1. Brand new role
2. Opportunity to learn
About Our Client
Our client in the Public Sector has just open a new Tech Hub in Leeds to work alongside their London team and we are currently looking for an Interaction Designer to join the team. This is a hybrid role and the team go the office twice a week.
Job Description
· Provide design guidance and hands-on interaction design for complex projects and portfolios of work within an agile development framework.· Use best practice and standards consistent with the rest of government· Advise and support software engineers in the development of designs, and iterate gov.uk patterns and components· Work closely with service designers to gather and interpret evidence from service design walkthroughs and analysis, using this insight to design solutions and communicate well-reasoned rationale to stakeholders, ensuring that chosen approaches are grounded in user needs and service context.· Work closely with user researchers to provide appropriate designs and prototypes, attend user research sessions, discuss findings use evidence to inform and iterate interaction designs· Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on services by planning and running design sessions, supporting workshops, and communicating design decisions to your team and internal business stakeholders· Ensure that the design work aligns to the vision and goals of the team, be able to identify risks and uncover opportunities for improvements· Oversee and maintain consistency of patterns and components that are used across projects in collaboration with the Senior Interaction Designer· Tackle complex design challenges by balancing user needs, business objectives, policy constraints, and technical feasibility. Apply critical thinking and design expertise to evaluate competing priorities and deliver solutions that are both user-centred and technically feasible within the context of government services.
The Successful Applicant
Must haves:
3. Interaction Design experience
4. Worked in an Agile environment
5. Worked with different prototyping tools
What's on Offer
· Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays· Privilege Leave: 1 day · Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff· Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay· 27% Pension· Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan· On-going learning and development