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A UX Designer, or User Experience Designer, is responsible for the design of digital products and services, such as websites, software and mobile applications. Their duties include researching and testing, collaborating with other Designers and Developers, and problem-solving.

UX Designer duties and responsibilities

A UX Designer usually works with a variety of people to create a functional website. They are also responsible for:

  • Doing research to understand client needs
  • Conducting competitive analysis of other websites that operate in the same space
  • Writing clear specifications and guidelines
  • Participating in creating a content development strategy
  • Mentoring and working with less experienced team members
  • Helping Software Developers understand and execute ideas
  • Developing mockups for development and design teams
  • Coordinating with UI Design team on issues like navigation, page routing, product page design and more
  • Analysing issues and problem-solving
  • Tracking usability goals and preparing reports for senior management
  • Running user tests
  • Tracking digital trends
  • Looking for ways to improve the product

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Example 1

UX Designer is urgently needed in helping make a retailorganisation's product (mobile application based) more in line with the consumer s needs by making it more user-friendly and intuitive; Achieving both the attracting of new customers, as well as the retention of existing customers.

As the UX Designer, you will be analytical and creative, grasping the user needs and delivering design solutions to both enhance the user experience whilst also solving any problems and suggesting improvements.

This is an initial 6-month contract paying around £350/day outside IR35, and will require 2-3 days/week on site in London with the customer

*As the UX Designer you will have: *
  • Proven experience as a UX Designer;
  • A strong portfolio of design projects, focusing on both UX Design and Research
  • Familiarity with interaction design and information architecture
  • Proficient in design software (eg, UXPin, Balsamiq)
  • Background in project management and research
  • Knowledge of HTML/CSS, JavaScript as a plus
  • Problem-solving aptitude with an analytical mind
  • Good business acumen leading into excellent communication skills in a customer facing role

This is an urgent role looking for an ASAP start so, send your CV for immediate consideration along with a link to your portfolio of work.

Job Type: Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months

Salary: £300.00-£350.00 per day

Schedule:
  • 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:
  • City of London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:
  • UX Design: 3 years (required)

Reference ID: start date: 12/07/2022

Example 2

The Role
Pixel Toys are looking for a Mid-Senior level UX Designer to help create captivating game experiences for our soon to be announced project. Leveraging your expertise, you will champion all UX work from concept stage through to feature completion.
This is an opportunity to join an exciting team at a critical time in the projects’ development and work to push the limits of the latest web gaming technology.

  • Contract length – 6 months
  • Rate – Competitive DOE
  • Location – Leamington Spa (Hybrid)

What you will do:
  • Experience of working in fast-paced Agile Sprints with multi-disciplinary teams and being able to take a pragmatic approach to meet tight deadlines, without compromising on quality
  • Drive UX excellence from within your team and communicate that process and thinking to the team
  • Own your UX process, integrating product and game design needs as well as producing excellent UX deliverables (such as flow diagrams, wireframes, etc.)
  • Facilitate creation of prototypes for internal and external playtesting
  • Collaborate with feature owners, artists and engineers to translate designs into reality
  • Seek out and leverage the insights of our partner’s research department to inform and validate your designs

What you need:
  • Past experience working on video games, mobile apps or related digital products
  • Portfolio showcasing your latest and greatest case studies
  • Extensive training in and knowledge of core UX principles and methods
  • Strong eye for visual design. This is not an art position, but will require a keen sense of design
  • Knowledge of standard UX design tools (Figma, XD, Protopie, Flinto)

What makes you exceptional:
  • Past experience working in games UX design, having shipped multiple titles
  • Motion design and animation experience
  • Experience working with distributed teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an aptitude for storytelling and presenting your ideas and opinions in a thoughtful and engaging way

Job Category:UX
Job Type:Full Time
Location:Hybrid Leamington Type: Full-time

Example 3

We are an established and thriving digital agency working with a varied client base, tasked to deliver high quality online creative and developments. Due to continued growth, we are looking for an ambitious and talented Visual Design / UX Designer to join a growing, forward thinking agency and become an essential keystone in the digital agency.

About the position

You will be working closely with the creative and development team, working across web and microsites, banners, apps, online customer journeys, and helping to shape the digital experience of the agency's clients, keeping innovation an integral part of the creative process.

