Hays UK - University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London (UAL) is a world-leading creative university for teaching and research in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is made up of six renowned colleges and hosts several institutes that further the university's mission and social purpose. Under the leadership of our new President and Vice-Chancellor, we are designing the University around social purpose; through the students and ideas we send out into the world, and the partnerships we build to achieve social, environmental, and economic progress. Digital & Technology at UAL is on an exciting journey, transitioning from a 'classic' IT approach to a user-centred product approach to technology. We are investing in our people, and the processes enabled by digital, to evolve and transform the student and staff experience at UAL. The Senior UI Designer will play a leading role in the user interface design of our products and the evolution of our design system and accessibility standards. This role will be an active member in our design community in Digital and Technology, providing coaching and line management to other designers within the team. You will lead the creation of UI design assets across UAL's digital platforms, creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs. You will also evolve and maintain a shared digital design system, ensuring consistency, brand alignment and accessibility across our digital services, whilst providing efficiency and scalability to workflows. This role will join a team of user experience, user interface designers and user researchers, and will collaborate closely with the product teams to align all UI design and research processes with our agile delivery process and advocate for a culture of continuous improvement. In this recruitment round, we are seeking a Senior UI Designer to work across our Student Experience service teams as we focus on creating and enhancing a seamless and reliable digital experience. You will champion the evolution and implementation of easy-to-use principles, standards, and methodologies for UI design, ensuring they are adopted and developed over time. We welcome applications from experienced UI Designers who want to work for an organisation that is committed to social purpose and is growing to face new opportunities and challenges. Experience Demonstrable knowledge, experience, and passion for user-centred design, with strong expertise in UI design and proficiency in a range of tools (eg Figma and Adobe Creative Suite) Experience creating and evolving a design system to ensure scalability, balancing speed with quality to deliver value quickly and effectively Proven ability to translate research insights, user feedback, and data into actionable design solutions, ensuring a delightful end-to-end user journey and driving measurable improvements to the user experience Exceptional storytelling, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders, articulate design rationale, and bring user needs to life through compelling narratives and visual artefacts Extensive experience applying design thinking across the full product life cycle, and proactive in identifying and leading designs initiatives that enhance user experience. Ability to mentor and coach designers and uphold high-quality design standards within teams. UAL is a world-class University shaping the creative industries worldwide, with staff having access to a range of benefits, training and personal development to recognise and reward the contributions they make, as well as to encourage excellence, creativity and diversity, including: Competitive salary of £44,375 - £52,977 per annum , dependent on experience 34 days annual leave plus public holidays Generous, defined benefit pension scheme Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave For more information on UAL, and Digital & Technology, please visit the dedicated microsite HAYS Technology have been retained by University of the Arts London to manage the search and recruitment of this role. For all enquiries, please contact Liam Cornelius-Rumsey at Hays Technology.
University of the Arts London (UAL) is a world-leading creative university for teaching and research in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is made up of six renowned colleges and hosts several institutes that further the university's mission and social purpose. Under the leadership of our new President and Vice-Chancellor, we are designing the University around social purpose; through the students and ideas we send out into the world, and the partnerships we build to achieve social, environmental, and economic progress. Digital & Technology at UAL is on an exciting journey, transitioning from a 'classic' IT approach to a user-centred product approach to technology. We are investing in our people, and the processes enabled by digital, to evolve and transform the student and staff experience at UAL. The Senior UI Designer will play a leading role in the user interface design of our products and the evolution of our design system and accessibility standards. This role will be an active member in our design community in Digital and Technology, providing coaching and line management to other designers within the team. You will lead the creation of UI design assets across UAL's digital platforms, creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs. You will also evolve and maintain a shared digital design system, ensuring consistency, brand alignment and accessibility across our digital services, whilst providing efficiency and scalability to workflows. This role will join a team of user experience, user interface designers and user researchers, and will collaborate closely with the product teams to align all UI design and research processes with our agile delivery process and advocate for a culture of continuous improvement. In this recruitment round, we are seeking a Senior UI Designer to work across our Student Experience service teams as we focus on creating and enhancing a seamless and reliable digital experience. You will champion the evolution and implementation of easy-to-use principles, standards, and methodologies for UI design, ensuring they are adopted and developed over time. We welcome applications from experienced UI Designers who want to work for an organisation that is committed to social purpose and is growing to face new opportunities and challenges. Experience Demonstrable knowledge, experience, and passion for user-centred design, with strong expertise in UI design and proficiency in a range of tools (eg Figma and Adobe Creative Suite) Experience creating and evolving a design system to ensure scalability, balancing speed with quality to deliver value quickly and effectively Proven ability to translate research insights, user feedback, and data into actionable design solutions, ensuring a delightful end-to-end user journey and driving measurable improvements to the user experience Exceptional storytelling, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders, articulate design rationale, and bring user needs to life through compelling narratives and visual artefacts Extensive experience applying design thinking across the full product life cycle, and proactive in identifying and leading designs initiatives that enhance user experience. Ability to mentor and coach designers and uphold high-quality design standards within teams. UAL is a world-class University shaping the creative industries worldwide, with staff having access to a range of benefits, training and personal development to recognise and reward the contributions they make, as well as to encourage excellence, creativity and diversity, including: Competitive salary of £44,375 - £52,977 per annum , dependent on experience 34 days annual leave plus public holidays Generous, defined benefit pension scheme Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave For more information on UAL, and Digital & Technology, please visit the dedicated microsite HAYS Technology have been retained by University of the Arts London to manage the search and recruitment of this role. For all enquiries, please contact Liam Cornelius-Rumsey at Hays Technology.
