UX/UI designer recruitment agency and headhunters
your next UX/UI designer, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, from junior designer to head of design systems.
- no setup fees, pay on hire . guaranteed replacement
they hire their product profiles with muzzo
how do you hire a UX/UI designer through a recruitment agency?
A good UX/UI designer shows mockups and journeys tested with real users. Muzzo gives your role to headhunters who place the most UX/UI designers: they check mockups shipped and user tests run. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your company, your product. The rest is scoped in your first call with the Muzzo team.
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our data chooses the headhunters
Our AI picks those who have hired the most UX/UI designers, from more than 2,500 selected headhunters.
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you meet the best profiles
Approached and qualified by product design experts. You choose who you meet.
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you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
your role, let's talk about it
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
With Muzzo, you set the fee, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire: no deposit, no fixed fees. A junior UX/UI designer adapting mockups and a lead managing a design system don't take the same search. The fee follows that difficulty, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, for example because the real scope doesn't match the brief, we restart the search at no cost. If no replacement is found within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
product design headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days. You only pay when you hire.
the reality
a UX/UI designer is judged by tested mockups, not their portfolio
a good UX/UI designer has more than beautiful mockups
They have tested their journeys with real users, measured what blocked and adjusted. A portfolio without user testing says nothing about their method. A product headhunter knows the right question to ask.
UX and UI are two jobs, sometimes one person
UX thinks the journey and information architecture. UI designs the interface, components and design systems. The headhunter starts from your real need, not the job title.
a hiring mistake shows in the conversion rate
A poorly designed journey drives users away before the feature itself. The headhunter checks mockups shipped, tests run and design systems left in place before introducing anyone.
the roles
the UX/UI profiles our headhunters go after for you
From a first mockup to full design systems, each search goes to a headhunter who has already hired that profile.
junior UX/UI designer
They adapt mockups from an existing design system under an experienced designer's supervision.
UX designer
They frame journeys, run user interviews and tests, and prioritize screens to design.
UI designer
They design interfaces and components and ensure visual consistency across screens.
senior UX/UI designer
They own a product or feature end-to-end, from user research to handoff to development.
lead product designer / design systems lead
They manage the design team, evolve the design system and balance visual consistency with product needs.
UX researcher
They run user interviews and tests at scale and feed designers with evidence-backed findings.
the method
a product design headhunter, not an agency that does everything
A UX/UI journey is judged by use. The method starts from what the role must design.
we define what the role must design
End-to-end journey, interface only, or design system to build or maintain: the brief describes the real scope, UX, UI or both.
a headhunter who places UX/UI designers
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who place the most product designers.
mockups and tests verified
The headhunter asks for mockups shipped, user tests run and design system changes, then cross-checks with references.
the figures
a UX/UI designer's salary in figures
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 90 (digital marketing) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 90 (digital marketing) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 90 (digital marketing) (opens a new window), 2025 data
hiring a UX/UI designer: what you need to know
why use a headhunter to hire a UX/UI designer?
The UX/UI designer shapes the journeys and interfaces of a digital product, often in an agency or digital team, with constant back-and-forth with development and product. Good profiles are in post, absorbed by a redesign or launch, and don't answer ads.
A product design headhunter knows how to approach them and ask the right questions: which journeys designed, which tests run, which design system left behind. This page covers the UX/UI designer role in an agency or digital team; for a product designer in a SaaS environment, see our dedicated page.
UX designer, UI designer, UX/UI designer: what's the difference?
The UX designer shapes information architecture and journeys: they define what the user can do, in what order, with which friction points. The UI designer designs the interface that brings the journey to life: colors, typography, components, design system consistency.
Many roles ask for both skills under one title, especially in mid-size teams. State in the brief whether you want a polyvalent profile or two distinct specialists: this changes the hiring pool and expected seniority.
how do you assess a UX/UI designer at interview?
A polished portfolio shows taste, not a method. The interview should walk through a whole project: the question posed, the users talked to, what the test changed in the final mockup.
A short exercise on a real screen in your product works well: give a constraint (simplify a journey, fix an error) and watch their reasoning. The headhunter does this first screen before introducing anyone, and checks shipped journeys and design systems with references.
junior, senior or lead: which level of UX/UI designer to hire?
A junior UX/UI designer adapts mockups from an existing design system. A senior designer leads user research and designs a feature end-to-end. A lead manages the design team and balances visual consistency with product needs.
This choice sets the budget. According to Apec, the median for digital marketing managers, a family that covers UX designers, ranges from 45 k€ under 35 to 62 k€ over 45, and managing a team lifts it from 49 to 56 k€.
hiring a UX/UI designer in an agency or product team: what changes?
In an agency, the UX/UI designer juggles several clients and adapts fast to different brands and constraints. In a product team, they stay on one product, with deeper user knowledge and longer-term design system thinking.
According to Apec, company size matters for pay: 47 k€ median under 250 employees, 59 k€ above (2025 edition). State the context in the brief: it shapes the profile as much as the salary.
your questions about hiring a UX/UI designer
According to Apec, digital marketing managers, a family that covers UX designers, earn 45 k€ gross median a year under 35, and 62 k€ over 45. Line-management responsibility also raises the median from 49 to 56 k€ (2025 edition).
The UX/UI designer designs journeys and interfaces, often in an agency or digital team, starting from an already-scoped need. The product designer in a SaaS environment also takes part in product discovery and tests hypotheses before designing a screen. For the latter role, see our product designer page.
The headhunter asks for specific examples: how many users interviewed, what method, what the test changed in the final mockup. They cross-check these with references. A portfolio without evidence of testing doesn't validate the profile.
Yes. Our headhunters cover the full product design spectrum, from a generalist UX/UI designer to a UX researcher who runs interviews and tests at scale. State the profile in the form.