Our client is a Digital Transformation and a Cyber Security Consultancy and are currently looking for a Senior Interaction Designer to join their dynamic team! They offer innovative digital and cyber security solutions to their clients who are from the public and private sectors. You'll be working on interesting large-scale Government and private sector projects.
ROLE OBJECTIVE:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Interaction Designer who has a successful track record in working within agile, multidisciplinary teams to rapidly develop and iterate user-centred design concepts for complex services and transformation programmes. Skilled in creating low to high-fidelity prototypes using the GOV.UK prototyping toolkit, along with producing user journeys, wireframes, and navigation schemas.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Work in an agile, multidisciplinary team to develop design concepts at pace within multiple or complex services or fast-moving transformation programmes.
* Developing low to high-fidelity prototypes using the GOV.UK prototyping toolkit.
* Produce user journey maps, sitemaps, navigation schema, and annotated wireframes.
* Champion accessibility and inclusion, making sure that designs meet accessibility, legal and security requirements.
* Coaching and mentoring of junior colleagues, promoting knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice.
* Develop user centred design best practice, standards and guidance and play a lead role in the clients growing UCD community of practice.
* Promote the value of a consistent high-quality user experience, through design and use of reusable elements, proactively engaging with colleagues across the organization and promoting interaction design best practice across the clients.
* Actively participate in user research to identify user needs, test different design ideas and be responsible for developing and maintaining suitable prototypes.
* Be confident in discussing the evidence, data and research that supports your design decisions.
* Identify and design the best way for users to interact with your service across different channels, devices, browsers, and technologies, making decisions based on insights from user research.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
* Working experience in using the GOV.UK prototyping toolkit.
* Working knowledge of the GOV.UK design system, design principles, service manual and accessibility standards.
* Ability to identify constraints to ensure designs are feasible and meet user needs.
* Experience of creating user centred-design deliverables to help explain complex problems and ideas to teams, service managers, programme directors and other key stakeholders.
* Experience of advising teams on how to design accessible solutions, across a range of channels, to meet customer needs.
* Experience in rapid prototyping tools, for example, Figma, Sketch.
* Experience of working in an agile, multi-disciplinary team environment, involving the right people across teams of progression boundaries throughout the design process.
* Great consultancy skills, caring about your client’s needs and motivations.
* Good collaboration skills and the ability to co-create and solve design challenges within a team and across teams.