Barcelona, Spain (hybrid) Contract: Full-time, minimum 6 months (possibly up to 9 months) 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.

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.

An established team of designers, architects and engineers will translate the direction into the design system. 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.

Exceptional visual and UI design craft is the number one requirement. Has previously led the creative visual redesign or significant evolution of a design system.



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. Motion design and micro-interactions. Product-led or consumer-facing design systems. 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. 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. 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. This is a full-time contract expected to run for 6–9 months .

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