UX Designer - User Experience

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UX Designer - User Experience (Digital)

UK wide - base location flexible

Global Consultancy

Government

Salary flexible + excellent benefits package

We are currently looking for a User Experience / UX Designer to join a leading, innovative and prestigious organisation within their growing Digital team. Our client offers excellence in career growth, professional development and a coveted personalised benefits package.

You will help drive the Experience Design team's vision and direction and will support the delivery through user-centred design methods: translate user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities into world-class experiences for leading companies and government agencies.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

*Researching users and business needs, turning these into insights that will help define user journeys and inform the design

*Designing and presenting concepts and user interfaces for both mobile, tablet and desktop - including annotations for best practice in information architecture, navigation, and user flows.

*Creating prototypes using tools such as Axure, Sketch and InVision to create and iterate clickable prototypes for user testing and stakeholder validation.

*Mentoring other team members, and liaising with development teams and architects to ensure data and technical considerations are accommodated within the design

KEY SKILLS:

*Experience as a senior level UX Designer, leading the design and UX activity for critical projects (preferably working for a consulting firm or agency)

*Good knowledge of User-centred design methods and techniques

*Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Sketch, InVision, Axure

*Agile experience within a commercial environment

*An understanding of web technologies (HTML/CSS/Javascript) and mobile design patterns

* Government, GDS experience ideally

*Ability to show a strong portfolio of work (web-link or PDF) outlining your contribution towards each project ideally

*Degree preferred within a design-related discipline: i.e.: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, although not essential

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