User experience designer

Interaction / UX Designer

6 Month Contract | £400 per day (Outside IR35) | Manchester (fortnightly onsite) | Immediate Start

A leading product transformation consultancy is seeking an experienced Interaction / UX Designer to support a high-impact programme within a major UK public sector organisation. This role sits within a large-scale transformation initiative, likely aligned to the circular economy portfolio, focused on improving digital services and user outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on meaningful, user-centred services that have real-world environmental and societal impact.

The Role

You will play a key role in designing intuitive, accessible, and user-centred digital services. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will help shape end-to-end user journeys, ensuring services meet both user needs and government standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver high-quality interaction and UX design solutions across digital services
• Translate user research insights into clear, effective user journeys and interaction patterns
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and design artefacts to communicate ideas and solutions
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, researchers, and stakeholders
• Ensure designs align with GDS (Government Digital Service) standards and best practices
• Contribute to service assessments and continuous improvement of live services
• Support the development of scalable and reusable design patterns

Key Requirements

• Proven experience as an Interaction Designer or UX Designer within digital delivery environments
• Strong experience working to GDS standards on government or public sector projects
• Ability to design end-to-end user journeys across complex services
• Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams
• Strong prototyping skills (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD or similar)
• Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
• Experience contributing to service transformation or service redesign programmes

Contract Details

• Day Rate: £400 per day (Outside IR35)
• Duration: 6 months initial contract
• Location: Manchester (onsite once every two weeks)
• Start Date: ASAP