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Job Description:

• Job Title: UX/UI Designer
• Location: Hybrid – London & Remote
• Full-time: (40 hrs/wk)
• Contract: 6-month full-time contract, with potential to convert to a permanent role depending on business needs and performance
• Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 depending on experience and portfolio quality

About Madestays

Madestays is a fast-growing luxury property management and hospitality-tech company managing £180M+ in prime London real estate. We are building StayTech, our in-house booking engine, owner dashboard and operations platform that will power our growth and become a licensable SaaS product.

The Role

You’ll help shape a first-of-its-kind operating system for luxury home hospitality, used by guests, owners, and concierge teams across a fast-scaling portfolio. As our UX/UI Designer, you will own the end-to-end user experience for StayTech: from user research and interaction design to prototyping and front-end implementation. You will work closely with Product, Front-end and Back-end engineers to turn concepts into polished, accessible, and performant interfaces that delight guests and owners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead user research, interviews and usability testing to validate product direction
• Design interaction flows, wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma
• Build and maintain a component-driven design system and pattern library
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect design handoffs and smooth integrations
• Document design decisions, style guides and front-end implementation notes

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience designing UX/UI for web-based products
• Strong visual and interaction design skills with a solid portfolio of web product work
• Experience with Figma
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS/Tailwind CSS
• Proven focus on accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
• Experience running usability tests and using analytics to inform design decisions
• Excellent communication and ability to collaborate across product and engineering teams

Ideal Toolbox Experience

• Figma for design and prototyping
• Origami Studio for advanced prototypes
• Tailwind UI libraries such as: Shadcn, Radix UI
• Collaboration tools: Notion, Linear, Slack

Nice-to-Have

• Background in product design for luxury hospitality, travel or marketplaces
• Familiarity designing SaaS products

Interview Process

• Stage 1: Introductory call to discuss background and fit
• Stage 2: Portfolio review and practical design exercise, followed by a discussion with the product and engineering team

Why Madestays?

• Real impact building a mission-critical platform for an ambitious PropTech business
• Small, collaborative team where your work shapes product and culture
• Competitive compensation, flexible hours and hybrid working
• Career growth: lead product design, mentor others and influence engineering standards

How to Apply

Please send your CV, portfolio and any Contra/Dribbble/Behance links, and a short cover email that includes:

• A UX or UI project you’re proud of (your role, process, outcome)
• Which part of StayTech’s experience excites you most to build
• Your availability and salary expectations

We review every application personally – looking forward to seeing your work!

Email jobs@madestays.com with subject “UX/UI Design Application”.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Employee mentoring programme
• Gym membership
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, W1S 4JL