Freelance UX Designer + Researcher
Posted 1 week ago by Salt
£350 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The role of Freelance Senior UX Designer + Researcher involves leading the discovery and design phases of a key internal tool project focused on enhancing a SharePoint-based insights hub. The position requires a hands-on approach to UX design, including user interviews, mapping access flows, and creating intuitive navigation tailored to various user profiles. The contract is for a duration of 2 months with a strong possibility of extension, and the working arrangement is hybrid. The role is classified as inside IR35, requiring the use of an umbrella company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the discovery phase: conducting interviews and workshops with internal colleagues to understand user needs
- Mapping and simplifying complex access flows across a 100+ page SharePoint hub
- Designing new landing page experiences and information architecture
- Creating clear signposting and navigation tailored to different user profiles (from senior leaders to junior staff)
- Applying UX thinking to help users "find what they don't know they're looking for"
- Translating research insights into meaningful design improvements
- Updating SharePoint pages directly (you'll need to be hands-on with the tool)
- Collaborating closely with research teams and internal stakeholders to gather input and iterate quickly
Key Skills:
- Strong background in UX design with solid discovery experience
- Able to simplify complexity and translate business needs into usable structures
- Comfortable interviewing users and applying insights in Real Time
- Experience working on internal tools, dashboards or content-heavy platforms
- Familiar with SharePoint (you'll be expected to make updates within the system)
- A confident communicator who can bring clarity, structure and logic to a project mid-flight
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, hands-on way, with direct stakeholder engagement
Salary (Rate): £350 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Freelance Senior UX Designer + Researcher (Internal Tools/SharePoint)
Start date: Thursday, 31st of July
Duration: 2 months (very good chance to be extended long-term)
Location: London/Newcastle/Winnersh (Berkshire)
Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days onsite per month (location can be flexible between 3 offices)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (must use an umbrella company)
Day rate: £350 per day (maximum)
Client: Global leader in accounting, payroll
Contract: 5 days a week (full-time)
A SaaS payroll company is looking for a Senior UX Designer to support a key internal tool project during its discovery and design phase. The project focuses on enhancing a SharePoint-based internal insights hub, a tool used by teams across the business to access customer research and strategic insights.
This hub was originally built by a research team, and now needs a UX expert to shape it into a more usable, intuitive and structured experience for internal colleagues of all levels.
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the discovery phase: conducting interviews and workshops with internal colleagues to understand user needs
- Mapping and simplifying complex access flows across a 100+ page SharePoint hub
- Designing new landing page experiences and information architecture
- Creating clear signposting and navigation tailored to different user profiles (from senior leaders to junior staff)
- Applying UX thinking to help users "find what they don't know they're looking for"
- Translating research insights into meaningful design improvements
- Updating SharePoint pages directly (you'll need to be hands-on with the tool)
- Collaborating closely with research teams and internal stakeholders to gather input and iterate quickly
- Strong background in UX design with solid discovery experience
- Able to simplify complexity and translate business needs into usable structures
- Comfortable interviewing users and applying insights in Real Time
- Experience working on internal tools, dashboards or content-heavy platforms
- Familiar with SharePoint (you'll be expected to make updates within the system)
- A confident communicator who can bring clarity, structure and logic to a project mid-flight
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, hands-on way, with direct stakeholder engagement
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements