Location: Barcelona, Spain (hybrid)

Contract: Full-time, minimum 6 months (possibly up to 9 months)

Day rate: Circa €550/day, with some flexibility for exceptional candidates

The Opportunity

We’re recruiting a Lead Visual / UI Designer for a major technology organisation undertaking a significant evolution of its design system.

The organisation already has a mature design system, supported by a substantial team spanning design, engineering, accessibility, patterns and guidance. The underlying system and engineering capability are strong, but its visual language has remained largely unchanged for more than five years.

The opportunity is to change that.

You’ll take creative ownership of the visual evolution of the design system, establishing a modern visual direction that elevates what already exists and feels at home alongside contemporary digital products.

This is not a ground-up reimagining or an exercise in rebuilding the design system. It is about bringing a fresh, highly considered visual perspective to an established and technically sophisticated system.

The Role

Initially, you’ll focus on establishing the creative direction: exploring concepts, defining the visual language and building alignment around a clear vision. The organisation wants to see progress quickly, so you’ll be expected to get strong ideas in front of people early.

From there, the remit will expand into areas where the existing system has less maturity, particularly AI experiences, motion and micro-interactions .

You won’t be expected to build or codify the system yourself. An established team of designers, architects and engineers will translate the direction into the design system.

A significant part of the role, however, will be bringing the organisation with you.

You’ll work directly with VPs and senior UX, product and design leaders across multiple parts of the business.



We’re therefore looking for someone with genuine gravitas and executive presence : a designer who can establish credibility quickly, articulate and defend a creative point of view, navigate differing perspectives and take senior stakeholders on the journey from early concepts through to an agreed direction.

You need to be as comfortable influencing the room as you are producing the work.

What We’re Looking For

Exceptional visual and UI design craft is the number one requirement. Beyond that, we’re looking for someone who:

- Has previously led the creative visual redesign or significant evolution of a design system.
- Can demonstrate outstanding visual/UI work through a strong portfolio and relevant case studies.
- Has the gravitas to operate credibly with VP-level and other senior stakeholders.
- Can communicate the thinking behind a creative direction and build genuine organisational support for it.
- Is comfortable challenging constructively and holding a strong design point of view when appropriate.
- Can create alignment without unnecessarily compromising the quality or ambition of the work.
- Is comfortable working on reasonably technical digital products.
- Can move quickly from ambiguity into tangible concepts and direction.

Years of experience are less important than the calibre of your work and evidence that you have successfully tackled this kind of challenge before.

Particularly Interesting Experience

Any of the following would be valuable, but they are not prerequisites:

- Designing AI experiences,



interfaces or interaction patterns.
- Motion design and micro-interactions.
- Product-led or consumer-facing design systems.
- Experience in high-growth technology or scale-up environments.

We’re deliberately looking beyond traditional enterprise design-system backgrounds. If you’ve done exceptional work in a different environment and can demonstrate the right combination of visual craft, systems thinking and senior-level influence, we’d be very interested in seeing it.

Technical Environment

The design system has been built from scratch rather than using an off-the-shelf framework. CSS is handled using Tailwind, with an existing theming engine that allows visual changes to be applied and tested quickly.

There is significant design and engineering expertise already within the team. The gap this person is being brought in to solve is creative and visual, not technical implementation.

Location & Working Pattern

Candidates based in Barcelona are strongly preferred.

You’ll collaborate regularly with US-based teams and senior stakeholders, so some flexibility to create overlap with the US working day would be helpful. There is, however, no requirement to work US hours .

This is a full-time contract expected to run for 6–9 months .

Rate

The benchmark is approximately €550 per day , although there is flexibility. We do not want the rate to prevent us from speaking to an exceptional specialist. If your rate is above this but the brief is an unusually strong fit for your experience, please apply.

Interview Process

The process is expected to consist of an initial conversation followed by a portfolio/case study review with senior design and UX stakeholders.

The quality of the work will matter enormously, so please include a portfolio with relevant case studies with your application.

📌 Lead UI Designer - Contract (Barcelona)
🏢 Rmg Digital
📍 Barcelona