UX/UI Designer

About Us

Space 48 is an award-winning ecommerce agency focused on partnership-driven commerce. Our customer-centric approach to ecommerce is based on developing deep, collaborative partnerships with our clients and technology partners. We blend customer experience-focused solutions with unbeatable ecommerce technology to amplify the revenue companies can generate online.

The Role

Job Title:  UX/UI Designer

Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and contribute to discovery and creative workshops with key stakeholders, including ideation, requirements gathering, and problem definition
• Engage in research activities to build empathy with end users and identify challenges and opportunities for improvement
• Translate research insights into wireframes, prototypes, user flows and high-fidelity UI designs for mobile, tablet and desktop
• Lead the design of user-focused, scalable ecommerce experiences that improve conversions and customer retention
• Create, document and maintain Design Systems with reusable components and well-defined styles to ensure consistency and long-term ROI for our clients. You will primarily be responsible for creating new patterns, guidelines and documentation, supporting our design and development team to rapidly build scalable, accessible and on-brand experiences
• Produce design deliverables including wireframes, IA diagrams, workflows, prototypes and final UI designs
• Collaborate with frontend developers and QA to ensure successful implementation and adherence to designs, SEO and accessibility standards
• Advise customers on feature prioritisation, functionality and UX best practices to enhance the user journey and support business growth
• Contribute to our internal UX practice—sharing trends, methodologies, and best practices with the wider team
• Stay up to date with the ecommerce platforms and partners we work with and have an awareness of limitations and impacts to overall project costs before presenting design ideas to customers
• Stay informed about mobile-first, responsive design, modern UI trends, and emerging tools.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of experience in UX/UI design, including agency-side experience with ecommerce projects.
• Extensive experience creating and scaling Design Systems with strong foundations in colour, type, layout, and responsive design
• Strong portfolio covering ecommerce journeys across product listings, PDPs, checkout, loyalty, post-purchase and more
• Experience designing with real-world constraints such as platform and partner templated fields, and customer live product data and available content and imagery
• Expertise in Figma and prototyping tools
• Familiarity with UX research methods and a data-informed design approach
• Knowledge of accessibility, SEO, and performance considerations within UX/UI
• Experience collaborating closely with developers and QA teams during implementation
• A solid grasp of typography, layout, visual hierarchy and colour theory
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to create attractive, on-brand and user-centred designs that perform
• Confident facilitating workshops and presenting to senior stakeholders

Work Style:

• Full-Time
• Remote

Benefits & Perks

• We’re fully remote and will support you from working from wherever you are
• 24 days holiday + bank holidays + an extra day holiday for each year worked
• Your birthday off
• Vitality private health cover (UK only)
• Pension Scheme
• Perkbox
• Long Service Bonus (5 years and 10 years)
• £1,000 referral bonus - Recommend a friend for a job!
• Eyecare vouchers
• Company wellness initiatives
• Training & development plans
• Relaxed and friendly teams.