About
Bentley is a British luxury automotive brand whose Crewe-designed and built models combine craftsmanship, innovation, and sustainability. Its Holistic Design Team shapes the brand identity across customer touchpoints, including digital experiences, products, and lifestyle offerings.
Responsibilities
•Lead the design and delivery of high-quality UI solutions across Bentley's products, ensuring visual excellence, usability, and alignment with brand values and business objectives
•Develop, maintain, and champion Bentley's UI Design System, guidelines, and playbooks to drive consistency, scalability, and design excellence across digital touchpoints
•Define and evolve digital interface design direction, translating Bentley's brand identity and design strategy into distinctive, premium, and intuitive digital experiences
•Lead the UI Design Forum, fostering collaboration, design governance, and alignment across projects, teams, and functions
•Represent Bentley in Volkswagen Group UI initiatives, sharing best practices and aligning with wider Group design standards and strategies
•Champion UI design capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing, design skills development, and fostering a culture of innovation
•Collaborate with Product, UX, Engineering, and Technology teams to deliver visually compelling, accessible, and technically feasible interfaces across the product portfolio
•Present design concepts, prototypes, and recommendations to stakeholders, using user insights, design principles, and evidence-based evaluation to influence decisions and continuously improve digital experiences
Requirements
•Demonstrable expertise in UI and HMI design, including visual hierarchy, typography, colour theory, layout, responsive design, interaction states, and accessibility, supported by examples of delivered digital products
•Advanced proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including creating high-fidelity interfaces, interactive prototypes, and production-ready design specifications
•A strong portfolio showcasing physical and digital product interfaces, visual quality, design consistency, adherence to brand guidelines, and measurable improvements in user engagement, task completion, or product performance
•Proven experience leading UI design projects from concept through implementation, delivering designs to agreed timelines, quality standards, and technical requirements
•Demonstrable experience developing, implementing, or maintaining design systems, component libraries, UI guidelines, or playbooks, with evidence of improving design consistency, reuse, or delivery efficiency
•Proven stakeholder management and presentation skills, including presenting design concepts to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions, and securing alignment across Product, UX, Engineering, and Technology teams
•Experience collaborating with developers and technical teams to deliver responsive, accessible, and technically feasible interfaces, including design handover, implementation reviews, and resolution of UI issues
•Demonstrable experience leading design reviews, mentoring designers, or developing team capability, with examples of improving design quality, establishing best practices, or raising UI design maturity
•Candidates must have the right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship
Conditions
•Flexible working hours
•35 days of annual leave, inclusive of UK bank holidays
•Progression pathways and programmes, mentoring, and study support opportunities
•Optional car lease scheme with discounted access to new VW Group cars (VW, Seat, Skoda, Audi) up to every six months
•Health and life assurance benefits providing up to five times annual salary
•Annual salary reviews and a competitive bonus scheme
•Contributory pension scheme: you contribute 6%, and Bentley contributes 10%
•Health and well-being resources, including an online GP, the option to join BUPA health plans, a mental health counsellor, and onsite physiotherapy
•Paid volunteering days dedicated to community giving
•Discounts portal with retailer discounts, cashback offers, and voucher savings
•Crewe campus facilities include green spaces, free parking, an onsite restaurant, coffee shops, rest and relaxation rooms, and sports facilities
•Equal opportunities, respect, and dignity for all colleagues; individual differences are celebrated
