UI / UX Designer

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Location We are offering a hybrid working pattern to combine home and studio, your studio days will be in either Leeds or Manchester, depending which location is closest to home

Working Hours Full Time, Monday to Friday, 38 hours per week, Permanent Contract

Company Benefits 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Your Birthday off! Contributory Pension Scheme, excellent training and development opportunities, early Friday finish!

Role Purpose
We are looking for an experienced and ambitious UX / UI Designer to join our innovative software team. You will be responsible for building the client-facing side of our web applications. The ideal candidate will be excited about the opportunity to join a team with big ideas and influence our products and our strategy from the ground up, focusing on customer requirements as well as brand management. We’re interested in disrupting the market, and we’re hoping you’ll be part of that experience.
We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design. Ultimately, you should be able to create a functional and attractive digital environment for our company, ensuring a great user experience.

Requirements and skills

  • Strong working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
  • Excellent communication skills both internally and in front of clients
  • Strong understanding of UI design techniques and tools
  • A passion for Interaction Design
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • A strong working knowledge of wireframing and prototyping tools
  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates a range of UI design techniques
  • Experience with HTML, CSS and jQuery
  • Experience with mobile apps would be a big bonus

Professional Qualities
Business Improvement

  • Demonstrates basic knowledge and use of agile processes
  • Actively engages with all aspects of project planning
  • Create UI design wireframes, mock-ups and final designs across all desktop, mobile and tablet devices
  • Conduct UI design and usability surveys and reports
  • Contribute to the agency’s UI design style guide
  • Work with the product manager to assess the impact of any UI changes/improvements
  • Work with the development team and product management to deliver attractive user interfaces across a range of client websites and applications

Communication

  • Listens to others and accepts input from team members
  • Clearly articulate ideas and thoughts verbally

Leadership

  • Displays a positive attitude
  • Demonstrates flexibility in day-to-day work
  • Sets high standards of performance and quality for oneself

Teamwork

  • Establishes harmonious working relationships with team members
  • Appreciates each team member’s contributions and values each individual member
  • Support the team to create mock-ups for use in client pitches
  • Help in the creation of documentation of system and training materials

Client Management

  • Values internal and external clients and responds to their needs
  • Establishes effective working relationships with clients
  • Follows established communication guidelines
  • Uses good judgement in what and how to communicate with clients

Professional Development

  • Seeks input from mentors and line manager
  • Actively applies feedback received to day-to-day work and strives to improve performance
  • Keep up to date with the latest UI design and usability trends and techniques
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