UI Designer

Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil Salary : Up to R$15,000.00 per month, depending on experienceAbout the roleZoocha is seeking a Senior UI Designer to join our growing cross-functional Experience Team. We’re looking for a UI designer that is passionate about their craft and can create flexible design systems that offer clients flexibility for their digital landscape.Why we are hiringWe’re entering an exciting new phase at Zoocha, strengthening our creative capabilities to support our UK-based design team and growing our presence in Brazil. As part of that, we’re looking for someone to join us in a pivotal production design role – someone who’s hands-on, reliable, and capable of producing high-quality UI outputs with minimal oversight.Your RemitThis role is ideal for someone with excellent UI production craft, who enjoys turning ideas and designs into polished, scalable design systems and components.You’ll be working closely with our UK Experience and Delivery teams to roll out design deliverables – largely in Figma – across a range of digital projects including websites, native mobile apps and global and multi-brand design systems. You’ll take direction from creative leads and focus on executing designs with precision and consistency.While this is a production-focused role – and isn’t client-facing – it’s an exciting opportunity to lay the foundations for creative capability in our Brazil office.You’ll be the first design-focused hire in the Brazil team, so there’s scope to grow into a more senior / managerial role, helping shape future hires and likely collaborating on Brazil-based projects alongside our mobile and development teams.What we’re looking for from youMinimum of 4–5 years of digital design experience, ideally in an agency or fast-paced production environmentExceptional UI design craft paired with an understanding of UX principlesDeep expertise in Figma, with the ability to output responsive, component-based designs at paceConfidence working within existing design systems and creating and maintaining new ones from supplied conceptsExperience with Jira and Confluence, and comfortable responding to Jira tickets in a timely and efficient mannerAttention to detail, with a strong grasp of layout, spacing, accessibility and interface polishA calm, consistent "safe pair of hands" – comfortable working independently to deliver production-ready UI filesExperience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers and PMsExcellent communication and file hygiene – your files should be easy to follow and hand offA strong visual portfolio demonstrating component-based UI work, responsive layout rollouts and production-level craftPassionate about improving work quality and growing your capabilities, craft and excellenceGreat communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts easily to people from other disciplines and backgroundsA good commercial awareness, helping ensure work is delivered on time within budgetNice-to-have experienceExperience working with mobile UI or e-commerce flowsFamiliarity with accessibility standardsExposure to motion or interaction design (but not essential)Experience in shaping or recruiting for a creative teamExpectationsThis is ideally a hybrid working role, with an expectation that you’ll be based at our Brazil office at least one day per week. However, we are accepting applications from remote workers.Mandatory requirementsFluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential.About ZoochaFounded in 2009, Zoocha is a leading Drupal specialist digital agency based in the UK, with offices in Spain and Brazil. Over 80 passionate thinkers, makers, and doers working across a range of disciplines including UX, strategy, design, development, hosting, project management, and support. We’re a friendly, lively, and fast-paced place to work, with regular team nights out and a wide range of social events on offer across our three offices – and we’re a certified Great Place to Work, too.We’re also ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certified, and hold ISO 14001 & Carbon Neutral certifications. Our commitment to environmental sustainability sits at the heart of Zoocha’s products and business processes.Our work and clientsWe build long-lasting, collaborative relationships with clients and push them, ourselves, and the world around us forward through the work we do together.With over 50 Drupal clients, our work is varied, but we have a focus on the not-for-profit, government, education, and travel sectors. Current clients include : United NationsUnicefUniversity College LondonAlzheimer’s SocietyOxfamTopdeck TravelVisit ValenciaWestminster City CouncilGreater London AuthorityRoyal Borough of Kensington and ChelseaGuy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation TrustOfstedWhy work at Zoocha?Flexible working plus the ability to work from any of our offices (UK, Spain, Brazil) for periods of time.Unlimited training budget.An inclusive workplace with active advocacy networks for women, LGBTQI employees, and people from ethnic minorities.Regular team socials and all-inclusive monthly social events.Sound like you?Get in touch.