UX Designer: End-to-End Impact & Design Systems

Aquent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health plan

Vision and dental plans

Paid sick leave

Retirement plan with match

Free online training (Aquent Gymnasium

Job summary

Aquent is partnering with a leading global technology company to shape digital experiences. You will own end-to-end design tasks, identify user needs, define product requirements, and deliver innovative solutions that impact millions of users.

You will collaborate with engineers and stakeholders, iterate based on testing, and contribute to a holistic design language across products. This is a strategic, proactive design role at scale.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Product Design.
• Craftsmanship in design execution.
• Strong Systems Thinking capabilities.
• Expertise in Data Analysis, Synthesis & Planning.
• Deep understanding of User Behavior.
• Exceptional Aesthetic Sensibility.
• Knowledge of the full Product Development Lifecycle.
• Familiarity with Interactive Technology.
• Strong Storytelling abilities.
• Excellent Presentation skills.
• Proficiency in UX Research Methodology.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead end-to-end design tasks, contributing to comprehensive projects and programs.
• Proactively identify, define, and communicate user and product problems, proposing practical and creative solutions.
• Analyze and anticipate user needs, identifying critical product or platform requirements with minimal guidance.
• Iteratively refine design solutions based on user experience testing and input from partners and stakeholders.
• Develop innovative design solutions that address user, product, and business challenges.
• Create compelling design concepts, including mock-ups, prototypes, and models, to inform product ideation and user research.
• Conduct independent research to gather insights that directly inform design decisions.
• Drive contributions to a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams and products.
• Assist in design and testing processes, building support for a clear design vision among partners.
• Adapt to evolving design constraints, communicating rationale behind design choices.
• Apply and adapt UX design frameworks, principles, patterns, and systems.
• Utilize standard writing and design tools to visualize ideas and develop prototypes.
• Tailor deliverables to meet product requirements with minimal oversight.
• Adhere to design templates, style guides, and accessibility guidelines.
• Provide constructive feedback to engage stakeholders on product design.
• Champion design strategy across partners.
• Articulate design approaches to fellow designers, identifying challenges and questions.
• Propose and utilize data and metrics to evaluate product impact.
• Collaborate with team to understand product ecosystem, user trends and industry landscape.
• Plan and prioritize design work across multiple projects.
• Work with partners to identify opportunities for expanding responsibilities within the product team.
• Collaborate with engineers to communicate design intention during implementation.
• Manage design specifications, mock-ups, and product models to ensure implementation.
• Develop design solutions informed by user insights, business needs and trends to achieve objectives.
• Analyze and anticipate user needs through collaboration, identifying problems with multiple solutions across strategy, product, or technology.

Skills

Product Design

Craftsmanship

Systems Thinking

Data Analysis

User Behavior

Aesthetic Sense

Product Development Lifecycle

Interactive Technology

Storytelling

Presentation Skills

UX Research Methodology

Job description

Aquent is partnering with a leading global technology company to shape digital experiences. You will own end-to-end design tasks, identify user needs, define product requirements, and deliver innovative solutions that impact millions of users.

You will collaborate with engineers and stakeholders, iterate based on testing, and contribute to a holistic design language across products. This is a strategic, proactive design role at scale.