You will be hands on all through the creative process, from client briefing and concept stages through to execution and delivery, so must be comfortable taking ownership of projects and manage time effectively.

Required skills and abilities:

  • Inventive ideas and a strong ability to conceptualise
  • Worked across a range of digital platforms including web, mobile, apps and animation
  • Strong ability to grasp client needs and consider practical solutions
  • Excellent knowledge of wireframe & prototype software such Figma
  • Attention to detail in design layouts, grids, typography and other digital design principles
  • Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects
  • An understanding of front-end web development (HTML5/CSS3, web-safe fonts, responsive and/or mobile layouts, CMS)

Desirable skills and abilities:
  • Client facing and pitch experience

Experience & Eligibility
  • 3-5 years of hands-on digital experience producing commercial grade work for prominent brands
  • Must possess a portfolio that demonstrates a strong ability to think creatively and one demonstrates your personality, innovation and creativity across all realms of design

Please send your CV, covering letter and anything else to support your application.

No agencies please. Thank you.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Additional pay:
  • Performance bonus
Benefits:
  • Flexible schedule
  • Sick pay
  • Work from home
Schedule:
  • 8 hour & UX Design: 3 years (preferred)

Example 4

UX Designer / Interaction Designer - UK WIDE (Remote) - Security Cleared

+++MUST BE Security Cleared++++

Description for the UX Designer :-This is a fantastic opportunity with a management consulting company, who are looking to fill multiple UX Designer roles and help deliver innovative digital solutions to a number of end clients in the UK.

Candidates can live anywhere in the UK (remote) and will be based from home, client visits may be necessary, but these will be fully funded.

Please note my clients UX Designerconsultants are formally trained from industry experts on management consulting and client delivery.

*Experience for the UX Designer roles:-*

  • Over 18mths commercial experience in a UX Designer role
  • Public Sector Experience (GDS) - MUST BE Security Cleared
  • A track record of working on Agile Delivery

User Researcher - UK Wide - Digital Services, GDS, UK WIDE (Remote)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £50,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

Benefits:
  • Additional leave
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Life insurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Work from home
Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
  • Bonus scheme

COVID-19 considerations:
Work remotely



Application question(s):
  • Happy to travel a few times a month to client site (Fully expensed)
  • Are you Security Cleared?

Experience:
  • UX / Interaction Designer: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:
  • United Kingdom (required)


Work Location: ID: 701/GB

Example 5

We are looking for a dynamic UI/UX designer. Who will be responsible for the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design of our various digital assets. You will ensure that all elements of the online user experience are optimized for improved usability, usefulness, and exceptional visual design.

The successful candidate will evidence a passion for delivering adaptive and creative solutions to UI/UX design problems by staying up to date with best practices and emerging trends in user experience design and user interface technology.

UI UX Designer Responsibilities:

  • Investigating user experience design requirements for our suite of digital assets.
  • Developing and conceptualizing a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the brand.
  • Producing high-quality UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, and prototypes.
  • Designing UI elements and tools such as navigation menus, search boxes, tabs, and widgets for our digital assets.
  • Testing UI elements such as CTAs, banners, page layouts, page designs, page flows, and target links for landing pages.
  • Collaborating with the marketing team, and internal and external designers to ensure the creation and delivery of tailored experiences for the digital user.
  • Providing advice and guidance on the implementation of UX research methodologies and testing activities in order to analyze and predict user behavior.
  • Adhering to style standards on typography and graphic design.

UI UX Designer Requirements:

  • A bachelor's degree and a minimum of 6 years UI/UX design experience for digital products or services.
  • A portfolio of professional UI/UX design work for both web and mobile platforms.
  • Working knowledge of the following technologies and software: Sketch, InVision, Visio, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, Design Systems, and Adobe Creative Suite.
  • A team player but can work independently too.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £25,000.00 per year

Benefits:
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Transport links
Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability



Ability to commute/relocate:
  • Banbury: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:
  • UX Design: 5 years Location: Hybrid remote in Banbury

Example 6

Senior Visual Designer, Hybrid Working – Up to £60k

Are you a Senior Visual Designer looking to work on some exciting projects for one of the world’s biggest brands? If, so this role is right up your street.
We are looking for a Senior Visual Designer, who approaches projects with a clear rationale and
innovative mind-set, crafts brand systems, compelling products and extends visual languages to bring brands to life.

