Interaction Designer

Leeds, Yorkshire
Opencast Software

The role

As an interaction designer, you’ll be part of the user-centred design service. We’re a growing team of content, interaction and UX designers, and user researchers. You’ll work closely with your clients to up-skill them and share your expertise as a UCD consultant.

You’ll be responsible for designing the user journey, interaction points and UI elements that allow a user to interact with a service.

What you ll do in this role

• Draw together the client s business requirements, user needs and technical capabilities. Your goal is to develop a design solution that works well for users.
• Design digital services and products.
• Design solutions at the appropriate fidelity ranging from paper to interactive prototypes.
• Iterate designs based on insights from user research and data.

You ll suit this role if you:

• are already a user-centred interaction designer
• can demonstrate good practical knowledge of accessibility standards and responsive and adaptive design
• have an appreciation for the customer experience on channels beyond digital
• have experience or knowledge of HTML and CSS
• can clearly explain your design choices and persuade stakeholders of the importance of interaction design
• thrive in a multidisciplinary team seeking feedback, and sharing ideas and approaches
• understand agile processes
• enjoy working with clients as they evolve and adapt.

To be successful you ll be:

• naturally curious and able to champion your own learning and development
• an advocate for user-centred design
• respectful and tactful in your approach to clients who perhaps aren t as familiar with user-centred design
• proactive and will take the initiative to solve a problem rather than seeing it and ignoring it
• keen to share your knowledge and experience.

Bonus nice-to-haves

• You ve experience in another UCD specialism (user research, content design, service design).
• You ve some front-end development skills that support building interactive prototypes in code.
• You re familiar with working with developers.
• You ve a strong understanding of GDS and designing to government service standards, preferably on projects that passed assessment.

About Opencast

Opencast is an ambitious, successful, and growing technology consultancy. We pride ourselves in the qualities of our people. We’re inclusive, creative, and collaborative.

It’s an exciting time to join us on our journey as we grow and expand our services to help our clients tackle bigger, more complex challenges. We plan to treble the size of our team by 2025 – but we re determined not to lose our unique culture.

What makes Opencast right for you?

You don t have to tick every box to join us. We re looking for those brave enough to ask the right questions and do the right thing. We value and empower our people, doing right by each other. We work flexibly and keep hierarchy to a minimum.

Inclusion at Opencast

Opencast is an equal opportunity employer and we re committed to creating an environment where everyone thrives. We don t discriminate based on age, disability, ethnicity, family status, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

If you d like to be part of a team where your voice is heard and your involvement matters, please join us. We re a better company because you re with us.

Where you ll work

At Opencast we trust our people to make the right decisions. You may work remotely from home or, depending on your project, you may be required to occasionally work at a client site or your nearest Opencast office.

Interview process

Interviews take place over Microsoft Teams. If that doesn t work for you, we ll do everything we can to support and make any necessary adjustments. We want to ensure everyone has the best possible interview experience.

Applicants from overseas

We accept applicants from overseas but once you re appointed you need to work in the UK.

Want to find out more?

Visit our website to find out more about us, our work and the benefits of joining us.

If you d like to talk directly about this role with the people leading our services, visit the Contact section of the website. We re keen to chat.