A leading Education and publishing firm currently requires a UX Designer to join them on a 6 month rolling contract basis. Based in central London but currently working from home.

The role holder will ensure that product user interfaces reflect theur learning and experience design principles. He/she will design product interfaces to be engaging and effective, making proposals on UX design decisions for the consideration of other stakeholders and working collaboratively with other Experience Design team members. In particular, he/she will work closely in paired practice with UI Designers, implementing Information Architecture and wireframe artefacts, across multiple device form factors. He/she will also provide support to Product Management, Engineering and UI teams, to ensure UX development meets business expectations and WCAG AA accessibility standards.

Key Accountabilities

● Works with and between research, UI and development teams in an evidence-based and Agile design process, generating artefacts to meet the scope of product requirements, ensuring that the resulting user experience properly integrates with desired learning and experience design principles.

● Provides support, with moderate guidance, on how to design products to be more engaging and effective for the user, makes proposals on UX design decisions for the consideration of other stakeholders.

● Provides support, with moderate guidance, to Engineering teams to ensure development meets UX and Product expectations.

● Create wireframes and other UX artefacts into compelling deliverables. Has a decent understanding of financial opportunities associated with design projects of varying scale, working within parameters of budget and cost relative to market potential and doing so with moderate guidance.

● Maintain high standards of design quality through contribution to and working within their UX design systems. Scaling design solutions across platforms effectively and efficiently.

● Provide cross platform interactions with clear consideration for both functional enhancements and compelling experiences to end users. Handover of clear specifications with close communication for product deliverables.

● Contributes to the design of specific products with learner needs in mind. Interpreting data and research and other stakeholders to understand learner desires; embeds these inputs into product user interface designs directly with moderate guidance.

● Member of cross-functional product design and development teams. Can be considered a subject matter expert to the team in creating effective user experiences. Leverages inputs and data from other stakeholders to create engaging and product appropriate experiences, in accordance with market need and does so with moderate guidance.

● Incorporates cutting-edge digital capability into their product offerings. Provides support in execution of specific products, to maximize the digital user experience and create appropriate consistency across their products with moderate guidance. Working to be a digital UX subject matter expert to build teams, to ensure the intended digital experience is achieved through the their products before release to the market.

Requirements

● Extensive and demonstrable experience of User Experience design

● Working knowledge of Figma, Miro and prototyping and user flow tools

● Good working knowledge of microinteraction/animation tools

● Good knowledge of topics related to HCI, IA, IxD

● Good knowledge of responsive and native technical considerations

● Good knowledge of established design languages and experience in

adapting and extending them

● High level of creativity, design thinking methodology

● Diligence, responsibility, timely delivery.

● Communicative command of English.

● Collaborative interpersonal skill-set

● Open mind and willingness to develop.

● Specialised higher education qualifications in appropriate field

Benefits

£425 Umbrella

£315.00 + £45 holiday pay paye

• A collaborative, energetic and fast-paced work environment
• Managers who are invested in your development and growth
• The opportunity to shape and be part of a new team building genuinely new and exciting products to help customers save money.

• A collaborative approach to user experience design that engages the wider team and drive products and people forward for high output success.
• Intellectual curiosity, and the ability to interpret data and instigate research to identify new opportunities to improve user experiences
• The ability to put the customer at the heart of your decision making Who are we looking for: We are looking for a passionately customer-focussed User Experience Designer who will be responsible for designing products and services which will deliver our strategy to become the number one destination for businesses looking for smart and simple ways to manage their business.

