User Experience Designer

User Experience Designer

Hybrid (2 days Weds/Thurs in Central London nearest tube Russell Square £40,000 + generous benefits

Overview

We are seeking a User Experience Designer to join our clients team in London. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the delivery of engaging, accessible products and an excellent user experience to our global customer base of academic institutions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct user experience research to understand user journeys and needs
• Translate research findings into clear designs and documentation
• Produce designs to assist with user research, internal discussion, and presentations to stakeholders
• Work on continuous improvement of interface design, basic UX writing, usability testing, and interaction flows
• Collaborate with Editorial leads and Product Managers on new product proposals
• Analyze web usage data to optimize user journeys
• Ensure compliance with established and emerging accessibility criteria
• Identify improvements to the team's processes and workflow
• Promote the importance of User Experience within the wider company

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience of user experience work
• Ability to understand the specific needs of a varied user base
• Cross-functional team collaboration, including stakeholder management
• Proactive, "can-do" attitude, with a keen curiosity and willingness to learn
• Excellent eye for nuance and a logical, problem-solving approach
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and visual)

Day-to-day

The User Experience Designer will collaborate closely with the Product Management and Technology teams, developing, evaluating, and iterating the user experience together. They will also work on a programme of continuous improvement, encompassing interface design within a tested and established design language, basic UX writing, usability testing, and interaction flows.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Company contribution to pension
• Life Assurance: three x annual salary
• Discretionary Company Bonus
• Hybrid Working: two days office based/three days home based
• Flexible Fridays: take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 45 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight: For two weeks of any calendar year
• Christmas Office Closure: 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
• Season Ticket Loan
• Sharesave Scheme
• Ride to Work (bicycle scheme)

If this role isn't the right fit for you, we have a fantastic candidate referral reward program in place. We offer payouts at both interview and placement milestones. For further details, please visit our website.

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