Service Designer
Posted 1 day ago by rmg digital
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Service Designer involves shaping complex services across digital, operational, and organizational boundaries for a leading consultancy. This mid-senior level position focuses on delivering critical services for a data-led organization, requiring the ability to analyze the entire service ecosystem and implement practical improvements. The role is based in Kensington, London, and offers a hybrid working arrangement. The position is expected to start in January 2026 and may last between 3 to 6 months, with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Mapping and designing end-to-end services across complex, multi-channel environments.
- Working with users, delivery teams, and stakeholders to understand needs, constraints, and opportunities.
- Creating service artefacts such as service blueprints, journey maps, and operating models.
- Identifying pain points and designing improvements across people, processes, policy, and technology.
- Collaborating closely with researchers, UX designers, product managers, and delivery teams.
- Supporting evidence-led decision making within a data-heavy, scientific, and operational context.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience designing services within complex organisations or public sector environments.
- Confidence leading service design activity from discovery through to delivery.
- Experience working across digital and non-digital touchpoints.
- Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to balance user needs, organisational constraints, and delivery realities.
- Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (SC).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Are you a Service Designer who enjoys shaping complex services that sit across digital, operational and organisational boundaries? We're looking for a mid-senior level Service Designer to join a leading consultancy, supporting a nationally significant, data-led organisation delivering critical services used across government, industry and the public. This role is ideal for someone who can zoom out to see the whole service ecosystem, then zoom in to design practical improvements that work in the real world.
Location: Kensington, London (hybrid)
Start Date: January 2026
Duration: 3-6 months (potential to extend)
Rate: <£400/day (inside IR35)
Travel: Occasional UK travel may be required
What You'll Be Doing
- Mapping and designing end-to-end services across complex, multi-channel environments.
- Working with users, delivery teams and stakeholders to understand needs, constraints and opportunities.
- Creating service artefacts such as service blueprints, journey maps and operating models.
- Identifying pain points and designing improvements across people, processes, policy and technology.
- Collaborating closely with researchers, UX designers, product managers and delivery teams.
- Supporting evidence-led decision making within a data-heavy, scientific and operational context.
What You'll Bring
- Strong experience designing services within complex organisations or public sector environments.
- Confidence leading service design activity from discovery through to delivery.
- Experience working across digital and non-digital touchpoints.
- Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A systems-thinking midset with the ability to balance user needs, organisational constraints and delivery realities.
- Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (SC).