Pontoon Solutions - Senior UX Designer

UX Designer is needed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Client: Pontoon Solutions

Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Contract: Contractor

Job Description

Job Title: Senior UX Designer

Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week)

Duration: 6-Month Contract

Rate: Competitive daily rate via umbrella

Shape the Future of Digital Banking. Are you passionate about crafting intuitive, accessible, and delightful user experiences? We’re on the lookout for a Senior UX Designer to join a forward-thinking digital team at one of the UK’s leading financial institutions. With over 30 million customers, this is your chance to make a real difference to how people manage their money every day. Join a transformation journey where your designs won’t just be seen—they’ll be used and relied upon by millions.

Requirements

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design End-to-End Experiences – Craft seamless, inclusive user journeys using a central design system, blending UI and content with purpose.
• Prototype Like a Pro – Create interactive prototypes using tools like Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe XD, or Axure to bring your concepts to life.
• Champion the User – Use research insights and usability testing to inform your designs, ensuring they meet real user needs while aligning stakeholder expectations.
• Collaborate Across Disciplines – Work closely with developers, product managers, and researchers to turn ideas into beautifully executed digital products.
• Design for Everyone – Build accessible, inclusive solutions that cater to users of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
• Work Within (and Improve) Design Systems – Leverage and contribute to existing design systems, ensuring scalable, consistent design across digital products.

About You:

• Experienced UX Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing your UX and interaction design work across complex digital environments.
• Expert in Prototyping and visualising user flows—from wireframes to high-fidelity mockups.
• User Research Savvy – Comfortable interpreting both qualitative and quantitative research and turning insights into action.
• Financial Services Know-How – Experience in a regulated or complex industry is a big plus.
• Delivery Minded – Not just a thinker; a doer who owns designs through to delivery.
• Team Player – Thrives in collaborative, cross-functional teams and brings others along the journey.
• Inclusivity Advocate – Passionate about accessibility and building products that everyone can use, regardless of ability.

Additional Information

Why Apply?

• Work on high-impact products that are central to everyday life.
• Collaborate with a supportive, design-led team.
• Be part of a major digital transformation initiative in the financial sector.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone’s chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.