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VML is celebrated for its innovative and human-first, award-winning work for blue-chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendys. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services, and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VMLs specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the worlds largest and most awarded health agencies. VMLs global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.\n\n### About WPP\nWPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions, and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.\n\n### The Opportunity\nWe are looking for an ambitious, confident, detail-oriented UI Design Lead who wants to work at the forefront of digital design, working within a cross-functional creative team to improve user experience and ultimately increase conversion.\n\n### What Youll Be Doing\nCreating digital brand look and feel, design systems, and pixel-perfect responsive interfaces for key clients, ensuring you consider usability and accessibility standards, and that you meet both user and business needs. Youll take a systematic approach to design, anticipating future needs and building in flexibility and efficiency.\n\nYour work will be of the highest standard and will impress clients. You will be able to showcase a portfolio of online experiences across the whole customer journey. You will lead and support multiple designers and have the experience to elevate and strengthen our UI Design offering.\n\nYou can clearly and persuasively communicate the design process to clients from concept to solution, proactively owning problems and feedback.\n\n### What We Want from You\n#### Design Excellence and Leadership\n- Demonstrable eCommerce experience.\n- Skilled in standard software: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite.\n- Creative, yet meticulous. Detail-oriented with a keen sense of craftsmanship.\n- Enjoys leading designers to help them create their best work.\n- Willing to adapt and take on new challenges and driven to continually improve.\n\n#### Brand and Design Systems\n- Experience creating, evolving, and developing brand identity.\n- Understand and able to create and theme design systems for brands that we work with.\n- Systematic approach to work, anticipating future needs for clients and customers.\n- Keen collaborator with software engineering.\n\n#### Approach\n- Great attitude, strong work ethic, excellent communication skills.\n- Ability to manage own projects and to work quickly and accurately to tight deadlines.\n- Able to multi-task and perform well under pressure.\n- Excellent time management and problem-solving abilities.\n\n#### Presentation\n- Leads design on key accounts with senior stakeholders, presents concepts and owns design decisions.\n- Senior representative of the UI & Content team within the agency.\n- Comfortable pitching as part of a wider team.\n- Enthusiastic, self-confident, and self-motivated.\n\n#### Experience\n- Experience working at a number of digital/creative agencies and/or in-house design studios.\n- Degree educated in Graphic design/UI or similar discipline.\n- Breadth of experience across sectors/audiences.\n- Compelling portfolio that demonstrates high-quality design online, including eCommerce.\n\n### What We Can Offer You\nAlongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, well also prioritize your career development and help you grow your skills. Well empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.\n\nPermanent only: We offer a great benefits package including a discretionary bonus scheme, training opportunities, competitive pension, medical insurance, life assurance, social events, opportunities to buy and sell holidays, family-friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers, and much more.\n\nOur culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains, and Courage. We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish. We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges. And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.\n\n### AT VML Enterprise Solutions\nOur Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects, and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the worlds leading organizations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B, and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centers across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.\n\nWe work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsburys, Selfridges, Shell, and Tiffany & Co. Weve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools, and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.\n\nAs our business grows internationally, were looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our clients successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.\n\nWe believe the best work happens when were together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. Thats why weve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.\n\nWPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.",{"title":5,"description":201},"job-listing/vml-lead-ui-designer-mid-level-13-may","7K6VbaGoWHn-IaRXBz8XIVbrAUbg7VGTtEJ_Lmjxl8w",1778718945258]