Reporting to the Creative Director, you’ll be responsible for creating diverse designs for user interface, design systems, layouts, brand identity, iconography and presentation narratives.

The day-to-day responsibilities of this Senior Visual Designer include:

  • Create concepts and collaborate with strategy, creative, UX and technology to ensure
  • design work exceeds expectations
  • Work closely with the Creative Director to lead the design craft and execute the creative
  • vision
  • Manage and maintain the quality of design throughout all phases of the project
  • Mentor and manage less experienced team members
  • Participate constructively in inter-department and cross-service line communications
  • Execute design work to ensure final deliverables meet Engine standards and client expectations

As Senior Visual Designer, you will also bring to the table:

  • A passion for design with an awareness of emerging trends and technologies
  • Knowledge of how to make marks that are exquisite, effective and tell a story
  • A portfolio showing cutting-edge creative work and an advanced understanding of design
  • Experience in creating user interface designs for responsive websites, products and
  • mobile applications
  • Extensive knowledge of Sketch and Figma
  • An eye for colour, understanding form, photography and animation skills

As Senior Visual Designer, you will be joining an agency that really puts its employees first, offering great benefits such as:

  • 29 days annual leave (including Birthday off + 3 at Christmas & New Year)
  • 5% matched pension contributions
  • Life Assurance (4x salary)
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Season ticket loans and Cycle to work scheme
  • Gym discount
  • Hybrid (2 days in the office 3 days at home) and Flexible working

If this is the Senior Visual Designer role you’ve been on the lookout for, please get in touch ing job reference ILS071

Please also take a look at [website]

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £60,000.00 per year

Schedule:
  • Monday to Location: Hybrid remote in London

Example 7

Start Date: ASAP

Kent, UK

Permanent, Hybrid role

Company Overview:Our client is a dynamic and innovative digital software consultancy looking to build a team to continue solving problems using software and technology for their clients. They are committed to delivering exceptional user experiences across all their digital platforms and products. As they continue to grow, they’re seeking a talented Mid-Senior UX Designer to join their team and help shape the future of their user interfaces.

Position Overview:As a UX Designer, you'll play a crucial role in driving the design and development of user-centric digital experiences. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, engineers, and fellow designers to create intuitive, visually appealing, and highly functional interfaces. Leveraging your expertise in user research, interaction design, and information architecture, you'll contribute to the enhancement of our products and ensure they meet the needs and expectations of our diverse user base.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead end-to-end UX design processes, from concept ideation to final implementation.
  • Conduct user research, including surveys, interviews, and usability testing, to gain insights into user behaviour and preferences.
  • Create wireframes, prototypes, and user flows to visualise and communicate design concepts effectively.
  • Develop high-fidelity mock-ups and design specifications for responsive web and mobile applications.
  • Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to ensure seamless integration of design solutions.
  • Advocate for user-centred design principles and best practices within the organisation.
  • Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement in UX design processes.

About You:
  • 5+ years of experience in UX/UI design, preferably in a fast-paced technology-driven environment.
  • Must have GDS experience, ideally experience working within the UK government.
  • Must have experience designing prototypes, clickable-prototypes (hi-fi/lo-fi).
  • Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or similar.
  • Proven experience with Graphic Design.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing a range of UX/UI design projects and your design process.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate and defend design decisions.
  • Experience working in Agile development environments is a plus.
  • Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a bonus.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:
  • Company pension
  • Free parking
  • On-site parking
  • Work from home
Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday



Ability to commute/relocate:
  • Gravesend: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):
  • What is your notice period in weeks?
  • What is your salary expectation?
  • Please provide a link to your portfolio/examples of work

Experience:
  • UX Design: 5 years (required)
  • Graphic design: 4 years (required)
  • Designing clickable-prototypes (hi-fi/lo-fi): 3 years (required)
  • GDS: 3 years (required)
  • User research: 3 years (required)


