Product / UX Designer - Contract

MCS Group; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group is seeking an experienced Product/UX Designer for a contract role in Belfast. This position involves designing high-traffic digital products and requires advanced Figma skills, stakeholder engagement, and a strong portfolio. The role is hybrid, with three days a week on-site work.

Qualifications

• Advanced Figma skills for prototyping and component libraries.
• Experience in designing data-rich interfaces and single-page web apps.
• Strong portfolio showcasing high-quality UX and UI work.

Responsibilities

• Focus on UX and product design across various digital touchpoints.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions with stakeholders.
• Create detailed user flows, journey maps, and wireframes.

Skills

Figma

User-centered design

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Responsive design

Job description

MCS Group is looking for a talented and experienced Product/UX Designer to join our client's digital experience team on a contract basis. This Product/UX Designer will be contributing to the design of sophisticated, high-traffic digital products used across a global customer base. This is a hybrid role, with the Product/UX Designer working on-site in Belfast/Northern Ireland with the UX team 3 days per week.

If you're a hands-on, solutions-driven designer with a strong eye for detail and a user-first mindset, please click to apply!

The Role

• Focus on UX and product design across a variety of digital touch-points.
• Facilitate and contribute to requirements-gathering sessions with stakeholders.
• Translate business and user needs into clear, usable, and elegant design solutions.
• Create detailed user flows, journey maps, wireframes, and interaction specs.
• Work within and contribute to an evolving design system.
• Collaborate closely with visual designers, developers, business analysts, and content teams.
• Help drive an agile, user-centred design process, incorporating user research, feedback, and analytics.

The Person

• Advanced Figma skills are essential - including prototyping, component libraries, and system design.
• You will have proven experience of UX/Product Design, working across micro frontends, and single page web apps.
• Proven experience designing for dense, data-rich interfaces.
• Strong portfolio showcasing high-quality UX and UI work across complex digital products - please include portfolio alongside your CV submission.
• Confident engaging with stakeholders and presenting design solutions with clarity and rationale.
• Comfortable working independently within a cross-functional team, across multiple time zones.
• Solid understanding of UX best practices, usability principles, and responsive design.

Duration: Until end of 2025 (potential extension)
IR35: Inside
Rate: Highly Competitive
Location: Hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite in Belfast Northern Ireland.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Jill Johnston, Head of IT Contracts, at MCS Group [phone]

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