Senior UX Lead Design Architect

Free-Work; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Client in London is seeking a Senior UX Lead Architect to drive design strategy, lead a multidisciplinary team and create omnichannel, enterprise-grade digital services.

You will own pitches, presentations, and proposals, create project estimates and plans, and collaborate with the Global Head of the XD Practice to improve systems and processes.

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

• Lead pitches, presentations and support proposals.
• Create project estimates and plans.

Skills

UX leadership

Service design

Design strategy

Agile/Lean UX

Team collaboration

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 £65K - £85K + Benefits.