Senior UX/UI Designer

Who We Are

VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and award-winning human-first work for clients including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. In 2026, VML was named Campaign’s Global Network of the Year and ranked #2 Creative Network of the Year at Cannes Lions. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. 

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. 

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn  #WeAreVML.

Senior Product Designer (UX/UI) wanted to join our dynamic team.

The opportunity:

This hybrid role is ideal for a highly skilled individual who excels in best-in-class user experience and user interface design and is eager to craft exceptional digital experiences that drive engagement and conversion. You will be at the forefront of digital design, problem solving with user-centricity at the core, and working collaboratively within a cross-functional team to craft delightful and impactful solutions for a diverse range of projects.

Please note that this job is a contract type position in Portugal, but the selection process will be conducted in English.

Please send over your CV in English.

What you’ll be doing:

You are a highly motivated, self-sufficient, and top-tier Senior Product Designer (UX/UI) with a drive to create exceptional digital experiences. Your passion for user experience and user interface design pushes you to find smarter, more effective ways of delivering high-quality outcomes, underpinned by a meticulous attention to detail across both concept and execution.

You understand the critical role of bridging the gap between UX and UI, bringing end-to-end expertise across products, services, devices, and channels. From defining user journeys and interaction models to refining visual design, micro-interactions, and component behaviour, you ensure every element is considered, consistent, and purposeful.

You will play a key role in shaping digital products and services end-to-end, working across the full design spectrum-from early discovery and experience definition through to polished, high-fidelity UI execution-while leading design thinking across complex and sometimes ambiguous problem spaces.

What we want from you:

• Experience working in automotive, mobility, or other complex consumer-facing digital environments, with the ability to translate customer needs into intuitive end-to-end experiences.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and lead design within complex, fast-paced environments, often with incomplete or evolving requirements
• Strong experience in stakeholder management, with the ability to challenge, influence, and align senior stakeholders across disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to frame problems, define opportunities, and shape product direction, not just respond to briefs
• Proven ability to operate as a true end-to-end product designer, seamlessly transitioning between UX strategy, interaction design, and high-fidelity UI execution without loss of quality
• Confident working across a variety of clients, sectors, and problem spaces, quickly building domain understanding and adapting approach to different levels of design maturity and stakeholder expectations
• Comfortable operating within BAU and retained delivery models, balancing pace and quality while managing multiple workstreams, priorities, and stakeholders
• Strong experience working with complex, tokenised design systems, with a deep understanding of component architecture including variants, properties, and scalable design patterns
• Solid understanding of responsive design principles and behaviour logic, ensuring consistent and high-quality experiences across devices and platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, with the ability to create scalable, well-structured design files that support collaboration, handover, and systemisation
• Experience working across multiple brands and visual identities, with the ability to adapt design approach while maintaining consistency, quality, and alignment to brand guidelines
• Ability to produce high-quality supporting design artefacts beyond core product UI, including prototypes, presentations, and visual assets (e.g. release notes, comms materials) to support stakeholder alignment, internal communication, and user research
• Expertise in translating user research and data into actionable insights, driving informed design decisions and building stakeholder confidence
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale, trade-offs, and recommendations
• Deep understanding of accessibility standards, conversion principles, and user-centred design best practices

What we can offer you

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only:

We offer a great benefits package including  training opportunities, medical insurance, Dental insurance, Meal cards, social events, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.

We empower your Brains  for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.

And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

How we use AI in the recruitment process: 

To ensure more focused and engaging conversations, we leverage AI in our recruitment process exclusively for secure, objective note-taking, never for evaluative judgments. This allows our team to be fully present with you. You are always welcome to request a transcript of these notes or opt out of this feature at any time. Opting out will not impact  the outcome of the interview process" 

At  WPP Enterprise Solutions

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernisation, connecting strategy directly to execution.  

Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX, work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. We have received distinction as a leader in Commerce Services and CX Strategy Consulting by the Forrester Wave™  

To find out more, visit enterprisesolutions.wpp.com  and follow us on LinkedIn. 

WPP Enterprise Solutions is part of  WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. 

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We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 

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