Want to join a practice where UCD is at the heart of the business?
This is a 12 month fixed term contract and you must have eligibility for SC Clearance.
Do you want to be able to design services and experiences that put users first? Are you ready to turn real user needs into impactful solutions?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purposeful businesses. As an Interaction Designer, you’ll turn complex tasks complicated processes into easy-to-use experiences. You'll join our Interaction Design practice and work in multi-disciplinary teams. Together, you will develop and refine solutions that put users first, simplifying complex services, while improving accessibility, usability, and engagement
The role
* As a Consultant Interaction Designer, you’ll design journeys and interactions which helps users complete their goals.
* You’ll work closely with other user-centred design roles, such as User Researchers and Content Designers, to solve complex and interesting problems for our clients.
* You’ll create designs based on insights from user research and data, apply best practice design principles, and make complex processes easy to use.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you need experience of designing to meet user needs. You don’t need to have previously held the job title ‘interaction designer’.
In your CV and the interview, please show how you have:
· created designs and prototypes based on insights from user research and data
· designed solutions to make complex processes easy to understand
· ensure your work is inclusive and accessible
· placed accessible design practices at the heart of your process
· clearly documented design decisions and articulated your rationale
· taken a supportive role in user research to test your designs
· designed to government service standards
In addition to interaction design skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to work effectively as a consultant.
In the interview, please show how you have:
· taken a methodical and considered approach to solving problems
· planned your own tasks, to achieve the aims of your project
· respectfully challenged decisions or solutions you didn’t agree with
In your interview we’ll ask you to present a piece of work which demonstrates these topics. We’ll also ask you questions based around these.
Salary
Consultant salary range: £45,000 - £63,000
What our offer includes
A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.
Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday.
People to support you every step of the way.
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.