Overview
Unico Connect is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer to lead product design strategy across multiple client engagements spanning B2B SaaS, FinTech, healthcare, and mobile apps. The role owns design systems architecture, user research programs, and the design-engineering handoff that ensures production fidelity. The position is well suited to senior designers who have shipped systems at production scale and want to mentor a growing design practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead design end-to-end for 2-3 client products: discovery, information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity design, handoff
- Architect and maintain scalable design systems with documented tokens, components, and interaction patterns
- Run user research programs including interviews, surveys, usability tests, and accessibility audits
- Mentor 2-3 Junior and Mid-Level designers; lead portfolio reviews and design critiques
- Partner with Product Managers on roadmap planning; influence what gets built, not just how it looks
- Drive weekly design rituals including critiques, design system reviews, and accessibility audits
- Represent design in client conversations, pitches, and architecture review sessions
- Define design quality metrics including handoff defect rate, post-launch usability scores, and accessibility coverage
- Author internal design guidelines covering accessibility, motion, internationalisation, and dark mode
- Coordinate with frontend engineers on design tokens, component APIs, and visual regression testing
- Lead design hiring loops; calibrate portfolios and case studies against the senior bar
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of UI/UX design experience with at least 1 senior or lead role on a shipped product
- Portfolio demonstrating work on complex B2B SaaS, FinTech, healthcare, or mobile app projects
- Demonstrated experience building or maintaining a design system from initial scaffold to multi-product adoption
- Deep Figma proficiency including variables, advanced prototyping, dev mode, and design-token workflows
- Strong user research background with experience selecting methods, synthesising findings, and presenting to stakeholders
- Excellent communication; able to defend design decisions with research, data, and clear documentation
- Experience mentoring junior and mid-level designers across portfolio reviews and design critiques
- Hands-on with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and inclusive design practices
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field
- Experience working directly with international clients across multiple time zones
Preferred Qualifications
- Frontend coding experience (React, Tailwind, CSS)
- Motion design and micro-interactions with Rive or Lottie
- Internationalisation and right-to-left design experience
- Exposure to AI-augmented research tools (Maze AI, Dovetail)
- Public design writing, conference talks, or open-source contributions
AI Tools Proficiency
Production engineering at Unico Connect assumes AI tools form part of the daily workflow rather than an experimental augmentation. For this role specifically:
- Figma AI for design system maintenance and component search
- Midjourney or FLUX for moodboard creation and exploration
- Claude or ChatGPT for UX writing and design documentation
- Maze AI or Dovetail AI for user research synthesis
- Cursor for reading frontend code during component API discussions
What we look for at Unico Connect
Every Unico role expects the same underlying traits — regardless of department or seniority. If these resonate, apply.
Fluent with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma AI, or whatever is relevant to your craft. We expect AI tools in the loop, not as a novelty.
Fast cycles, real ownership, low ceremony. You will not be a cog.
Output and outcomes matter more than process. You ship work that moves a metric.
You treat the codebase, the deliverable, and the client relationship as your own.
You joined because you want to ship amazing tech products, not warm a seat.