Lead UX Designer
We're looking for a Lead UX Designer to join our consulting team. This is an opportunity to lead the user research and interaction design work on web and mobile applications. You'll get to work alongside a team of brilliant writers, editors, developers and graphic designers on projects for some of the best companies in the world.What you'll doAs a Lead UX Designer, you'll split your time between:User Research — You'll be responsible for finding out what users need. You'll conduct usability tests, diary studies or whichever research technique you decide is appropriate. You also need to ensure that user research makes a real difference in the rest of the project.Interaction Design — you'll define the flow, screens and interactions of web and mobile applications. You'll often define these designs in collaborative design workshops with our clients, and will be responsible for communicating those designs in a specification to the rest of the project team.Leadership — You'll lead the UX work on projects as part of a multidisciplinary team and help manage the relationship with our clients on projects and across larger programmes of work. You'll also help mentor less experienced staff and develop their careers as UX professionals.Outside of these core activities, you will be expected to contribute to the wider operations and life of the company as you grow into your role. This may involve participating in the sales process, working to improve our UX services, writing for our blog or speaking at UX events. You'll also confidently demonstrate the following personal characteristics:Strong communicator — You must have the ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts in a simple and straightforward manner.Relationship builder — You understand the importance of building a strong, trusting relationship with our clients, because that's what they are really buying.Gets things done — Good solutions are useless if they are not delivered on time. You must get things done well and on time.Prototyper — You understand that you can't design an interactive application in a series of static wireframes. You build to think using HTML, axure, paper or whatever it takes to help you understand the interaction.Technology savvy — This is not a technical role, but you must be comfortable talking to our clients and development teams about web and mobile technologies.
Title: Lead UX Designer
Salary: None
Description: We're looking for a Lead UX Designer to join our consulting team. This is an opportunity to lead the user research and interaction design work on web and mobile applications. You'll get to work alongside a team of brilliant writers, editors, developers and graphic designers on projects for some of the best companies in the world.What you'll doAs a Lead UX Designer, you'll split your time between:User Research — You'll be responsible for finding out what users need. You'll conduct usability tests, diary studies or whichever research technique you decide is appropriate. You also need to ensure that user research makes a real difference in the rest of the project.Interaction Design — you'll define the flow, screens and interactions of web and mobile applications. You'll often define these designs in collaborative design workshops with our clients, and will be responsible for communicating those designs in a specification to the rest of the project team.Leadership — You'll lead the UX work on projects as part of a multidisciplinary team and help manage the relationship with our clients on projects and across larger programmes of work. You'll also help mentor less experienced staff and develop their careers as UX professionals.Outside of these core activities, you will be expected to contribute to the wider operations and life of the company as you grow into your role. This may involve participating in the sales process, working to improve our UX services, writing for our blog or speaking at UX events. You'll also confidently demonstrate the following personal characteristics:Strong communicator — You must have the ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts in a simple and straightforward manner.Relationship builder — You understand the importance of building a strong, trusting relationship with our clients, because that's what they are really buying.Gets things done — Good solutions are useless if they are not delivered on time. You must get things done well and on time.Prototyper — You understand that you can't design an interactive application in a series of static wireframes. You build to think using HTML, axure, paper or whatever it takes to help you understand the interaction.Technology savvy — This is not a technical role, but you must be comfortable talking to our clients and development teams about web and mobile technologies.
Requirements: Mid-Senior level experience, Bachelor's Degree education
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