UX Designer

About The Role FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a UX Designer to work for our consultancy client. This is initially a 6-month contract with very good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Leatherhead, Surrey 1 day a week. We're looking for a talented UX/UI Designer with solid digital product experience to join our client's team. You'll be stepping into a role previously held by a junior-mid-weight consultant, so we're seeking someone with similar hands-on design capability, strong collaboration skills, and a passion for user-centred problem solving. You'll work closely with a Design Lead and partner with the Front-End Designer, with some independent work due to the smaller size of the design/front-end function compared to the backend team. The client uses the Astro UXDS design system- experience with this is not required. Responsibilities:

• Create intuitive, user-centred designs for digital products, ensuring high usability and visual quality.
• Translate complex technical and functional requirements into clear UX/UI solutions.
• Collaborate closely with the Design Lead and Front-End Designer to maintain design consistency.
• Produce wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity interface designs using tools such as Figma.
• Conduct or support user-centred design practices, such as user flows and interaction design.
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements, present design options, and validate solutions.
• Apply existing design systems (training provided for Astro UXDS) to ensure brand and UX consistency.
• Support iterative design and development processes, responding to feedback and evolving needs.

• Strong proficiency in Figma for UX/UI design.
• Solid grounding in User-Centred Design principles and methods.
• Hands-on experience creating designs for digital products.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into clear, user-friendly design solutions.
• Effective consulting and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage some isolated, independent design work when needed.
• Experience producing clear design artefacts (wireframes, prototypes, UI components)

Desirable Skills:

• Any experience designing for the Public Sector (e.g., government services or websites).
• Familiarity with design systems (Astro UXDS experience is welcome but not required).

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index. Diversity and Inclusion FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws. Why join us * Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career * Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad * Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field * Annual leave and work-place pension