Free Senior-level interaction designer CV (2026)

This guide is for senior-level interaction designers who lead design initiatives, mentor teams, or drive cross-functional product decisions in UK organisations. If you have five or more years of product design experience and you want your CV to reflect strategic impact and hands-on craft, this guide is for you.

You may be switching industries or aiming for a principal or lead role. The guidance below helps you present strategic outcomes, show measurable impact, and link to case studies that prove your approach.

Put your full name, job title, location, and primary contact details at the top so recruiters can reach you quickly. Use a concise title like Senior Interaction Designer or Lead Interaction Designer that matches the role you want and avoid long phrases after your name.

Include one professional email, a UK phone number, and a short URL to your portfolio or a single-page case study. You can list a personal website and a LinkedIn URL, but do not include multiple links to the same content.

Also, consider adding your right-to-work status and eligibility to work in the UK (e.g. citizenship, visa) if applicable.

Write a two to three sentence CV summary that frames your senior-level scope, domain expertise, and typical outcomes. Start with your role and years of experience, then state the types of products or industries you work in, and finish with a concise outcome such as improvements in task completion or reductions in user errors through better flows and micro-interactions.

Example: "Senior Interaction Designer with 8 years building B2B and consumer digital products, leading cross-functional teams to increase task completion and reduce user errors by refining flows and micro-interactions." Keep the language concrete and avoid vague claims.

Education and qualifications: Present your UK education background clearly. For senior CVs, place education after work experience unless you have recently completed a relevant degree.

List degrees (e.g. BA(Hons) in Design, BSc), subject, university, town/city, and graduation date (DD/MM/YYYY).

If you studied at a Russell Group university, mention it. Include GCSEs and A-levels only if early in your career or if particularly relevant.

Include professional certifications (e.g. CMI courses, UXQB) with dates.

If you have UCAS points or other admissions data, include where helpful. When relevant to UK employers, highlight courses in HCI, interaction design, or service design.

For each role, list your job title, employer, location, and dates in the format DD/MM/YYYY. Beneath that, include 3 to 6 achievement-focused bullets that combine the challenge you faced, the action you took, and the outcome you delivered, using metrics when possible.

Write bullets that show both strategy and execution, for example how you shaped product direction, ran design sprints, and collaborated with engineers and product managers to ship measurable improvements. When applicable, reference inflation-adjusted budgets, team sizes, or time saved.

If applying to healthcare roles, reference NHS pay bands where relevant. If salary is listed in the job advert, present figures in £ per year, clearly labelled.