Interaction Designer
Posted Today by Sanderson
£56 Per hour
Inside
Remote
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interaction Designer will join a digital team to create accessible, user-centered services for the public sector. This role involves designing intuitive user journeys, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring designs meet established standards. The position is remote-first with occasional travel to London and is expected to last until March 31st, 2026, with a high likelihood of extensions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design intuitive, inclusive and accessible user journeys for public sector digital services
- Apply user-centred design principles across discovery, alpha, beta and live phases
- Produce and iterate interaction designs using wireframes, prototypes and service flows
- Use the GOV.UK Design System and contribute to design patterns where appropriate
- Collaborate with user researchers to test and refine designs based on evidence
- Work closely with developers to ensure designs are feasible and implemented effectively
- Present design decisions clearly to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as an Interaction Designer in the UK public sector
- Strong understanding of GDS, the Service Standard, and agile delivery
- Experience designing accessible services that meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards
- Confidence working in multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to explain and justify design decisions using user evidence
Salary (Rate): £56.00/hr
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role: Interaction Designer
Rate: £450 p/d (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote first – occasional travel to London
Duration: Until March 31st 2026 – Extensions highly likely
We’re looking for an experienced Interaction Designer to join our digital team and help design accessible, user-centred services that meet the needs of the public. You’ll work on complex, high-impact services, collaborating closely with researchers, content designers, developers and policy colleagues.
What you’ll do
- Design intuitive, inclusive and accessible user journeys for public sector digital services
- Apply user-centred design principles across discovery, alpha, beta and live phases
- Produce and iterate interaction designs using wireframes, prototypes and service flows
- Use the GOV.UK Design System and contribute to design patterns where appropriate
- Collaborate with user researchers to test and refine designs based on evidence
- Work closely with developers to ensure designs are feasible and implemented effectively
- Present design decisions clearly to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders
What we’re looking for
- Proven experience as an Interaction Designer in the UK public sector
- Strong understanding of GDS, the Service Standard, and agile delivery
- Experience designing accessible services that meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards
- Confidence working in multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to explain and justify design decisions using user evidence