Senior Consultant - UI/UX Designer(AR/VR/MR)

Job Title: Senior Consultant - UI/UX Designer (AR/VR/MR)

Career GCL: D2

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to transform the way we interact with technology? We are seeking a dedicated UI/UX Designer who thrives on creating intuitive, engaging, and human-centered experiences for Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR) applications. If you excel at both 2D product design and 3D immersive interaction patterns, and can translate complex user workflows into seamless spatial experiences, this is the opportunity for you!

Accountabilities:

As a Senior Consultant UI/UX Designer, you will be responsible for designing intuitive interfaces for AR/VR/MR applications, focusing on spatial interactions and user comfort. You will create wireframes, user flows, storyboards, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs for immersive environments. Your role will involve developing 3D UI elements, gesture-based interactions, and spatial layouts optimized for head-mounted devices. Collaborating closely with product owners, 3D artists, developers, and solution architects will be key to ensuring design feasibility and consistency.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Design & Experience Creation

• Design intuitive UI/UX for AR/VR/MR applications with a solid focus on spatial interactions and user comfort.

• Create wireframes, user flows, storyboards, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs for immersive environments.

• Develop 3D UI elements, gesture-based interactions, and spatial layouts optimized for head-mounted devices.

• Work closely with product owners, 3D artists, developers, and solution architects to ensure design feasibility and consistency.

• User Research & Testing

• Conduct user studies, usability testing, and heuristic evaluations tailored to immersive environments.

• Analyse user behaviour to refine and iterate on interaction models and UI elements.

• Apply principles of comfort, ergonomics, field of view, depth cues, and accessibility in immersive spaces.

• Collaboration & Delivery

• Translate business requirements into clear design specifications and interaction guidelines.

• Work with engineering teams (Unity/Unreal/WebXR developers) to ensure smooth design implementation.

• Maintain design libraries, documentation, and immersive UI standards for scalability.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Interaction Design, Multimedia, or related field.

• 4–10 years of UI/UX experience with at least 3-4 years in immersive or 3D experience design.

• Solid portfolio showcasing AR/VR/MR designs, spatial UX work, prototypes, or 3D interface concepts.

• Hands-on experience with design tools: Figma, Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop; 3D/UI tools such as Blender, Maya, Cinema4D, or similar; Prototyping tools for immersive environments (e.g., Unity UI Toolkit, Unreal UMG, ProtoPie XR).

• Understanding of immersive interaction patterns: gaze, gesture, hand-tracking, controller-based input, spatial anchors, comfort thresholds.

• Strong visual design skills, typography, layout, and interaction design fundamentals.

• Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across product, engineering, and 3D/animation.

Preferred Skills (Nice-to-Have):

• Experience designing for Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, HoloLens, Magic Leap, or similar devices.

• Knowledge of Unity/Unreal to test and validate UI interactions inside the environment.

• Understanding of XR accessibility guidelines and spatial usability frameworks.

• Experience in enterprise applications (training, remote assistance, digital twins, pharma, manufacturing, etc.).

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, your work has a direct impact on patients' lives by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower our teams to perform at their peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms. Here you'll find a dynamic environment where innovation thrives through collaboration across diverse expertise. With investment backing us all the way, there's no slowing down as we drive cross-company change to disrupt the industry.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of our journey to innovate and transform lives!