UX Designer

Jas Gujral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A consultancy firm is seeking a part-time UX Designer for 20 hours per week in Holborn, Central London. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience, excellent communication skills, and a strong grasp of the UX process. The salary range is £25K - £30K. Interested candidates should submit their CV in Word format along with availability and desired salary.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a UX designer, Product designer, or similar role.
• Experience with design processes, agile development and lean UX.
• Ability to create omnichannel experiences across platforms and devices.
• Proven design track record and experience with design agency.

Responsibilities

• Advise on direction and execution of products/projects.
• Support and advocate best practice approaches.
• Effectively prioritize and advise multiple stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Workshop facilitation

UX and ethnographic research

Ability to work in ambiguous situations

Leadership in challenging situations

Identifying commercial impact of design decisions

Full command of the UX process

Visual thinking and prototyping

Attention to detail

Proficiency in Sketch, Axure

Understanding of technology

Education

Design degree or equivalent

Tools

Sketch

Axure

Job description

UX Designer – Holborn - Part-Time

Our Client is seeking to recruit a part-time UX Designer for 20 hours per week.

We are looking for a hands‑on practitioner, with a can‑do attitude and strong organizational skills.

This is a consultancy role, advising a global player in Education on direction and execution of a number of products/projects, as part of the evolving digital strategy.

It is essential that you are self‑managed and organized, and able to effectively prioritize and advise multiple stakeholders.

Your focus will be on people – clients, users/customers, and colleagues; and on the process – support and advocate best practice approaches, and adapt and pivot in order to achieve the most regardless of the context.

SKILLS

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral. Excellent presentation skills.
• Workshop facilitation.
• UX and ethnographic research.
• Ability to fluidly and confidently work in ambiguous situations.
• 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 is a must. An understanding of the Service Design purpose and process is a bonus.
• 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, etc.
• An understanding of technology.

EXPERIENCE

• Senior designer with over 4 years of work experience with blue chip clients as a UX designer, 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.
• 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.

The Client is based in Holborn Central London.

The salary for this role will be in the range £25K - £30K

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