UX Designer

Northampton, Northamptonshire
Brookwood
UXUI Designer (Financial Services)
Location – Northampton Hybrid 2 days per week
Duration – end of the year
Inside IR35
£340.56 per day

Our client is continuing to grow its experience UXUI team and are looking for an ambitious and talented Senior User Experience (UI/UX) Designer to help craft first-class online experiences for our customers.

Key Accountabilities
Constantly push for a customer-centric approach whilst delivering on required business objectives
Ensuring all outputs adhere to all relevant policies and standards
Help to instigate the introduction of new strategies and initiatives to ensure the Experience Design team fulfil their maximum potential
Identify and implement process improvements within the team
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
Work closely with business stakeholders, challenging business propositions through clear reasoning and evidence to help influence the direction of projects.
Communicate effectively with design and development teams, business analysts, solutions architects, product owners and senior stakeholders
You will undertake line management responsibilities for junior team members and ensure their individual needs and personal objectives are met

UI Design Skills
Execute the UCD process from start to finish including the delivery of personas, user journeys, sketches, wireframes and interactive prototypes
Be a conceptual thinker and inspire colleagues and stakeholders
Proficient in popular UI software such as Axure RP Pro, Bohemian Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.
Be able to lead workshops, presentations and walkthrough sessions as required to explore business requirements, promote shared understanding, stakeholder buy in and acceptance of all work.
Proactive in solving problems effectively, using multiple sources of factual information

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 5 years experience working in a UI/UX Design role
Experience working in an Agile environment
Academic background or professional qualification in a related field
Demonstrable experience designing for web and mobile, and for complex systems across multiple channels
Solid understanding of core digital technologies eg HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Android and iOS

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in the financial sector.
Understanding of accessibility best-practice for digital products and services

UX designer, research methodology, HTML, Java