UX/UI Designer

Barclays; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank is seeking a UX/UI Designer to craft engaging user experiences that drive business outcomes. The ideal candidate has proven experience in UX/UI design, collaborates well with cross-functional teams, and has a passion for mentoring junior designers. This position allows for remote work from Northampton or Manchester.

Qualifications

• Proven prior experience as a UX/UI or Product Designer with a relevant portfolio.
• Experience in collaborating with teams to define problems and requirements.
• Capable of leading design projects across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design user-centered digital banking products and experiences.
• Collaborate with teams to translate business requirements into user experiences.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to enhance user experience.

Skills

UX/UI design experience

Collaboration with product teams

Leading design projects

Design systems knowledge

Clear communication skills

Mentoring skills

Job description

Overview

Join us at Barclays, we are looking for a UX/UI Designer to craft user experiences that meet customer needs and drive commercial outcomes. You will design intuitive, engaging journeys that address users’ informational and functional needs. This role has the option to work from either Northampton or Manchester.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualisation, design and implementation of user-centric digital banking products and experiences, ensuring alignment with customer needs, industry best practices and business objectives. Monitoring impact of design post launch through relevant CX metrics.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, business analysts to translate business requirements into compelling user experiences. Efficiently communicate design rationale and advocate for user-centred design principles. Advocate and champion Design Principles within the organisation.
• Development of interactive prototypes and wireframes to visualise design concepts and validate solutions. Iterate designs based on feedback, incorporating changing technical and business requirements and user feedback.
• Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product. Securing governance oversight and providing design assurance.
• User research, usability testing and data analysis to gather insights in user behaviour, preferences and pain points. Utilise findings to inform design decisions and enhance the overall user experience and translate these into commercial and customer outcomes.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies and design tools within the fintech and banking industry. Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in product design processes, tools and methodologies.

Required and Valued Skills

• Proven prior experience as a UX/UI or Product Designer, with a portfolio demonstrating relevant design work.
• Collaborating with product teams to define problems and requirements.
• Leading design projects and coordinate across disciplines.
• Design systems and brand guidelines.
• Communicate design rationale clearly to influence decisions.
• Experience leading discovery phases.
• Passion for mentoring junior designers.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise.
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• For an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in their work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisation’s products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.