UX Designer

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