• A strong user focus to deliver great products that customers love and compelling services that will deliver our strategic goals
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to identify opportunities and validate hypotheses to ensure our work delivers value to the business and to customers
• Able to work across the full user journey, taking into consideration the limitations and opportunities to deliver the best possible experience
• Experience of working across customer-orientated user experience design projects
• Comfortable reading and acting on multiple data source from web analytics to remote user testing
• Developing and documenting ideas, flows, designs and propositions to engage with our customers
• Portfolio evidence of your work and design process
• Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, analytical / critical thinking skills
• Experience of working with Tech and Commercial stakeholders
• Knowledge and experience of A/B and multivariate testing processes
• A thorough understanding in user research including strategic research through to the design phase.
• Knowledge of Lean UX, Lean startup, Design Thinking, and dual track agile methodology
• Expertise in standard UX tools such as Sketch/Figma and InVision.

• Knowledge and awareness of how to build web pages using HTML and CSS
• Knowledge of animation & motion specifically when designing for interaction
• Familiarity with persuasion, emotion & trust psychology and cognitive biases
• Experience of information architecture, user journey mapping, conversion rate optimisation.

• Plan and conduct user research and competitor analysis
• Interpret data and qualitative feedback
• Create user stories, personas, and storyboards
• Determine information architecture and create sitemaps
• Create prototypes and wireframes
• Conduct usability testing
• Work closely with the product team to identify research questions
• Plan and conduct interviews, user surveys, card sorting and usability tests
• Design and execute studies into user behaviour and attitudes
• Conduct heuristic evaluations
• Help define and refine user personas
• Be a strong presenter to communicate insights in order to help shape long-term product strategy
• Become a UX evangelist for the business.

• Understanding of interaction design principles
• Knowledge of design tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision and/or Adobe Creative cloud
• Business know-how: Understanding of business metrics and the ability to translate company goals and objectives into digital experiences
• Knowledge of / experience in marketing, cognitive science, psychology, economics or information science, with a solid understanding of user experience design
• Fluent in user-centered design best practices
• Ability to collaborate with different teams
• Adept at handling and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data
• Knowledge of research and testing tools such as Hotjar, Mouseflow, Maze, UserTesting
• Creative and analytical approach

• Remote and flexible working hours
• Competitive Salary
• Fantastic team culture
• Professional growth opportunities
• Dynamic working environment

Senior UX Designer – Holborn London

Currently, our London based design and innovation centre is looking for a lead 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.

The role will involve 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 enterprise software design.
• 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.

The position will be based in Holborn London.

The salary for this role will be in the range £50K - £60K + Benefits

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with you r salary and availability.

As part of a new reporting function within its award-winning Visual and Data Journalism team, the Financial Times is looking for a User Experience Designer with experience of working at the intersection of information design and journalism. 

Creative, detail-oriented, highly organised and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously, you will be passionate about clarity, accessibility and users’ interests in the editorial design process.

Responsibilities

• Leading the UI and UX design of FT stories, particularly those that require custom user interfaces and front-end web development

• Guide and mentor graphics journalists on UX and accessibility best practices to empower their own work and extend team capability

• Support UX Editor in communicating UX/accessibility best practice across the wider newsroom

Aptitudes

• Between two and five years experience in UI-UX design together with a degree in a relevant field

• A strong command of design tools including Sketch, Figma and Zeplin as well as proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS and Git-based version control — and the ability to continuously learn relevant tools in a fast-changing field

• Knowledge of general design fundamentals like layout, colour theory and typography demonstrated in a comprehensive UI design portfolio

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Can work independently, balancing the application of design best practices against the constraints of a deadline-driven news environment

• A background in designing for mobile-first platforms, interaction design and prototyping

• Understands Web Accessibility Standards and how to incorporate them into visual journalism projects

• Designs and creates user interface design assets for the web, such as logos, icons and other graphics

• Collaborates with a cross-functional team of designers, developers and journalists, including iterative low- and high-fidelity wireframing based on systematic user and stakeholder feedback

• Covers multiple projects and work streams in a fast-paced environment and estimates levels of effort for tasks for simultaneous design initiatives

• Explains design concepts and evidence supporting all decisions to editorial stakeholders of any seniority and communicate editorial design interests to stakeholders in other FT areas

• Keeps abreast of new technology, design trends and emerging UI patterns

• Passion for the Financial Times’ brand values and the full spectrum of Financial Times’ editorial content 

Key relationships

You will report to the Head of User Experience in Editorial.

