JOB TITLE: Senior UX Designer (12-Month FTC)
LOCATION: Manchester
SALARY: £76,194 - £89,640
HOURS: Full-Time
DURATION: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
WORKING PATTERN:Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in the Manchester office.
About this opportunity
You'll play a lead role in the integration & pragmatic application of design in a multidisciplinary team of designers, product owners and engineers. You'll champion human centred design and help change mind-sets about problem solving. Helping others succeed through coaching and by sharing knowledge, being an active member of the Design community.
We’re looking for someone to lead and work as part of a design team supporting a core product area within Experience Design They will give guidance to stakeholders, development teams and other Interaction Designers, working alongside and leading a design team. They will take full ownership of their output, providing rationale for design decisions and confidently present their work back to stakeholders.
As a Senior UX Designer, it’ll be your role to:
* Shape and implement experience strategy for the product area
* Having a deep understanding of customer needs, pain points and expectations
* Understand goals and challenges in the context of business and engineering priorities
* Work with service designers to influence and develop the roadmap and overall product strategy
* Engage with leadership to understand objectives and opportunities aligned to good customer outcomes
* Provide leadership to a team of multi-disciplinary designers to support decision-making, delivery and team culture
* Establish a growth culture and build capabilities through the formal development and mentoring of team members
What you'll need
* Extensive and demonstrable experience within User Experience design/Interaction Design
* A proven track record of building brilliant digital product experiences
* Deep expertise within Product Design/User Experience design/Interaction Design
* Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams
* A cross-functional mindset and strong stakeholder engagement skills; you'll be able to build strong relationships with Product & Engineering peers and wider partners
* A strong strategic vision that aligns well to the overall business strategy
About Working For Us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
* Annual performance related bonus scheme
* Share schemes including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready to start growing with purpose?Apply today and let’s create something extraordinary together!
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