Senior UX Lead Architect

Jas Gujral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy in London is looking for a Senior UX Lead Architect. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in UX design and service design. Responsibilities include leading pitches, creating project plans, and improving design processes. The position offers a competitive salary of £60K - £70K plus benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Senior UX designer, Product designer, or UX architect.
• Experience in agile development and lean UX.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team.
• Creating omnichannel user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead pitches and presentations.
• Create project estimates and plans.
• Advocate for existing systems while proposing improvements.

Skills

Leadership in challenging situations

Communication of design impact

Full command of the UX process

Attention to detail

Visual thinking

Education

Design degree or equivalent

Tools

Sketch

Axure

Adobe CS

Job description

Overview

Senior UX Lead Architect – Holborn London

Our Client is a leading international consultant with offices scattered around the World.

Currently, they are looking to recruit a UX Design Lead Architect for their London office.

You must have be a design lead with a strong UX background, experience in Service Design and an interest in design strategy.

We are looking for a seasoned, hands-on practitioner, with a can-do attitude.

As a senior member of the team and design representative in the organisation, your focus will be on people — clients, users/customers, team and colleagues and on the process support and advocate for the existing systems, and with a critical eye improve upon them.

You will be reporting to the Global Head of the XD Practice and programme delivery.

EXPERIENCE

• Senior designer with over 8 years work experience working for blue chip clients
• as a Senior UX designer, Senior Product designer, UX architect, or a Service designer.
• Design processes, agile development and lean UX.
• Working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team.
• Creating omnichannel experiences – cross-platform and cross-device solutions.
• Designing enterprise level, consumer grade digital services and products.
• Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success.
• Working to strict deadlines.
• Proven design track record and design agency experience.
• Design degree or equivalent.

You will be involved in leading pitches, presentations and support proposals.

Create project estimates and plans

Summary of Senior UX Architect Skills required:

• Provide leadership in challenging situations through clarity, tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to identify and communicate the commercial impact of design decisions.
• Full command of the UX process and an understanding of the Service Design process.
• Visual thinking, proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to quickly turn around wireframes in an iterative environment.
• Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS, etc.
• An understanding of technology.

Salary for this role will be in the range £60K - £70K + Benefits.

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your current salary and notice period/availability.