All staff are welcome to apply for Editorial vacancies as part of a flexible working arrangement. If you believe this role can be managed part-time or as a job share then please provide details as part of your application. All proposals will be seriously considered. While approval will be conditional on the demands of the role and team, the FT is committed to being responsive to the needs of its staff and the different ways they may want to work.

Applications should be made via Workday by 11 March 2021.

Summary

Package

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

Main Responsibilities

• You will work collaboratively with our internal digital and content specialists, and with our digital development agency.
• You have the skills and knowledge to help set-up an ongoing iterative test (with end users) and learn approach. This will be in the form of monthly design sprints within Wells Lawrence House (London) to support a test and learn approach
• You will bring with you an understanding and interest in the latest creative and digital developments.
• You will create content in collaboration with our content team and inform this work with user experience and SEO insights.

Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrate digital and user experience knowledge gained in an academic/work environment
• Find solutions using creative, innovative and forward-thinking approaches
• Experience of working with digital development agencies to deliver digital projects
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of working with a content management system (CMS)
• Able to travel to our London office for monthly design sprints and UX testing

Senior UX Designer

Help us shape everything that’s next.

We’re looking for a Senior UX Designer to join Manyone in London.

[Please note: current times have fundamentally changed working habits and we are open to discuss remote working, especially if currently located outside of London or the UK.]

At Manyone, we’re building a hybrid strategic design consultancy, where we apply the principles of design to innovation through a cross-disciplinary merging of creativity, business strategy, and technological transformation.

With 9 locations around the world and growing, here in London we are looking for a brilliant Senior UX designer to help us shape everything that’s next and our ability to deliver products, designs and meaningful strategic solutions to our clients.

We’re proud of the work we do, which aims to put human needs at the heart of what organisations do, whilst also making them more effective and profitable.

Variety is one of the great benefits of being a Manyone - we work across the experience strategy and design spectrum for global Fin-techs, a Japanese Mobility Brand, a multi-product Utility company and one of the largest tech companies in the world. Collaboration across the studios adds additional breadth across brand, physical products and creative technology.

Being a Senior User Experience Designer
As a Senior User Experience Designer you’ll be working across digital products and services for our clients. But your work won’t only be digital. Although most of our projects have a digital or technological component to them, you'll also work across other products and services.
You’ll be researching qual and quant insights and data, with a view to translating it into actionable insights that set the strategic direction for our projects.
You can conceive and create innovative, user-centered strategies and digital service experiences that connect people and businesses with measurable impacts.
You can generate transformational value through design by looking at the whole service to unearth market, people and technology insights to either improve existing services or envision new service propositions for global organisations to start ups.
You keep abreast with latest industry developments, technical innovation and digital best practise that deliver ground breaking and future proof concepts.
You’re someone who is articulate and comfortable when speaking to new and established clients on a professional level: from being part of discussing new projects to facilitating workshops, communicating insights on user journeys, ‘getting your hands dirty’ building functional prototypes, visualising service experiences, and beyond.
In short, you’ll be using your creativity and expertise to solve complex problems and to create meaningful concepts for a fast-paced, changing world.
You’ll work with some of the best people in the business, and you’ll always have solid back-up from all of the other Manyones. We take good care of each other, and you’ll get to play with the most helpful and coolest new friends from all around the world.

Your experience
Your experience ranges from user-focused processes and strategic service concepts to building concrete solutions for digital products and services.

You know how to challenge clients and structure complex concepts because you have worked in the field of user experience design for several years.

You have a good understanding and some experience in service design and related methodologies. You preferably already have experience from inside a consultancy and also from collaborating with other design disciplines in creating state of the art products and services.

