Senior UX Lead Architect

Free-Work; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Free-Work in London is seeking a Senior UX Lead Architect for their Holborn office. You will lead design strategy and act as a senior design representative, shaping people, processes, and client outcomes.

The role requires hands-on UX design, service design, and a track record with enterprise-grade digital services, with responsibilities including pitches, proposals, and project planning.

Qualifications

• Senior designer with over 8 years work experience 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.

Responsibilities

• Involved in leading pitches, presentations and support proposals.
• Create project estimates and plans.

Skills

Leadership

UX Strategy

Agile / Lean UX

Wireframing

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Design degree or equivalent

Tools

Sketch

Axure

Adobe CS

Job description

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.