Role: UX/UI Product Designer

Salary: £28,000 – £40,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: UK based (remote working) with occasional travel to the Sheffield office

Our client is a forward thinking, dynamic, global technology business.

The role:

Your role will be focused on promoting research driven design within the product teams and collaborating with other teams in the business, to build user-friendly and intuitive products.

Previous UX/UI product design experience is required, together with experience on scrum/agile teams in mobile or digital environments.

Accountabilities:

• Be an active member of the Product Team and play a key role in bringing successful products to life
• Facilitate product discovery with the aim of applying findings to meet user needs, ensuring the production of user-friendly and intuitive products, in line with the company’s vision
• Apply usability research methods to refine and validate hypotheses, prototypes or product ideas
• Deliver UI/UX assets and prototypes for web and mobile features, during sprints ensuring the product team understands the design work for upcoming sprints
• Collaborate closely with clients and colleagues, acting as a design advocate and incorporating feedback into the product design lifecycle
• Proactively scope, plan and execute design work in accordance with an iterative development process
• Contribute to the quality and timely delivery of projects and products; manage the quality of your own work, in order to ensure the best product is delivered within the specified time frame

The successful candidate:

• Understanding of the impact of design on human behaviour
• Understanding and knowledge of Agile methodology and the application to design
• Experience in design sprints
• Experience with working with design systems
• Proficiency with common design and prototyping tools such as Sketch and Marvel
• Proficiency with User Centered Interaction Design principles and practices
• Demonstrable experience of consumer engagement techniques and principles
• Demonstrable experience of how converting users through progressive stages of a journey is fundamental to the success of the apps you design
• Experience designing for both Android and iOS platforms. Experience designing for hybrid platforms would be a plus
• Experience working with mobile analytics tools and capabilities, demonstrating proficiency in using analytics to inform iterative design evolution
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence peers, senior stakeholders and clients
• Independent and team-working experience

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