Senior Lead UI Designer

Job Description

Overview

Creative Design – who are we?

We are a multi-discipline, talented team of over 80 people, including UX/UI designers, graphic designers, animators, visualisers, real-time and web developers all over the globe. By harnessing outstanding, innovative, and creative talent, we transform the way our clients communicate, connect, and engage with their projects.

Your role

• As an Experience-led UI Designer, you will create engaging interfaces and digital touchpoints for immersive experiences, live events, exhibitions, installations and experiential campaigns.
• You'll help shape how audiences interact with digital content in both physical and virtual environments, combining strong visual design skills with an understanding of interaction, storytelling and spatial experiences.
• You will strive to deliver brilliant experiences every time that capture audiences through design excellence and interactivity.
• By holding high standards, you will be a champion for creative quality, being solutions focused to achieve project goals.

About you

• Previous experience as a UI Designer within a creative, experiential agency, experiential, events, exhibition, immersive, gaming or digital experience environment.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional UI design across interactive experiences, immersive installations, event technology, touchscreen applications, experiential websites, digital products or branded environments.
• Strong understanding of designing interfaces for physical and digital experiences, including live events, exhibitions, spaces and experiential marketing environments.
• Expertise in visual interface design; interaction design, layout, typography, colour theory, grid systems and responsive design, with a keen eye for detail and craft.
• Experience creating intuitive user interfaces for immersive  displays, touchscreen experiences, wayfinding solutions or immersive digital environments.
• Ability to translate complex narratives, brand stories and event objectives into engaging digital experiences that captivate audiences.
• Strong proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud and modern prototyping tools, with the ability to communicate motion, interaction and experience flow effectively.
• Identify and drive opportunities to embed AI into design and product workflows, using AI-assisted design, rapid prototyping, and vibe coding approaches to increase speed, creativity, and experimentation while ensuring delivery of user-centred, production-ready solutions.
• Deliver strong UX expertise, facilitating user workshops and discovery sessions, mapping end-to-end user journeys and flows, and translating complex processes, data, and business requirements into intuitive, accessible, and user-centred experiences that meet the needs of diverse audiences.
• Experience collaborating closely with developers, visualisation specialists and production teams to deliver high-quality interactive experiences.
• Understanding of spatial and experiential design principles, with an appreciation of how users interact with digital content within physical environments, such as 360 immersive displays.
• Confidence presenting ideas, concepts and design rationale to clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience working on projects from concept through to delivery, including design development, prototyping, testing and implementation.
• A passion for emerging technologies; immersive media, AI-enabled workflows, real-time engines and innovative interaction techniques, being proactive in exploration of embedding new technologies into client solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively within fast-paced project environment, managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong capability in interface design, layout, typography, colour, grids and responsive design.
• Experience designing experiential, modern websites that blend storytelling, interaction and visual craft.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to translate user needs and business goals into thoughtful, scalable solutions.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Rewards and benefits – Careers at AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.