Senior UX Designer (Conversational AI & Commerce)
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary:
£55.77 Hourly
£55.77 per hour (PAYE Only)
Start Date:
ASAP
Duration:
12-month contract
Shape the Future of How the World Shops with AI
What happens when conversational artificial intelligence meets global commerce? We are looking for an exceptional Senior UX Designer to join one of the world’s leading consumer technology pioneers at their state-of-the-art Kings Cross campus. In this role, you will define the interaction models for next-generation shopping experiences powered by state-of-the-art conversational AI.
This is a rare opportunity to tackle ambiguous, high-impact design challenges where traditional design patterns do not yet exist, setting the standard for millions of global users.
What’s in it for you:
- Market-Leading Scale: Own user experiences within a flagship generative AI platform deployed worldwide.
- High-Impact Rate: £55.77 per hour on an initial 12-month contract with long-term enterprise visibility.
- Modern Hybrid Setup: Blend dynamic campus life in Kings Cross (Tuesday to Thursday) with the focus of working from home on Mondays and Fridays.
- Frontier Design Work: Move beyond static screens into multimodal, conversational, and agentic UX paradigms.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design conversational, multi-turn shopping and discovery workflows that feel intuitive, transparent, and trustworthy.
- Prototype complex, multimodal interactions (combining text, speech, structured cards, and visual feeds) using Figma and advanced AI-assisted design tooling.
- Establish design systems and UX frameworks that gracefully handle non-deterministic AI behaviours, intent shifts, and edge cases.
- Partner cross-functionally with US and UK-based software engineers, research scientists, and product managers to align design vision with technical capability.
- Synthesise user research, live behavioural data, and qualitative metrics into iterative product improvements.
What you’ll bring:
- Proven Conversational & AI UX Track Record: Deep familiarity designing for conversational interfaces, large language models, voice/multimodal systems, or intent-driven user journeys.
- E-Commerce & Systems Acumen: Experience designing product search, shopping discovery, or marketplace conversion funnels at enterprise scale.
- Figma Mastery: Expert-level prototyping skills, plus a track record of integrating AI tools into daily design and testing workflows.
- Cross-Timezone Agility: Demonstrated success driving initiatives across geographically distributed teams, particularly with US engineering and product partners.
- Craftsmanship & Storytelling: Ability to communicate design rationale persuasively across cross-functional leadership through rich prototypes and interaction specifications.
Client Description
Our Client is a multinational technology company, specialising in Internet-related services and products; including online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. The atmosphere is relaxed with a diverse and innovative culture. Opportunities for growth and progression and networking with like-minded people across the business and beyond.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.
Other Requirements
This role is open for a limited time. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted ASAP. Application Deadline: Thursday 15th October 2026.