UX Designer

Nexus; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A consultancy role for a part-time UX Designer focused on advising a global education client on product/project execution. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, with a proven track record in UX design. You will work collaboratively, turning wireframes quickly in an iterative environment to create effective user experiences across platforms.

Qualifications

• Senior designer with over 4 years of experience with blue chip clients.
• Proven design track record and design agency experience.
• Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success.

Responsibilities

• Advise a global player in Education on the direction and execution of products/projects.
• Support and advocate best practice approaches in UX.
• Effectively prioritize and advise multiple stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Workshop facilitation

UX and ethnographic research

Leadership in challenging situations

Visual thinking

Prototyping

Ability to work in ambiguous situations

Full command of the UX process

Understanding of Service Design

Proficiency in Sketch, Axure

Education

Design degree or equivalent

Job description

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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.

The key skills for this role are as follows:

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.

• 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
• 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.