UX Designer

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing investment platform company seeks a UX Designer to enhance its award-winning digital platforms in Manchester. You will lead design projects, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, and oversee design iterations to ensure delightful user experiences. Join an innovative environment that fosters creativity and learning with ample opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 31 days with service

Casual dress code

Discretionary bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Support to attend conferences and events

Free annual share scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one

Free gym access

Paid volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a UX role facilitating design projects.
• Solid knowledge of prototyping software to create visual assets.
• Expertise in user-centered design principles and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead various design projects from research through to implementation.
• Translate ideas into wireframes and interactive prototypes.
• Coordinate with developers to ensure design specifications are met.

Skills

Creativity

Problem-solving

User-Centred Design

Accessibility Expertise

Adaptability

Education

3 years’ experience in a UX role

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Job description

To further our expansion, we are now recruiting for a UX Designer to play a prominent role in our D2C UX Team, producing designs for our award-winning platforms.

You will be tasked with analysing and interpreting requirements and using your skills in sketching, wireframing and prototyping to produce interface designs that align with the business goals of providing delightful experiences for our users.

Including:

• Leading Design Projects: Taking ownership of specific design projects within a squad, overseeing the entire process from initial research to final implementation.
• Turning Ideas into Wireframes and Prototypes: Translating concepts into tangible design assets, creating both wireframes and interactive prototypes to visualize and test design solutions.
• Coordinating with Developers: Collaborating closely with development teams to ensure design specifications are understood and implemented accurately, addressing technical constraints as needed.
• Managing Design Iterations: Overseeing the iterative design process, making data-driven decisions and continuously refining designs based on user feedback and testing.
• Contributing to Design Systems: Working within established design systems or contributing to the development and maintenance of new design guidelines and component libraries.
• Liaising withUX Research team and setting up user testing
• Participating in Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Working within diverse teams that may include business analysts, developers, marketers, content strategists, and other specialists, ensuring a unified approach to product development.
• Engaging with Stakeholders
• Be an advocate for UX in the wider business looking for opportunities to showcase UX, via blog posts, chances to talk and proactive workshops that are not on the product roadmap.
• Provide help and assistance to junior members of the team.
• Contribute to the weekly UX critique sessions.

About you:

• Naturally creative
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Knowledge & Skills

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a UX role
• Solid prototyping software knowledge (Figma, XD etc)
• Expertise in User-Centred Design
• Understanding of Visual Design Principles
• Accessibility Expertise
• Knowledge of Current UX/UI Trends
• Adaptable and keen to learn
• Naturally inquisitive
• Self-motivated and ambitious

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 593,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £90.4 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1300 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ forsix consecutive years.

What we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 31days with service, plus bank holidays
• Casual dress code
• Discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Free annual share scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Free gym
• Paid volunteering opportunities, free social events and more

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.