Contract UX Designer for New SaaS Platform

Ocho People Ltd.; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the

Competitive daily rate up to £500

5-month contract

Job summary

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking a UX Designer for a 5-month contract with an ASAP start.

The role is hybrid, requiring two days per week in the Belfast office, and offers an up to £500 per day rate for the right experience. You will lead design work for a brand-new SaaS platform, collaborating with Product Owners and Developers in an agile team to produce wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma, shaping the product from the ground up.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in UX or UI design, ideally on SaaS, B2B or enterprise products
• Advanced Figma skills for wireframing, prototyping and collaboration
• Experience working closely with Product Owners and Developers in agile or scrum teams
• Experience contributing to and maintaining a product backlog
• A strong portfolio showing how you turn complex requirements into clear user flows and interfaces
• Solid grasp of user centred design, usability, accessibility and responsive design
• Based in Northern Ireland and able to work from the Belfast office 2 days per week

Responsibilities

• Design wireframes, prototypes and high fidelity interfaces in Figma
• Partner with Product Owners to break epics down into actionable design tasks and phases
• Shape the product backlog with clear, user focused design requirements
• Map and refine user journeys so every interaction is intuitive
• Contribute to the design system and component library as the product scales
• Work closely with developers to provide design specs and review front end builds
• Validate design decisions through quick usability tests and analytics
• Take part in stand ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning and design reviews
• Document design decisions to keep the wider team aligned

Skills

UX/UI design

Figma

Agile / Scrum

Backlog management

Usability testing

Responsive design

Portfolio

Tools

Figma

PrimeVue

Plotly

Job description

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking a UX Designer for a 5-month contract with an ASAP start.

The role is hybrid, requiring two days per week in the Belfast office, and offers an up to £500 per day rate for the right experience. You will lead design work for a brand-new SaaS platform, collaborating with Product Owners and Developers in an agile team to produce wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma, shaping the product from the ground up.