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Anson McCade

Lead UX Designer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Senior

Freelance

19-09-2025

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Skills

Communication HTML CSS Figma Product vision Research HTML/CSS JS HTML/CSS/JS

Job Specifications

Lead UX Designer

London - 6 Months

Up to PS590 Inside IR35

We're partnered with a global financial services leader on an exciting contract for a Lead UX Designer. This is a chance to work at the heart of a major compliance transformation programme, designing complex, enterprise-grade applications that will be used across a global organisation.

The Role

As Lead UX Designer, you'll take ownership of end-to-end design from discovery and user research, through to creating wireframes, prototypes, and final design documentation. You'll collaborate closely with product, engineering, and compliance teams to bring a "one-stop shop" product vision to life, ensuring solutions are functional, intuitive, and future-focused.

What We're Looking For:

* 10+ years' experience in UX/interaction design, ideally on complex, large-scale applications.

* A background leading UX projects within banking.

* Strong track record delivering end-to-end design within enterprise environments.

* Expertise in Figma (plus working knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS).

* Experience with AI-powered applications, workflows, or data visualisation a plus.

* Excellent communication skills to influence and present at senior stakeholder level.

To hear more about the Lead UX Designer contract opportunity, get in touch with Connor Smyth at Anson McCade on 020 7780 6706.

About the Company

Anson McCade is a specialist recruitment agency focusing on four primary sectors: Quant Research, Trading & Risk; Digital & Data Analytics; IT & Cyber Security; Business Change & Transformation and Strategy. With offices in London, Belfast, Paris and Sydney, Anson McCade operates globally, working on mandates across Europe, Asia and US. In an ever changing business and technological landscape, the need for exceptional, agile talent is crucial to almost every organisation’s success over the long term. We target the highest c... Know more