UX and Design Recruitment

Designers spend much of their time on small decisions: what goes on a screen, what gets left off, and what happens when someone taps the wrong thing. Consortia recruits the designers who get those decisions right: UX designers, UI designers and UX/UI designers, along with interaction designers, visual designers and design systems specialists.

Consortia has recruited designers since 2010, on permanent and contract roles in the UK, Europe, the US and the UAE. Some clients are hiring their first designer. Others are growing an established team or bringing in a contractor for a specific piece of work.

Where one person will run a product from research through to the finished interface, see our product designers page. For dedicated research roles, see UX researchers. Where the work reaches into code, a UX engineer may be the better hire.

How we recruit UX designers

UX designer roles can vary a lot. One team may need someone to lead research and shape user flows. Another may need stronger UI skills on a product that already works. A third may need help building or improving a design system.

Consortia agrees that balance with the hiring manager before starting the search. That helps us decide whether the team needs a broad UX designer or someone more specialised.

The portfolio tells us a lot. We look for work close to the brief, a similar product, a similar problem and a clear explanation of what the designer did themselves. For a first design hire, we may look for someone who has built a design system and worked without a wider design team around them.

Contract UX work can move quickly. A project may last six weeks or three months, often remotely, with someone needed within a fortnight. We check availability, day rate and contract setup on the first call.

Our Contract Recruitment page explains how Consortia handles that process.

For permanent roles, salary, location and office day preferences vs expectations are discussed early. Design roles range from fully remote to fully on site, and that drastically changes who will consider them.