Senior User Experience Designer
Posted 1 day ago by Red Badger
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior User Experience Designer involves joining a high-profile sports and lifestyle organization on a contract basis to develop a range of digital products, including web and mobile applications. The position requires collaboration within a cross-functional team to enhance user experience through design thinking and user-centered methodologies. The ideal candidate will possess strong facilitation skills and experience in leading UX activities while working closely with clients and technical teams. The role is based in London with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing design stakeholders and coaching clients or team members on Design Thinking, Lean UX, and Human-Centered Design.
- Designing and facilitating workshops and design sprints.
- Conducting user research and user testing.
- Consulting with product owners on backlog prioritization.
- Prototyping at various levels of fidelity, from paper to high-fidelity click-throughs.
- Auditing existing user experiences.
Key Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of Human-Centered Design and Design Thinking.
- Experience working closely with engineers, QA, and delivery disciplines.
- Experience presenting design concepts and running workshops with clients.
- Experience leading UX activities on projects.
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Sketch/Figma.
- Experience designing mobile-first responsive sites and mobile native apps.
- Experience with user testing at various levels of fidelity.
- Able to work closely with a team and clients as a sole UX Designer.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Client is a high profile sports / lifestyle organisation. 3 months initial contract - likely to extend to 12/18 months + Target start date Monday 21st July Building an entire greenfield set of products - Web App. Mobile Apps (Android and iOS) and a Platform Joining a cross functional team of 12 (engineers, delivery lead, product, product design, QA) Immediate interviews Ltd company outside IR35 or Umbrella contract. £Competitive day rate 2 days / week in person working (London & client office ((outside London towards the midlands)) Founded in 2010 by Stuart, Cain and David, we help large organisations improve their speed to market whilst focusing on delivering value to their users and customers. We work with our clients to understand their problems and validate ideas in order to deliver improved process efficiencies, strategic enhancements and new digital products and services (or make significant improvements to existing ones).
You are a people person. As a trusted consultant, you develop rapport with your clients from Day 1. You are a master facilitator who loves simplifying complexity at various levels of the organisation but also has the humility to learn what you don't know. You're proactive in championing user needs and creating opportunities for customer research early and often and you take your team along in the journey with you so that you're all building the right thing together. You expertly switch between your divergent and convergent hats. You use your craft to produce designs at various levels of fidelity to bring the vision to life and iterate fast and often. You are comfortable working closely with Product and Technology teams to build the thing right too.
Some of your responsibilities will look like this;
- Managing design stakeholders & coaching clients or your team to help them exercise Design Thinking, Lean UX & Lean principles, and Human Centred Design.
- Designing and facilitating workshops and design sprints
- Conducting user research and user testing
- Consulting a product owner with backlog prioritisation
- Prototyping at various levels of fidelity - from paper to hi-fi click-throughs
- Auditing existing user experience
What we need from you is experience with the below;
- In-depth knowledge of Human Centred Design and Design Thinking
- Experience working closely with engineers, QA & delivery disciplines.
- Experience working with clients presenting design concepts and running workshops
- Experience in leading UX activities on a project
- Knowledge of industry-standard tools, such as Sketch/Figma, plus aptitude to learn and introduce new tools and methodologies.
- Experience designing mobile-first responsive sites & mobile native apps
- Experience with user testing at various levels of fidelity - from guerilla user testing to lab testing
- An ability to work closely with a team and the client as a sole UX Designer.
Values
- People people We respect and care for each other, giving us the space to feel safe and be our true selves
- Find a way We’re comfortable with uncertainty and accountability, whilst achieving great outcomes through shared goals
- Always learning We’re curious. It’s how we learn and grow as individuals, continuously testing and improving what we do, and how we do it
- Open & Fair We build trust by telling things as they are, being open, and seeking to achieve fair and equitable outcomes
- Collaborative We are united by our desire to get to the best ideas. We are generous with our knowledge, actively listen to each other, and are open minded
Diversity & Inclusion: Red Badger is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire, employ, train, promote and compensate regardless of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, creed and colour. We are fully focused on equality, and it is our fundamental belief that the fascinating characteristics that make us all different enable us to continue to do amazing work for our clients