a key role in shaping a consistent, accessible and industry-leading digital experience across Spirax Group's next generation of products and services.
