UI (Product) Designer – Principal Associate

Job Title: UI (Product) Designer – Principal Associate

Location: London or Nottingham

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days in office (Tuesday–Thursday) and 2 days remote.

Our Mission

We’re on a mission to be a force for good in lending. Throughout our almost 30‑year history, we’ve consistently been recognised as a great place to work; in 2026, Capital One was officially ranked 9th in the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Designer (UI) to join our Design team at Capital One. As a company we have a mission to make credit simple, and to achieve this we constantly strive for a more human‑centred business. You’ll join our wider Design team and work in cross‑functional teams alongside Product, Engineering, Research and Business Analysts to translate big business goals into memorable customer experiences.

What you’ll do

• Deliver high‑fidelity design solutions that span the full project lifecycle, from initial conceptual sketches to production‑ready assets and technical specs.
• Explore a variety of visual design directions rapidly and iteratively, incorporating feedback while maintaining a high bar for visual quality.
• Be a brand guardian and influence the application of our visual language whilst being an advocate for quality.
• Contribute to and evolve our design system as we continue to add features to our experiences on app and web.
• Partner with UX designers in ideation sessions and workshops to develop ideas that address both customer and business needs.
• Use your visual thinking to help team members across disciplines understand, frame and communicate real business problems.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams during the development process to translate design vision into flawless, production‑ready experiences for our customers.
• Empower the wider team by sharing the latest visual design trends, from visual best practices to new features in Figma and developments in AI.

The skills and experience you’ll need

• A portfolio that demonstrates your creative potential across a variety of platforms (mobile, web). We’d love to see examples of how you’ve creatively responded to a complex brief, or challenging content and how you leverage AI tools (e.g., Figma AI, LLMs, or generative asset tools) to optimise your workflow, accelerate prototyping, or explore creative concepts.
• Skilled using tools such as Figma, Adobe suite.
• Creative storytelling and illustration skills.
• Proven experience in UI and visual design, with pixel‑level attention to detail.
• Experience in contributing to and maintaining design systems that determine brand identity (typography, colour, layout) but also implementation rules and patterns.
• A commitment to inclusive design, ensuring that all visual outputs are fully accessible and meet WCAG standards without compromising on aesthetic impact.
• Experience integrating AI tools into your design process to increase efficiency while maintaining a critical eye for AI limitations regarding data privacy and accessibility.

It would also be beneficial (but not essential) if you had

• A Bachelor’s Degree or commensurate studies in Design, HCI, Computer Science or other related field.
• Experience working in an Agile development process.
• Project management experience, particularly in tooling such as JIRA and Confluence.

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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