Senior Interaction Designer

Netcompany; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

Private medical health care

Pension contribution

Learning and development support

Employee discounts

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Netcompany is seeking an Interaction Designer to deliver high-profile digital products and services for UK public sector and major organisations. You will work across user, technical and business teams using market-leading tech to meet user needs, deliver business impact and benefit society.

You will lead workshops, collaborate with researchers, and create artefacts like personas, service maps and wireframes, while mentoring junior designers and validating designs with real users.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering in the UK public sector to GOV.UK standards.
• Strong user-centred design from concept to delivery.
• Proficient in rapid paper and digital prototyping; collaborate with developers on secure, accessible solutions.
• Experience in agile, multi-disciplinary delivery for large transformation projects.
• Desirable: proficiency in Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma; prototype in code (HTML/CSS/JS).

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end design of new digital products and services.
• Create artefacts such as personas, service maps and wireframes.
• Lead design workshops and design sprints with stakeholders and users.
• Collaborate with researchers in a multi-disciplinary team to base designs on evidence.
• Prototype rapidly with users and mentor other designers.

Skills

User-centred design

Rapid prototyping

Agile delivery

GOV.UK design system

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Sketch

Figma

HTML/CSS/JS prototyping

Job description

Job Description

As an Interaction Designer at Netcompany you will deliver high profile digital products and services for some of the UK’s largest companies and Public Sector organisations.

You will work with market leading technologies and span user, technical and business operations to build solutions that meet user needs, deliver business impact and benefit society.

Key Responsibilities:

• Experience delivering in the UK public sector including working to GDS standards and passing Service Standard Assessments
• Support the end-to-end design of new digital products and services
• Create high-quality, compelling design concepts and artefacts such as personas, service maps and wireframes.
• Lead on design workshops and design sprints with the team, senior stakeholders and users
• Work with user researchers as part of a multi-disciplinary team to create designs based on research that meet user need
• Rapidly design and test digital prototypes with users
• Train and mentor other designers

Qualifications

Essential

• You have experience delivering in the UK public sector including using the GOV.UK design system, working to GDS standards and passing Service Standard Assessments
• You have strong experience in user-centred design, from concept to delivery
• You are experienced in rapid paper and digital prototyping, work closely with developers and understand security, accessibility, version control and hosting.
• You work in agile, multi-disciplinary delivery teams and have experience delivering new services as part of large and complex transformation projects

Desirable:

• You are proficient in the use of interaction design software, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch and Figma
• It's desirable but not essential if you can prototype in code to create dynamic prototypes using HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Experience in consulting roles is desirable but not essential
• You have strong experience in user-centred design, from concept to delivery
• You are experienced in rapid paper and digital prototyping, work closely with developers and understand security, accessibility, version control and hosting.
• You work in agile, multi-disciplinary delivery teams and have experience delivering new services as part of large and complex transformation projects

Additional Information

Benefits:

• Hybrid working model with some flexible working
• 25 days' holiday
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution, Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well-being services.
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.

Company information

At Netcompany, we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit and our capacity for doing things differently. Our culture is built on fostering low bureaucracy, emphasizing high agility and promoting flexibility, enabling everyone to contribute their best.

Our journey began in the UK with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald in 2017. As one of Northern Europe's most accomplished IT companies, we have expanded our headcount globally to 7400+ employees and have offices in UK, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Holland and Vietnam.

Netcompany is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process for anyone wishing to apply for a job with us. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme which means that we offer guaranteed interviews to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a role. Applicants are asked to opt in, so please let us know if you wish your application to be considered under this scheme.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or extra support during the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail].