Junior UX Designer (SC Cleared / SC Eligible) - Associate Consultant - Digital Excellence

Capgemini Invent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor support

Hybrid working

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Capgemini Invent is seeking a Junior UX Designer (SC Cleared/SC Eligible) to join the AI & Digital Factory community. You will apply user-centered design methods to understand user needs, translate stories into designs, and prototype interfaces for public and private sector clients.

Join a supportive, learning-focused environment with mentoring, flexible hybrid working, and opportunities to work across diverse projects.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in a User Experience Designer role or similar design-focused work.
• Portfolio of design work demonstrating process and outcomes.
• Familiarity with GOV.UK design standards and accessibility guidance.

Responsibilities

• Apply user-centered design methods to understand needs and translate user stories into evidence-based designs.
• Design and prototype user interfaces aligned with user needs and business goals for public and private sector clients.
• Advocate for accessible and inclusive services meeting WCAG-like standards.
• Work iteratively in an Agile environment to support rapid delivery.
• Communicate design concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

User research

UX design

Prototyping

HTML/CSS/JS basics

Accessibility standards

Education

Portfolio of design work

Tools

GOV.UK Prototyping Kit

Figma

Job description

ROLE TITLE: Junior UX Designer (SC Cleared / SC Eligible) - Associate Consultant – AI & Digital Factory

LOCATION: London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Bristol

We offer hybrid working, however depending on your project you may have to travel to client locations.

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting‑edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

As a Junior User Experience Designer, you will be joining the growing and exciting AI & Digital Factory community who are continually sharing knowledge and expertise. We are all passionate about user centred design, critical thinking, problem solving and designing and building digital services and products.

In This Role You Will

• Use different techniques to understand users and their needs, translating user stories and proposing user‑focused, evidence‑based design approaches.
• Design and prototype user interfaces ensuring alignment with user needs and business goals for our public and private sector clients.
• Advocate for accessible and impactful services, ensuring solutions meet accessibility and inclusivity standards.
• Work in a fast‑paced, evolving environment, using an iterative method and flexible approach to enable rapid Agile delivery.
• Communicate across organisational and technical boundaries, understanding the context and making complex and technical information simple and accessible for non‑technical audiences.
• Learn how we can use AI to enhance design processes.

Role

As part of your role, you will also contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think‑tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

At least 1 year of experience in a User Experience Designer role or working in a design‑focused role in a professional setting.

• A love of learning – you are eager to take opportunities to develop your skills in parallel with the needs of your clients.
• A keen interest in the field of User‑Centred Design, keeping up to date with industry developments and conducting self‑led learning.
• Eligible for SC (Security Check) Clearance.
• An empathetic approach and ability to listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders to interpret them clearly for both audiences.
• Working knowledge of iterative design processes and UCD methodologies.
• Competence in using design tools to prototype user interfaces at different levels of fidelity to test and validate designs.
• Basic experience using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Basic familiarity with Government Digital Service (GDS) service standards and GDS design principles.
• Clear and effective communication of design decisions to present concepts to team members and stakeholders.

Ideally, You Would Also Have

• A design portfolio that showcases the design work you have produced.
• Experience working within a User Centred Design team.
• Ability to build prototypes using code to create dynamic prototypes using HTML, CSS and JavaScript at a basic level.
• Experience with GOV.UK Prototyping Kit and Figma.
• Knowledge of relevant accessibility standards and legislation, such as the Web Content Accessibility Regulations (WCAG).

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

You will be part of a supportive UCD community, paired with a mentor who will invest in your development. You will work together to expand your skills in this profession. Our User Experience Designers champion inclusive design practices throughout our project lifecycles, ensuring solutions are accessible to as many users as possible. This includes engaging with diverse user research, applying accessibility guidelines and legislation, and advocating for inclusive design principles in your deliverables.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work‑life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day‑to‑day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Capgemini Is Proud To Be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) Under The UK Government’s Disability Confident Scheme. As Part Of Our Commitment To Inclusive Recruitment, We Will Offer An Interview To All Candidates Who Declare they have a disability, and Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

Csr

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Bristol as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI‑powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end‑to‑end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Make it real. | www.capgemini.com