Junior UX Designer (6-month fixed term contract)

The role

We’re looking for the experience design leaders of the future. As someone at the beginning of their career, success in this role comes from consistently delivering smaller projects and contributing to larger ones, while making rapid progress in your own skills development.

You’ll work alongside leaders in the product and experience design field in a supportive environment where you’ll be able to thrive and grow.

This role is offered initially on a 6-month fixed term contract.

Basic Requirements

• You must be able to work from our London office (or local client office in London) at least twice a week.
• Based on our business strategy, client needs and specific job roles, there may be a requirement to travel to client sites either domestically or internationally.
• Due to the consulting nature of our business you must be willing to work on projects for clients across a wide range of industries.
• Must be able to work with our global team and across different time zones is crucial. Hours must be flexible.
• Candidates must apply with CV and Portfolio.

Role and responsibilities

As a Junior Product Designer, you’ll work with some of the world’s biggest and best-known brands.

• Deliver design concepts and solutions to meet the needs of the business and its intended audience, in varying degrees of fidelity and detail.
• Understand, question and follow the design direction and creative thinking set by the project’s Creative Lead.
• Understand and interpret research as a way of generating ideas and improving your design solutions.
• Identify, understand and consider technical and business constraints and objectives.
• Present creative design thinking to clients and guide them through iterative customer-centred design processes under the guidance of more experienced members of the team.
• Share project stories and experiences with the wider business, providing critique and direction to your peers and team members.
• Embody Foolproof’s values, design philosophy and practice, internally and externally.

Required skills and experience

• A detailed understanding of the theory that underpins experience design, including relevant principles of psychology.
• This could be from a university degree (e.g. Human Computer Interaction), a short course, or you may be self-taught.
• A clear interest in and some practical experience of UX/UI design.
• We do not expect you to have “1-2 years of experience” as we know you are just starting out in your career, but you should be able to demonstrate your passion for designing products and services for people to improve their lives. Previous successful candidates have shown this through university work, internships, volunteer work, articles and other side projects.
• Some experience of industry-standard design tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, and prototyping tools, etc.)
• A solid grounding in graphic design.
• Excellent communication skills from an internal email through to a client presentation. You can create rapport and build relationships with the people you work with.
• A collaborative team player with excellent time management skills.
• Adaptable and resilient: you are comfortable with ambiguity and can make decisions with incomplete information. You remain calm under pressure and are able to work in a dynamic, fast-moving environment. You know when to ask for support.
• Eager to grow: you seek opportunities to learn and gather feedback on your work. You make the most of every opportunity presented to you.

Our methodology

• Discover, imagine, create and deliver products and services that make things better for our clients, their customers, their employees and the world.
• Bring together insight, creativity and technology to deliver experiences that transform our clients’ businesses.
• Outcome driven, embody objectivity and people-centricity in everything we do.
• Continuous discovery, delivery and learning through a collaborative, iterative design process.
• Champion experimentation, conceptual thinking and creative expression in design.

Who we are

Foolproof is a product and service design company. We bring together insight, creativity and technology to deliver experiences that transform businesses. With studios in the UK, North America, India and South Africa, we operate globally.

We imagine, create and deliver products and services rooted in genuine user needs. We also partner with our parent company Zensar, a leading digital and technology solutions provider. Together, we execute digital transformation programmes for major brands.

We’re welcoming new talent into the Foolproof fold and want to ensure it’s just as diverse as the world around us. That’s why we want to hear from everyone regardless of background, identity or ability. Different perspectives make us who we are and our work a success.

Foolproof benefits

Foolproof is full of people who genuinely care about each other. It’s a place where you are free to express yourself in an environment that values individuality, nurtures development and is mindful of wellbeing.

When you join us, you’ll gain access to a number of unique benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), which increases with your length of service (this will be pro-rated for FTCs)
• The option to buy or sell up to three days of annual leave a year
• Private pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option available
• Private medical insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life insurance
• A global benefits and rewards platform
• Additional benefits with long service

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