UX/UI Designer

Role Summary

• Location: Hybrid – at least two days per week in either our Brighton or Bristol office
• Salary: £40,000 - £46,000 depending on experience
• Contract type: Full-time
• Experience: Around 2-3 years' relevant professional experience

We are looking for a UX/UI Designer to join a small, growing design team supporting four core digital products.

This is a hands-on role for a designer who can independently take features from discovery through to delivery, combining strong UX thinking with excellent UI and interaction design craft.

The role reports to the Head of UX & Design and works alongside an existing UX/UI Designer.

About Us

At Class Professional, we create award-winning clinical and digital resources for paramedics, ambulance services and pre-hospital organisations worldwide. For 35 years we’ve published for this audience, and for the last 12 years we’ve built the apps they rely on, helping them make a positive impact on patient care. Find out more at www.classprofessional.co.uk

Key Responsibilities

• Design products, features and enhancements from discovery through to delivery, creating detailed and responsive interfaces and user experiences.
• Contribute to discovery and requirements gathering, helping ensure user needs are understood and documented.
• Translate user and business needs into clear user journeys, wireframes, prototypes and polished interface designs.
• Develop detailed, consistent and accessible designs that work well in real-world usage contexts.
• Use prototyping and AI-assisted design tools thoughtfully to accelerate exploration, iteration and prototyping without compromising design judgement.
• Review how designs perform after launch and use feedback and product data to inform future improvements.
• Plan and contribute to user interviews, usability testing and other research activities.
• Work closely with Product/Project Managers, developers and QA throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Participate in product stand-ups, planning and strategic discussions as appropriate.
• Work with Editorial, Marketing and Customer Service teams where product development requires cross-functional input.
• Work within and contribute to the development of design systems and patterns across multiple products.
• Help develop a more consistent, user-centred design process as the organisation continues its transition towards product-led working.

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Around 2-3 years' professional experience in UX/UI design or product design.
• Experience taking features from discovery through to delivery.
• Strong interaction and visual/UI design skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Design of accessible and inclusive digital experiences, with an understanding of how different user needs and real-world constraints affect design.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with team members, product managers and development teams.
• Experience contributing to user research, usability testing or other methods of understanding user needs.
• Excellent communication skills.
• An interest in solving the challenges of designing for the healthcare sector, and a desire to make a positive impact on patient care
• A portfolio demonstrating both UX thinking and high-quality UI/design craft.
• Strong working knowledge of Figma or similar design tools and Adobe Creative Cloud. Experience using AI-assisted design, wireframing or prototyping tools (e.g. Visily, Figma make) to accelerate exploration and iteration, while maintaining independent design judgement.

Desirable Skills and Attributes

• BA Hons degree (or equivalent) in Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Graphic Design or similar.
• Design of complex or data-heavy products.
• Ability to work across multiple products.
• Using analytics or product data to inform design decisions.
• Experience working within a product-led or agile environment.

What We Offer

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. This includes 25 days of paid leave per year, plus bank holidays, plus your birthday off.

A full list of what we offer is available at https://www.classprofessional.co.uk/jobs/.

We operate a flexible hybrid working environment, with at least two days per week in the Brighton or Bristol office.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and covering letter to opsadmin@class.co.uk

Please include links to your portfolio and relevant examples of your work. We’d particularly like to see a case study that demonstrates your approach to a design challenge, form understanding requirements and user needs through to design, implementation and evaluation. Please explain your individual contribution, the decisions you made and what you learned.

Application deadline: Friday 6th November