UX Designer
London, United Kingdom Contract AgencyRef: 142
Day rate: £400 - £425PD
Start Date: mid March/April
Duration: 6 months
This is an opportunity for a UX designer to work for a leading design agency. This project is all about mapping out a content-rich web product that is focussed on sustainability. This role would suit someone who has worked in editorial, newspapers or content-driven environments and feels comfortable leading on complex UI design.
The role:
- Leading an end-to-end product design process
- Professional knowledge of user-centered design, usability principles, techniques and methodologies
- Strong digital product design visual skills - working in Figma
- Comfortable working and contributing to design systems
- Visualising and prototyping concepts to varying levels of fidelity to demonstrate and validate ideas
- Spotting patterns/stories with data
- Exploring visual concepts and layouts
- Organised and self-motivated and comfortable working independently
You, the UX designer:
- Experience working with an Agile process
- Understanding of responsive web experience is a must
- Working with a cross discipline team of designers, developers and product managers to ensure delivery of high-quality products on time and on budget
- Understand and challenge business requirements where appropriate
- Champion user needs in accordance with product and market strategy
- Engage clients and stakeholders in design solutions that fit their needs
- Understand clients’ design needs and work within those constraints
- Communicate design specifications with other designers and developers; validate and monitor quality output
- Clearly present various stages of interface design development, concepts and ideas to business owners, team members and stakeholders of all levels
- The ability to deal with pressure and can work in a fast-paced environment