Work Hybrid remote in Gravesend

Example 8

At Space Ape, we are focused on building world-class player experiences. Our games are fun, fresh and brimming with personality, so we want to share them with everyone. This means our players are always at the core of our design [website] have an extremely exciting opportunity for a highly talented UI/UI designer to take our hit music game, Beatstar to the next level. The ideal candidate will be intrinsic to the experience design and visual quality of Beatstar’s user interfaces. They will possess a solid understanding of mobile game UX, demonstrate superior visual design skills, be able to translate high-level requirements into best-in-class interaction flows, and transform those flows into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
Responsibilities

  • Design creative, player-focused, user-friendly wireframes, user flows, animations and supporting material for our Beatstar;
  • Produce stunning User Interface art assets that compliment and enhance the existing Beatstar style;
  • Work hands-on with developers and other artists to implement user interfaces into software;
  • Act as the player advocate during the development process, subjecting early-stage designs to usability testing and/or expert review to iteratively improve solutions.

Requirements
  • 3+ years of experience creating user interfaces for mobile applications including video games
  • An outstanding body of work demonstrating UI solutions
  • Excellent visual design skills with regard to colour theory, layout and typography with a sensitivity to user-system comprehension and interaction
  • Solid experience in information design, creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes and other UX design material
  • Proven ability to work with designers, producers and engineers to develop the designs through an iterative process

Bonus Skills
  • Experience using the Unity Game Engine;
  • Passion for mobile games, music and music apps;
  • Experience in conducting user research and evaluating user feedback.

Why Space Ape is right for you
  • Be a part of one of several small empowered teams who inspire and challenge one another in the pursuit of our mission
  • Autonomy to make your own impact with the support to help it happen
  • Designated ‘Ape Space’ creative time where you are free to work on game concepts and ideas away from your day to day
  • The freedom to further your skill set the way you want with a generous training budget
  • An award winning studio that has been crowned one of the best places to work, for the last 5 years in a row!
  • Help run and create games which bring joy to millions of players all over the world
  • 5
  • Glassdoor rating - Check out our reviews
  • Entered a long-term strategic partnership with Supercell in 2017
  • Competitive salary & stock options

About Space Ape

At Space Ape we pride ourselves on our passion and the trust we place in our people. We look for passionate, productive, team players who are relentless in their pursuit of our mission. There’s no bureaucracy here, we just get things done. Space Ape’s mission is to make the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. Founded in 2012 we’ve since launched five games that have been installed by over 100 million people and generated over $250m revenue.
We are part of the Supercell family, giving access to some of the most talented game makers on the planet.
It’s an incredibly exciting time here at Space Ape Games. We have projects at all stages of the development cycle, along with a fast paced environment that promotes genuine autonomy. We recently global launched our exciting new music game, Beatstar! We are also working on a new multiplayer game set in the Boom Beach universe.
Our studio is currently 120 strong and built around the belief that small empowered teams make the best games. This philosophy enables us to innovate, move faster and have the creative ownership required to make the greatest games on mobile.
All communication regarding your application will be dealt with in line with our recruitment privacy Type: Full-time

Example 9

Lead Product UI / UX Designer

Hybrid Working Possible: Work from home and from the office. £40,000 - £60,000

Lead UK & Mauritius based product design team. Mauritius base trips inclusive.

Are you interested in joining a fast growing, highly motivated, hungry, tight-knit environment?

We have an exciting opportunity for a game changing Lead Product UI / UX Designer and Manager
  • at Zendbox.

Zendbox is a B2B eCommerce Services provider that combines world-class fulfilment centres with powerful technology to offer an intelligent, data-driven approach to e-commerce fulfilment.

We are constantly developing technology to help businesses run more efficiently and sustainably. We’re growing fast and are looking for new team members to join the ride and help deliver the next stage of our growth.

Our culture is built on a flexible, collaborative environment that values energy and integrity. If you are looking for a role that will test, inspire, and develop your skills, we want to hear from you.

What we are looking for:

As the Lead Product UI / UX Designer in Zendbox you will be working in a cross-functional team with the UK and Mauritius based developers, designers, managers and other stakeholders. You'll report into the Product Director and will have full control to set up and run the design function based on your own extensive knowledge.