University of Southampton
Southampton, Hampshire
The University of Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group, ranked in the world's top 100 universities, with approximately 26,000 students from across the globe and an annual income of £748 million. Southampton is renowned for its world-leading research and innovation. We are developing trustworthy and secure artificial intelligence, creating a fast, smarter internet through our fibre-optic research, and harnessing the immune system in the fight against cancer. We provide sustainable solutions to support global businesses, blend art, design, and AI to improve eye health, and use global demography research to secure resources for vulnerable populations. As a civic university in one of Britain's great maritime cities, Southampton contributes over £1 billion annually to the regional economy. We were the first international university to establish a campus in India, and we are the proud recipients of a prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education for our groundbreaking rail research. Our global alumni community numbers 300,000 across 186 countries. Our Council is now seeking to appoint our next President and Vice-Chancellor. Building on strong foundations and clear strategic direction, the new Vice-Chancellor will sustain Southampton's academic character and research-intensive reputation, deliver outstanding education in partnership with students and the Students' Union, advance research excellence and societal impact, ensure long-term financial sustainability, foster a culture of trust and collegiality, and build the University's standing through strategic partnerships and effective advocacy. This is an outstanding opportunity for an exceptional individual to bring strategic vision and leadership to the University community and the achievement of our ambitions. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of: substantial senior leadership experience in research-intensive higher education or a comparable knowledge-intensive organisation, supported by a credible academic background; a strong record of strategic and financial leadership, with proven success in delivering sustainable solutions in complex environments; a visible and engaged leadership approach that builds trust through integrity, transparent decision-making, and meaningful engagement at all levels; the ability to communicate with clarity across diverse audiences; sound judgement in navigating the national and international landscapes; and a demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, alongside a clear commitment to upholding freedom of expression and open academic debate. We strive always to be an inclusive university, where difference is respected, encouraged, and celebrated. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their ethnicity, sex and sexual orientation, gender reassignment, relationship status, religion, or disability. Applications should consist of a CV and supporting statement, which includes a brief overview of your experience with relevance to the personal specification, as well as an indication of the reasons for your interest in this opportunity. To apply, please click the 'Visit website' button, quoting reference number 8302. The deadline for the receipt of applications is 11:59pm BST on Monday 6 April 2026. For a confidential, informal conversation about the role, please contact Senior Research Associate, Harvir Bains, at the following email address: or (0). Protecting your personal data is of the utmost importance to Perrett Laver, and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by our trading divisions is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in. Perrett Laver is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, and our legal basis for processing your personal data is 'Legitimate Interests'. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website . Please visit the following link to find more information about the use of personal information provided by candidates to the University of Southampton: .
The University of Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group, ranked in the world's top 100 universities, with approximately 26,000 students from across the globe and an annual income of £748 million. Southampton is renowned for its world-leading research and innovation. We are developing trustworthy and secure artificial intelligence, creating a fast, smarter internet through our fibre-optic research, and harnessing the immune system in the fight against cancer. We provide sustainable solutions to support global businesses, blend art, design, and AI to improve eye health, and use global demography research to secure resources for vulnerable populations. As a civic university in one of Britain's great maritime cities, Southampton contributes over £1 billion annually to the regional economy. We were the first international university to establish a campus in India, and we are the proud recipients of a prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education for our groundbreaking rail research. Our global alumni community numbers 300,000 across 186 countries. Our Council is now seeking to appoint our next President and Vice-Chancellor. Building on strong foundations and clear strategic direction, the new Vice-Chancellor will sustain Southampton's academic character and research-intensive reputation, deliver outstanding education in partnership with students and the Students' Union, advance research excellence and societal impact, ensure long-term financial sustainability, foster a culture of trust and collegiality, and build the University's standing through strategic partnerships and effective advocacy. This is an outstanding opportunity for an exceptional individual to bring strategic vision and leadership to the University community and the achievement of our ambitions. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of: substantial senior leadership experience in research-intensive higher education or a comparable knowledge-intensive organisation, supported by a credible academic background; a strong record of strategic and financial leadership, with proven success in delivering sustainable solutions in complex environments; a visible and engaged leadership approach that builds trust through integrity, transparent decision-making, and meaningful engagement at all levels; the ability to communicate with clarity across diverse audiences; sound judgement in navigating the national and international landscapes; and a demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, alongside a clear commitment to upholding freedom of expression and open academic debate. We strive always to be an inclusive university, where difference is respected, encouraged, and celebrated. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their ethnicity, sex and sexual orientation, gender reassignment, relationship status, religion, or disability. Applications should consist of a CV and supporting statement, which includes a brief overview of your experience with relevance to the personal specification, as well as an indication of the reasons for your interest in this opportunity. To apply, please click the 'Visit website' button, quoting reference number 8302. The deadline for the receipt of applications is 11:59pm BST on Monday 6 April 2026. For a confidential, informal conversation about the role, please contact Senior Research Associate, Harvir Bains, at the following email address: or (0). Protecting your personal data is of the utmost importance to Perrett Laver, and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by our trading divisions is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in. Perrett Laver is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, and our legal basis for processing your personal data is 'Legitimate Interests'. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website . Please visit the following link to find more information about the use of personal information provided by candidates to the University of Southampton: .