Our organisational model emphasises adaptiveness when setting the right team for a project. So we’re also looking for a person that easily adapts to working in dynamic and changing teams on a project to project basis.

Being a Manyone

• You love to be part of an exciting journey in building a global hybrid strategic design consultancy
• You find it intriguing to work on international projects for major global brands and also love to travel and work with clients and our other global teams in one of our international studios
• You love to be proactive and share your thoughts with clients and especially with your colleagues.
• You thrive in an environment with lots of opportunities and ideas and find inspiration in catching and improving these ideas

Find out more about the Manyone Way here: https://manyone.com/way#/

Description

We are looking for an experienced User Experience Designer with an affinity for working with technology teams to help us build our SaaS-based, anti-money laundering products, which help organizations fight financial crime! We are building cutting edge solutions that help reveal the truth for a safer world and stop money ending up in the hands of terrorists. You will join the UX team in our London office, but work closely with product teams and developers to deliver products which aid users in detecting evidence of financial crime.

About us

Since launching in 2014, we have been on a mission to fight financial crime on a global scale. In that time, we have raised over $88m in funding, opened offices in New York, Singapore and Romania, and have grown to over 280 employees, and we're not stopping there!

We aim to grow to over 350 employees in the next 12 months, as we continue to fight the good fight against financial crime and help make compliance less painful for our client base of over 450 customers across 45 different countries. We're leveraging game-changing tech to help us on our mission, building our platform around AI, Machine Learning and Big Data, meaning that our platform is unrivaled in its capabilities.

No fight against crime is complete without the right values, and we take ours very seriously!

Focus on the Team - We're Collaborative, Human, and Humble

Kaizen - We're Curious, Proactive and Agile

Deliver Results - We're Tenacious, Accountable and Focused

We can only defeat financial crime if we have the right people with the right values in place to do so, and we're committed to investing in passionate people who are experts in their field. Our culture and working environment is second to none - Don't believe us? See what our employees have to say on Glassdoor

 The Role

We are looking for an UX Designer to join our UX team. You’ll get involved in defining the user experience across our suite of products:

• Designing the flow and layout of solutions to solve customer problems
• Creating and policing the use of consistent templates for layout, navigation and content via our design system
• Working alongside product teams, other designers and user researchers to explore design problems, implement findings from user research and refine solutions
• Collaborating with developers to create and implement workable designs working within our product development process

What does success look like after 3 months?

• Delivered fit-for-purpose design for a feature or product area, having worked with user researchers to improve the solution iteratively and demonstrated that it will deliver the intended outcomes
• Mastered our evolving toolset and standards for design and have made contributions to improve and grow our design system
• Developed an understanding of the technology environment and contributed to improving our processes, closing the gap between UX design and frontend development

The Requirements

We’re looking for a smart and motivated individual that takes pride in their work and contributes to an informal working environment. You will be confident in your ability to deliver on the points covered above, taking into account the following:

Required experience

• 4 years+ background in user experience design, including significant experience of working on data-driven, B2B or enterprise software products
• Track record of working collaboratively with product teams and developers in sprint-based development environments
• Demonstrable success in delivering designs which reflect complex user requirements and deliver measurable business benefits
• Familiarity with web development technologies beyond HTML and CSS, for example; UI component libraries, frameworks such as Angular and REACT, APIs and an appreciation of their impact on UX design

In addition, the ideal candidate will have one or more of the following:

• Experience of working with design systems, including creating and curating content  
• An awareness of accessibility issues and a working knowledge of the Web Accessibility Content Guidelines (WCAG 2.1)
• Ability to create interactive prototypes (i.e. not just static, click-through mockups) using or mimicking real front end technologies and using real data sources

Benefits

The benefits of working at ComplyAdvantage include the below;

• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Unlimited Annual Leave
• Flexible working hours, and remote working opportunity
• Company Pension Scheme
• Company Health Care Plan
• Travel season loan ticket
• Cycle to work scheme with Evans Cycles
• Training and development budget