At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead design projects, create wireframes and prototypes, and collaborate with developers.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company focused on user experience and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, a generous pension scheme, and health benefits.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team and enjoy excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by designing award-winning platforms that delight users.
- Qualifications: 3+ years in UX, strong prototyping skills, and a passion for user-centred design.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
To further our expansion, we are now recruiting for a UX Designer to play a prominent role in our D2C UX Team, producing designs for our award-winning platforms. In this role, you will analyse and interpret requirements and use your skills in sketching, wireframing and prototyping to produce interface designs that align with our business goals of providing delightful experiences for our users.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading Design Projects: Taking ownership of specific design projects within a squad, overseeing the entire process from initial research to final implementation.
- Turning Ideas into Wireframes and Prototypes: Translating concepts into tangible design assets, creating both wireframes and interactive prototypes to visualise and test design solutions.
- Coordinating with Developers: Collaborating closely with development teams to ensure design specifications are understood and implemented accurately, addressing technical constraints as needed.
- Managing Design Iterations: Overseeing the iterative design process, making data-driven decisions and continuously refining designs based on user feedback and testing.
- Liaising with UX Research team: Setting up user testing.
- Participating in Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Working within diverse teams that may include business analysts, developers, marketers, content strategists, and other specialists, ensuring a unified approach to product development.
- Proactively leverage AI tools: Enhancing the design and user research process, while also identifying where its use could genuinely improve our customers' experiences.
- Engaging with Stakeholders: Being an advocate for UX in the wider business looking for opportunities to showcase UX, via blog posts, chances to talk and proactive workshops that are not on the product roadmap.
- Providing help and assistance to junior members of the team.
- Contributing to the weekly UX critique sessions.
About you:
- Naturally creative.
- Troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a UX role.
- Solid prototyping software knowledge (Figma, XD etc).
- Expertise in User‑Centred Design.
- Understanding of Visual Design Principles.
- Accessibility Expertise.
- Knowledge of Current UX/UI Trends.
- Adaptable and keen to learn.
- Naturally inquisitive.
- Self‑motivated and ambitious.
What we offer:
- 25 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays.
- 6% Pension with matched contributions.
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE).
- Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare.
- Free onsite gym.
- Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria).
- Travel and bike loan schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
Inclusion & diversity: We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.
UX Designer in Salford employer: Aj Bell
As a leading employer in the tech industry, we offer UX Designers an exciting opportunity to shape user experiences on our award-winning platforms. Our inclusive work culture fosters creativity and collaboration, while our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our comprehensive benefits package, including generous holiday allowances, a robust pension scheme, and opportunities for professional development. Located in a vibrant area, our team enjoys access to a free onsite gym and various wellness initiatives, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
