UI (Product) Designer - Principal Associate

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

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. Hear from our team about what it’s like working at Capital One UK.

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.

Year after year we’ve been recognised as a great place to work. In 2026, Capital One was ranked 9th in the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list.

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 (eg. 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.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact ukrecruitment@capitalone.com  All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.