UX Designer (IT) / Freelance

Nexus Jobs Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a UX Designer to join the design team for a 3-month assignment in Holborn, Central London. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience and a strong portfolio showcasing facilities in user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes. Candidates should send their CV in Word format along with daily rate and availability.

Qualifications

• UX designer with over 3 years work experience for respected clients.
• Understanding of UX processes.
• Experience in interface design for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success.
• Portfolio of UX and design work.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to derive personas and user journeys.
• Create prototypes based on business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management for best solutions.
• Work with business analysts to complement user stories.
• Ensure the sprint expectations are respected and backlog defined.
• Stay updated on latest practices and technologies.
• Act as a design advocate internally and externally.
• Work directly with clients on project scope.

Skills

World class UX / interface design

Strong proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills

Excellent communication skills, written and oral

Excellent presentation skills

Ability to quickly turn around detailed wireframes and mock-ups in an iterative environment

Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS

Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other key web technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Sketch

Axure

Adobe CS

Job description

UX Designer

We require a UX Designer to join the design team and work along other designers, researchers, product owners and technologists in defining and developing digital products and platforms.

You will be initiating and managing projects and lead the team forward in daily design tasks which include conducting workshops, user testing and prototyping.

Key responsibilities

• ? Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to derive personas, use cases, concepts, user journeys and information architecture.
• ? Create prototypes based on high-level business, functional, and technical requirements.
• ? Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to ensure the best creative solutions are realized, implemented and delivered.
• ? Work along business analysts to complement user stories with design output
• ? Work closely with Project manager and the team to ensure the sprint expectations are being respected and backlog defined.
• ? Keep abreast of latest practices, techniques and emerging technologies within the industry and employ these to develop ideas and inspire creative concepts.
• ? Act as a design and UX advocate internally and externally.
• ? Work directly with the client on project scope and expectations.

Experience

• ? Bachelor?s degree or equivalent.
• ? UX designer with over 3 years work experience working for respected clients as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role.
• ? Understanding of the UX processes.
• ? Experience in interface design for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• ? Experience of working in an Agile environment is desired.
• ? Experience of working to strict deadlines.
• ? Proven design track record.
• ? Experience in designing user flows, wireframes and implementation instructions.
• ? Ability to define key metrics and evaluate project success.
• ? Portfolio of UX and design work.

Skills

• ? World class UX / interface design
• ? Strong proof of concept, rapid prototyping, storyboarding and technical skills.
• ? Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• ? Excellent presentation skills.
• ? Ability to quickly turn around detailed wireframes and mock-ups in an iterative environment.
• ? Proficiency in Sketch, Axure, Adobe CS, etc.
• ? An understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other key web technologies.

This is a 3 month assignment based in Holborn Central London.

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.