Ux Designer

Cfa Institute; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage for you

Generous leave and time off

Competitive retirement plans

Flexible work options

Wellness, education, and support

Job summary

CFA Institute are the global leader in investment excellence and ethics. We design and optimize digital experiences for a worldwide audience, ensuring accessibility and usability across platforms.

The User Experience Designer will drive end-to-end UX work, collaborating with product, content, and engineering teams in an Agile environment to deliver intuitive interfaces and measurable improvements in user engagement.

Qualifications

• Designs based on latest web technologies, accessibility standards, and pattern libraries.
• User-centered design to create intuitive and interactive designs.
• Translate complex content into functional interfaces.
• Follow UX guidelines during development and maintenance.
• Present design concepts to stakeholders aligned with business goals.
• Plan and conduct usability testing (remote or in-person).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers and writers.
• Translate wireframes into interfaces.
• Participate in agile planning and stand-ups.
• Identify and address UX/UI accessibility gaps.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with product owners and development teams in an Agile environment to create designs based on the latest web technologies, accessibility standards, and pattern libraries.
• Focus on user-centered design principles to create intuitive and highly functional and interactive designs.
• Simplify complex content and ideas into functional, usable interfaces.
• Ensure existing UX guidelines and standards are followed during the development and maintenance of the product/site.
• Present design concepts and work with key stakeholders to arrive at designs that support business objectives, technological realities, and deliver a strong end-user experience.
• Initiate, plan, conduct, and/or participate in remote and/or in-person product usability testing.
• Communicate and work effectively with cross-functional team members including but not limited to developers, content writers, business owners/managers, project managers, other stakeholders.
• Translate low fidelity wireframes/UX prototypes into effective and appealing interfaces.
• Contribute to planning and stand-ups with product and development teams in an agile workflow.
• Proactively recognize UX/UI/accessibility gaps in designs and propose solutions.

Skills

User-centered design principles

Communication skills

Agile development experience

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Sitemaps & wireframes

Education

Bachelor's degree in interaction design / HCI

Tools

Sketch

InVision App

Axure

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Job description

Are you driven to create intuitive, engaging experiences for a global audience?

The User Experience Designer shapes the end-to-end experience across CFA Institute’s digital products—leading design, prototyping, and user research efforts. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll deliver consistent, accessible, and user-centered solutions that elevate how our audiences interact with our platforms.

What You’ll Do

• Work collaboratively with product owners and development teams in an Agile environment to create designs based on the latest web technologies, accessibility standards, and pattern libraries.




• Focus on user-centered design principles to create intuitive and highly functional and interactive designs.




• Simplify complex content and ideas into functional, usable interfaces.




• Ensure existing UX guidelines and standards are followed during the development and maintenance of the product/site.




• Present design concepts and work with key stakeholders to arrive at designs that support business objectives, technological realities, and deliver a strong end-user experience.




• Initiate, plan, conduct, and/or participate in remote and/or in-person product usability testing.




• Communicate and work effectively with cross-functional team members including but not limited to developers, content writers, business owners/managers, project managers, other stakeholders.




• Translate low fidelity wireframes/UX prototypes into effective and appealing interfaces.




• Contribute to planning and stand-ups with product and development teams in an agile workflow.




• Proactively recognize UX/UI/accessibility gaps in designs and propose solutions.

What We’re Looking For

• B.S. degree or equivalent experience in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or related subject.




• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience designing complex websites and applications.




• A solid understanding of WCAG and other accessibility design standards.




• Expertise in current trends and best practices for UX/UI design and data visualization.




• The ability to articulate user experience design issues effectively.




• A mastery of user-centered design principles and practices.




• The ability to quickly prototype designs in tools such as Sketch, InVision App, or Axure.




• Experience creating sitemaps, wireframes, and customer journeys.




• Innovative, creative problem-solving skills with an eye for detail and accuracy.




• Experience working in an agile development process.




• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, and listening).




• Excellent organizational skills with proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and to adjust to frequent changes in project priorities.




• Knowledge of CSS, HTML, JavaScript (bonus).

About CFA Institute

CFA Institute are the global leader in investment excellence and ethics. With nearly 200,000 charterholders across 160 markets, we drive professional growth, ethical behavior, and better markets. We care about our employees’ well-being, offering industry-leading benefits like:

• Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family




• Generous leave and time off




• Competitive retirement plans




• Flexible work options




• Wellness, education, and support programs

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. CFA Institute prohibits both discrimination and harassment with regard to all identifying characteristics: any individual employee, group of employees, or prospective employee on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, religion, creed or belief, age, marital or partnership status, marital or family status, care giver status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, physical abilities/qualities, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, predisposing genetic characteristic, military or veteran status, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence or sex offense or stalking, unemployment status, infectious disease carrier status, migrant worker status, educational background, socio-economic status, geographic location and culture or any other basis protected by applicable law. This policy impacts all aspects of employment, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, development, promotion, demotion, layoff, recall, furlough, transfer, leave of absence, and dismissal. This is a global policy that applies to all CFA Institute employees, regardless of location.

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