About the role
We are looking for an ambitious Midweight UI Designer who
consistently displays attention to detail and is prepared to become a core
member of our multidisciplinary team.
As a Midweight UI Designer at the UK’s largest supermarket,
you’ll be bringing to life experiences that help millions of people shop
better. You’ll work on new opportunities, crafting intuitive and pixel-perfect
solutions that improve every stage of a customer’s shopping journey. And you’ll
iterate, test, learn and grow as a designer.
Audiences don't get bigger or more diverse than this. We
have 11 million active app users and over 1 million online grocery orders a
week. So, you’ll really need to know your onions. That includes a big appetite
for innovative interaction design, prototyping and testing, and data and
analytics.
Collaboration mixed with expertise and insight is the recipe
for successful design. So, you’ll be working with some of the finest UX and UI
designers, researchers, UX writers, service designers, data and analytics
experts, product managers and developers.
Our secret ingredient is our Digital Design System. So,
you’ll need experience good using one, whether it's just a pinch to improve a
prototype or a big dollop to shape a whole user journey.
Here’s a taste of what you can expect.
You’ll join a business that values your expertise,
experience and insight. That nurtures your personal and career growth, with
opportunities for every stage of your journey. You'll be a crucial member of a
hardworking team comprising individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds who
share your determination and motivation. You'll enjoy a hybrid role that
creates the perfect work/life balance, helping you be who you are both
professionally and personally. And a benefits package that’s more than
competitive.
You will be responsible for
* Design
the UI for large and small multi-platform projects, redefining complicated
experiences into simple and intuitive UI solutions.
* Contribute
to end-to-end UI process activities including interaction design
discovery, sketching, wire-framing, prototyping and delivering ready for
build design files.
* Work
together with different teams, closely collaborating with UX designers,
researchers, UX writers, engineers, product managers, data analysts, and
business partners to explore, build and deliver designs.
* Champion
human-centred design inside and outside of your team.
* Work
within and across agile squads to design, develop and improve the customer
experience across our digital products.
* Partner
with UX researchers to help your team develop empathy for our customers,
including those with a disability, and advocate for their needs,
validating designs via A/B testing, un-moderated, usability testing.
* Work
closely with engineering teams to understand feasibility of design ideas
and ensure review of design implementation at key stages of the
development cycle.
* Partner
with the analytics team to help advise your work.
* Help
facilitate workshops, running effective conceptualisation and
participatory design sessions.
* Promote
inclusive design practices and deliver accessible designs.
* Deliver
valuable, high-quality, and consistent work without sacrificing speed by
using our Digital Design System and its standardised foundations,
components and patterns.
* Collaborate
with the design system team to help evolve our Digital Design System based
on user needs.
* Help
other fields understand the value design can bring to a project to build
the best products.
* Continuously
seek to improve design processes inside and outside of your team to gain
efficiency, remove obstacles, and simplify workflows.
* Provide
feedback to other designers to help strengthen your team and Tesco as a
whole.
* Help
your team mates build expertise, strong decision-making skills, and
empathy for our customers.
* Work
with the Design Manager to cultivate a positive, supportive, and inclusive
team culture.
You will need
* Exceptional
UI design skills, including interaction design.
* An
engaging and well-curated portfolio demonstrating your expertise across
web, responsive and native app.
* Strong
experience in high-profile design projects in a customer-facing commercial
environment.
* A
high level of proficiency with the latest versions of Figma.
* A
good knowledge of the latest design and prototyping tools and
technologies.
* Proficiency
in designing with accessibility in mind and meeting WCAG 2.1 level AA.
* A
good understanding of the end-to-end iterative design process.
* Passion
for solving problems while balancing all facets of a user experience.
* Experience
collaborating closely with various fields, including product and
engineering.
* Self-motivation,
and good organisational and time-management skills.
* Strong
written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to present skills
to all levels of seniority and subject area experts within the
organisation.
* Proficiency
with current industry design and collaboration tools such Miro etc.
* Previous
experience in the retail sector is an advantage.
Whats in it for you?
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About Us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.