User Experience Designer
Posted Today by Morgan McKinley
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The UX Designer role is a contract position based in London, UK, requiring a blend of on-site and remote work. The designer will collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to create innovative design solutions that align with user needs and business objectives. Responsibilities include guiding design specifications, evaluating product impact, and driving improvements based on user insights and testing. The position emphasizes building consensus across teams and contributing to the overall design strategy and vision.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with engineers to communicate, negotiate, and/or influence design intention.
- Guide design specifications for implementation.
- Use and propose new data and metrics to evaluate product impact and user trends.
- Drive improvements in design based on UX testing and stakeholder input.
- Build consensus across teams and gain support for design strategy.
- Contribute to developing project priorities in alignment with larger project goals.
- Create design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends.
- Create innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
- Drive a holistic design process across teams or products.
- Guide UX designers in creating design concepts or conduct research independently.
- Apply, adapt, and/or define UX design frameworks for user experiences.
- Propose ideas to improve UX by analyzing or anticipating user needs.
Key Skills:
- Experience in UX design and collaboration with engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of design specifications and implementation processes.
- Ability to evaluate product impact using data and metrics.
- Proficiency in UX testing and stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent communication skills for conveying design approaches.
- Experience in creating design solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Knowledge of design systems and holistic design processes.
- Ability to guide and mentor other UX designers.
- Familiarity with UX design frameworks and accessibility guidelines.
- Strong problem-solving skills related to user needs and design constraints.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
description: UX Designer Contract: Until the end of July 2026 Location: London, UK (3 days onsite, 2 days WFH) Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with engineers to communicate, negotiate, and/or influence design intention. Guide design specifications (e.g., design spec s, mock-ups, or product models) for implementation.
- Use and propose new, key data and metrics to evaluate product impact, understand the product ecosystem, user trends, and industry (e.g., competitors) by collaborating across teams when developing design solutions.
- Drive improvements in design based on UX testing and stakeholder input and provide input and feedback to engage stakeholders on product design and achieve product goals.
- Build consensus across teams and gain support for design strategy across stakeholders. Communicate design approach to other designers or stakeholders (e.g., product manager), addressing and anticipating challenges and questions.
- Contribute to developing project priorities in alignment with larger project goals, and coordinate allocation of resources within the project. Act on opportunities to expand responsibilities within the immediate product team.
- Create design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business objectives. Support stakeholders in achieving key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Create innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems. Anticipate evolving design constraints and communicate rationale of choices related to design solutions.
- Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products. Perform design and testing processes and help develop and generate support for a design vision with partners.
- Guide UX designers in creating design concepts for product ideation and/or user research/testing or conduct research independently to inform design. Seek research insights to develop the appropriate design direction.
- Apply, adapt, and/or define UX design frameworks for user experiences, including principles, patterns, and systems. Leverage writing and design tools to visualize ideas or develop mock-ups or prototypes to drive the product vision forward. Tailor deliverables based on product or platform requirements independently. Identify and follow writing and design templates, style guides, and accessibility guidelines.
- Propose ideas to improve UX by analyzing or anticipating user needs through collaboration with others, and solve constraints in strategy, product, or technology.