Senior UX Designer - Banking CMS Redesign & Discovery

Red Badger; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Badger is seeking an experienced UX Designer for a six-month discovery project with a major UK bank. You will join a cross-functional team to explore the bank's CMS platform, run workshops, and shape recommendations to upgrade capabilities and redesign the platform.

You’ll lead design thinking and user-centred research, collaborate with product and engineering, and mentor stakeholders through workshops and reviews.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of Human Centred Design and Design Thinking.
• Experience working closely with engineers, QA & delivery disciplines.
• Experience working with clients presenting design concepts and running workshops.
• Experience in leading UX activities on a project.
• Knowledge of industry-standard tools such as Sketch/Figma, plus aptitude to learn and introduce new tools and methodologies.
• Experience designing mobile-first responsive sites & mobile native apps.
• Experience with user testing at various levels of fidelity from guerilla to lab testing.
• An ability to work closely with a team and the client as a sole UX Designer.

Responsibilities

• Managing design stakeholders & coaching clients or your team to help exercise Design Thinking, Lean UX & Lean principles, and Human Centred Design.
• Designing and facilitating workshops and design sprints
• Conducting user research and user testing
• Consulting a product owner with backlog prioritisation
• Prototyping at various levels of fidelity - from paper to hi-fi click-throughs
• Auditing existing user experience

Skills

Human Centred Design

Design Thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Leading UX activities

Mobile-first design

User testing (various fidelities)

Stakeholder management

Sole UX Designer on project

Tools

Sketch

Figma

Job description

Red Badger is seeking an experienced UX Designer for a six-month discovery project with a major UK bank. You will join a cross-functional team to explore the bank's CMS platform, run workshops, and shape recommendations to upgrade capabilities and redesign the platform.

You’ll lead design thinking and user-centred research, collaborate with product and engineering, and mentor stakeholders through workshops and reviews.