Senior UX Architect

Currys PLC; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK technology retailer is looking for a Senior UX Architect to own the UX design process across digital journeys. This role involves collaborating with product managers, designers, and developers to create intuitive and accessible user experiences. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of UX design experience, a robust portfolio, and strong knowledge of design tools such as Axure and Adobe Creative Suite. Join a passionate team focused on delivering exceptional technology solutions to customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant UX design experience required.
• Strong portfolio showcasing UX process and outcomes.
• Ability to use analytics to inform design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end UX design process.
• Create journey maps, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Collaborate with product managers and developers.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data for design decisions.
• Mentor junior UX designers.

Skills

User experience (UX) design

User Centred Design (UCD)

Information architecture (IA)

Visual design (UI)

Interaction design (IxD)

Wireframing tools (Axure, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision)

Data analysis

Ecommerce design

Agile methodologies

App design

Tools

Axure

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

InVision

Job description

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end UX design process across specific digital journeys - translating insight, business requirements, and customer needs into effective, user-centred solutions.
• Create and deliver UX outputs such as journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and interaction designs, ensuring solutions are intuitive, inclusive, and accessible.
• Collaborate closely with squads, product managers, UI designers, developers, content designers and analysts to shape experiences from concept to delivery.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data (e.g. user research, customer feedback, analytics) to inform and validate design decisions.
• Ensure UX best practices, design principles, and accessibility standards are consistently applied across your work.
• Present and communicate design ideas and rationale clearly to stakeholders, advocating for customer needs and user-first thinking.
• Support usability testing and continuous optimisation of digital experiences through iteration, A/B testing, and performance analysis.
• Mentor and guide junior UX designers where appropriate, providing feedback and helping build capability within the team.
• Contribute to the wider UX function - supporting planning, ways of working, and the development of a strong design culture.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of user experience (UX) design with a strong understanding of User Centred Design (UCD).
• Information architecture (IA).
• Experience with different user research and testing methodologies, quantitative and qualitative, face-to-face and remote.
• Visual design (UI).
• Interaction design (IxD).
• Power user of relevant wireframing, visual design and prototyping tools (e.g. Axure, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision).
• Ability to confidently use analytics and insights to support design decisions.
• Relevant 3+ years UX design experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating your UX process and how it resulted in products that people love.
• Setting design principles and best practices.
• Solid understanding of accessibility best practices.
• Designing within brand style guides and design principles.
• App design (beneficial).
• Ecommerce design (beneficial).
• Working understanding of Front-End Development.
• Agile and lean methodologies.

Competencies

• Highly articulate with the ability to story-tell, pitch and influence design rationale in a language appropriate for your audience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Stakeholder management at all levels and cross-functionally.
• Determined, motivated and curious to learn with a passion for design thinking and emerging UX trends.
• Coaching and design direction.
• Able to manage time, workload and multi-task under pressure.
• Experience working to strict deadlines and on different projects over a period of time.
• Resilience to a changing landscape and new ways of working skills.

Why join us

At Currys we're united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK's best-known retailer of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive - and it's all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. The Senior UX Architect plays a central role in shaping and delivering user experiences that are intuitive, inclusive, and aligned to both customer needs and business goals.