Senior UX Designer - Holborn London

Jas Gujral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in Holborn London is searching for a Senior UX Designer to lead design projects. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience and a strong portfolio showcasing their strengths in UX/interface design and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Competitive salary of £50K - £60K plus benefits is offered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a UX or interaction designer.
• Experience in designing user flows and wireframes.
• Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data for user journeys.
• Create prototypes based on business requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering and product management teams.

Skills

World class UX / interface design

Strong proof of concept

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS

Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Sketch

Axure

Adobe CS

Job description

Senior UX Designer – Holborn London

Currently, our London based design and innovation centre is looking for a lead UX designer.

To join the design team and work along other designers, researchers, product owners and technologists in defining and developing digital products and platforms.

The role will involve initiating and managing projects and lead the team forward in daily design tasks which include conducting workshops, user testing and prototyping.

Key responsibilities

• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to derive personas, use cases, concepts, user journeys and information architecture.
• Create prototypes based on high-level business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to ensure the best creative solutions are realized, implemented and delivered.
• Work along business analysts to complement user stories with design output
• Work closely with Project manager and the team to ensure the sprint expectations are being respected and backlog defined.
• Keep abreast of latest practices, techniques and emerging technologies within the industry and employ these to develop ideas and inspire creative concepts.
• Act as a design and UX advocate internally and externally.
• Work directly with the client on project scope and expectations.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• UX designer with over 3 years work experience working for respected clients as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role.
• Understanding of the UX processes.
• Experience in interface design for desktop, tablet, and enterprise software design.
• Experience of working in an Agile environment is desired.
• Experience of working to strict deadlines.
• Proven design track record.
• Experience in designing user flows, wireframes and implementation instructions.
• Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success.
• Portfolio of UX and design work.

Skills

• World class UX / interface design
• Strong proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills.
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly turn around detailed wireframes and mock-ups in an iterative environment.
• Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS, etc.
• An understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other key web technologies.

The position will be based in Holborn London.

The salary for this role will be in the range £50K - £60K + Benefits

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.