Interaction Designer - Newcastle

Accenture PLC; Newcastle; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year forcharit­

Job summary

Accenture in Newcastle is seeking an Interaction Designer to join our hybrid team working 3 days a week in the Cobalt Business Park office. You will craft user-centred designs for digital products and services, collaborating with UX, content, researchers and developers.

The role requires strong communication, experience with design systems, and proficiency in Sketch, Figma and InVision. You will apply user research, data and feedback to inform decisions while reporting outcomes to client

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as an Interaction designer or similar field.
• Experience with design systems, style guides and existing patterns/guidelines.
• Ability to address the needs of key stakeholders whilst creating a user-centric design & high quality UX experiences.
• Using design software such as Sketch, Figma and InVision.
• Experience with HTML, Markdown, Nunjucks or other prototyping languages.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in an Agile methodology and as part of a scrum team.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality designs which are clear and accessible.
• Use various design and prototyping software to create user journeys & design components.
• Use user research, data, and feedback to inform your design decisions.
• Collaborate with other teams and specialisms, like Content Designers, User Researchers, Developers, Product, Delivery.
• Report on and present your work, both internally and to client stakeholders.
• Work closely with our UX & Design Team to share knowledge & skills, participate with the design community in community calls and other sessions.

Skills

Interaction design

Design systems

Stakeholder communication

Sketch

Figma

InVision

HTML

Markdown

Nunjucks

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Sketch

Figma

InVision

Job description

Role: Interaction Designer

Location: Newcastle

Please Note: Due to the nature of client work you will be undertaking, you will need to be willing to go through a Security Clearance process as part of this role, which requires 5+ years UK address history at the point of application.

Hybrid Working: Please note - This role will require you to work from our Newcastle, Cobalt Business Park office 3 days per week.

As a team:

You will work with creative and passionate UX Design specialists who are responsible for creating user-centred designs for digital products and services.

This is a great opportunity to work across multiple different clientsin a range of industries.As a member of our close-knitUXand Design team, you willchampion the value of User-Centred Design as part of delivery best practice across all digital products and services.

In our team you will learn:

• To develop new and existing skills in a wide range of design software.
• Design knowledge, and the ability to design transformational services working closely with our UX & Design Team.
• New ways of collaborative working with our design teams and other specialisms.

As an Interaction Designer, you will:

• Create high quality designs which are clear and accessible.
• Use various design and prototyping software to create user journeys & design components.
• Use user research, data, and feedback to inform your design decisions.
• Collaborate with other teams and specialisms, like Content Designers, User Researchers, Developers, Product, Delivery.
• Report on and present your work, both internally and to client stakeholders.
• Work closely with our UX & Design Team to share knowledge & skills, participate with the design community in community calls and other sessions.

The following skills and experience are essential for this role:

• Relevant experience as an Interaction designer or similar field.
• Working with Design systems/libraries, style guides and existing patterns/guidelines
• You can address the needs of key stakeholders whilst creating a user-centric design & high quality UX experiences.
• Using design software such as Sketch, Figma and InVision.
• Experience with HTML, Markdown, Nunjucks or other prototyping languages.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in an Agile methodology and as part of a scrum team.

Set yourself apart:

• History of designing for Accessibility & knowledge of WCAG 2.2 standards.
• Examples of contributions of patterns/components to existing design libraries.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will alsohave an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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