UX Designer - 12 Month FTC

Yorkshire Building Society Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bonus up to 15% on target

Pension up to 11%

Private medical insurance

My Benefits portal

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a UX Designer to shape digital experiences across web and mobile as part of a major transformation. You’ll join a multidisciplinary design team to create simple, accessible experiences that serve millions of customers.

This 12-month fixed term contract offers hybrid working: remote days plus regular onsite work at our Leeds city centre office, with opportunities to influence product decisions and grow your design craft.

Qualifications

• Experience designing digital products and services for web and mobile platforms.
• Ability to transform complex problems into simple interactions and interfaces.
• Strong portfolio showing design process, thinking and outcomes.
• Excellent Figma skills, including prototyping and interaction design.

Responsibilities

• Turn complex customer and business requirements into clear, simple digital experiences.
• Design end-to-end experiences across web and mobile channels.
• Create wireframes, flows, prototypes and high-fidelity designs in Figma.
• Collaborate with User Researchers, Service Designers, Content Designers, PMs and Developers.
• Incorporate research, usability testing, analytics and customer insights to inform decisions.
• Iterate rapidly using a test-and-learn approach to improve experiences.
• Contribute to the Design System to ensure consistency and accessibility.
• Champion inclusive and accessible design practices throughout the process.
• Support and grow the design community within YBS.

Skills

UX Design

Figma

Design Systems

Accessibility

User Research

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

UX Designer (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Shape the future of digital experiences at YBS!

Are you an experienced UX Designer who wants to help create better digital experiences for millions of customers?

At Yorkshire Building Society, we're delivering a major digital transformation across our web and mobile channels. We're looking for a talented UX Designer to join our growing multidisciplinary design team and help us create simple, intuitive and accessible experiences that make a real difference to our customers' lives.

You’ll join an established User-Centred Design practice that includes UX Design, User Research, Service Design and Content Design. Together, we're shaping the future of YBS digital services and driving the adoption of inclusive, evidence-based design across the organisation.

This is an opportunity to work on large-scale digital journeys, influence strategic design decisions, and help build products and services used by millions of customers.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

About the role

As a UX Designer, you'll work collaboratively across product, technology and design teams to solve complex customer and business problems through simple, intuitive digital experiences.

You will:

• Turn complex customer and business requirements into clear, simple and engaging digital experiences
• Design end-to-end experiences across web and mobile channels, from early concepts through to detailed UI design
• Create wireframes, user flows, prototypes and high-fidelity designs using Figma
• Work closely with User Researchers, Service Designers, Content Designers, Product Managers and Developers to shape solutions that meet customer and business needs
• Use research, usability testing, analytics and customer insight to inform and validate design decisions
• Iterate quickly using a create, test and learn approach to continuously improve experiences
• Work with and contribute to our Design System, helping drive consistency, accessibility and quality across our digital products
• Champion inclusive and accessible design practices throughout the design process
• Contribute to our growing design community and help build awareness and understanding of design across YBS

Please note: This is a hybrid role with a mixture of remote working and regular onsite attendance at our Leeds city centre office.

About you

You’ll already have experience creating digital products and services that balance customer needs with business goals. You're curious, collaborative and motivated by solving real customer problems.

You’ll have:

• Experience designing digital products and services for web and mobile platforms
• The ability to transform complex problems into simple, intuitive interactions and interfaces
• A strong portfolio demonstrating your design process, thinking and outcomes
• Excellent Figma skills, including prototyping and interaction design
• Experience working with a Design System and applying reusable patterns and components
• Experience using research, data and evidence to inform design decisions.
• The ability to test, learn and iterate rapidly based on customer feedback and insight
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams including Product, Technology and Design
• A strong understanding of accessibility and inclusive design principles
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain design rationale clearly and confidently
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn, experiment and continuously improve your craft

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility.

We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

Development.

We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.