You will also initially have one direct report to support you in delivering fantastic user experiences and interfaces. We’re a highly collaborative business and so you’ll work closely with the Product, Technology, Business and Strategy teams.

You will have a high level of input in to both the product strategy and delivery, using your knowledge to identify improvement opportunities and create data and customer-led solutions that help us leave our competitors in the dust.

This position is an amazing opportunity for product designers who would like to manage design teams and priorities projects.

*As the Lead Product UI / UX Designer your duties will be: *
  • Working together with our Head of Product on the strategy and designing solutions for new product development
  • Managing the UI / UX design team
  • Working on the Design System to keep consistency through all our products
  • Delivering the best-in-class UX/UI solutions (i.e. creating concepts, solutions that will shape our products and make them more user-friendly)
  • Adapting the product initiatives and designing overall user experience and flows
  • Capability to present concepts and ideas to the stakeholders
  • Collaborating closely with development team, other designers and project manager in agile environment
  • Perform/conduct research and competitors analysis to facilitate and advocate on our user needs

About the skills we require:
  • 5+ years of experience as a Product designer or a UX/UI designer
  • Experience in leading projects and managing the design teams
  • Work closely with our Head of Product in strategizing and designing user interfaces for new product developments
  • Strong storytelling and presentational skills in both verbal and written
  • Experience in working with Agile teams – with developers, designers, product managers, testers
  • Strong knowledge of industry standard methods – responsive design, material design, design system
  • Advanced usage of the design tools – Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Miro
  • Passionate about the research methods, user centric design and tracking data (i.e. Google Analytics)
  • High attention for details with a sharp eye for aesthetics
  • Innovative approach to solve UX and UI problems
  • Curious and eager to learn now methods
  • Able to manage a busy workload with minimal supervision
  • Driven and determined individual

What’s in the package for you?
  • 20/28 days holidays per annum
  • Trips to Mauritius base
  • Colleague Social Activities
  • Pool Table and Mini-Golf in the office
  • Real opportunities for progression
  • Friendly team
  • Free Drinks
  • Free Supplements and Nutritional Products
  • Hybrid Working
  • Automatic Pension Enrolment

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £40,000.00-£60,000.00 per year

Benefits:
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Flexible schedule
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Store discounts
  • Work from home
Schedule:
  • Day shift
  • Holidays
  • Monday to Friday
  • No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:
  • Tonbridge, TN12 6UU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):
  • Have you managed a Product / UI / UX Design team before?
  • Please provide a link to a portfolio of previous work completed that is applicable to this design: 5 years (required)
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What does a UX Designer do?

A UX Designer is responsible for the overall appearance, functionality and oversees any problem areas of a website, application or software. They work directly with clients and their data to solve problems and build websites that are easily accessible to the client’s user base. They collaborate with other design professionals to improve the usability of digital products. UX Designers spend most of their workday at a computer. They also sit at a desk for long periods of time while reviewing digital products, determining errors and designing improvements.

UX Designer skills and qualifications

All UX Designers must have a general knowledge of computer operating systems, hardware and software. TA successful UX Designer candidate will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications, thee typically include:

  • Problem-solving skills
  • Flexibility
  • Ability to collaborate
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to take initiative
  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Understanding of user experience
  • Excellent customer focus

UX Designer experience requirements

UX Designers must have several years of experience working in a similar position for a different company.Candidates who don’t have exactly the same level of experience, must demonstrate that they are familiar with a variety of UX procedures, including lean approaches, as well as having a good understanding of Google Analytics and other research tools. They must also have an overall familiarity with front-end web technologies.

UX Designer education and training requirements

UX Designers must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Technology, Graphic Design, Digital Marketing, Digital Design or Media and Computer Science. If their Bachelor’s Degree doesn’t include computing, digital design or technology, they must have a Master’s Degree in UX Design or a related field such as human-computer design. Many employers also require UX Designers to complete on-the-job training and earn industry recognised certifications, such as the Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience (CPUX) and BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience.

UX Designer salary expectations

According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for a UX Designer is £43, 510 per year. This figure varies depending on factors, such as experience, geographical location and the company.

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