Digital Designer (UI/UX) in Slough

We are a 23-strong creative agency specialising in telling stories that improve people’s health. We create engaging and evocative content across all media and apply our creative thinking to everything from worldwide disease awareness campaigns for big pharma companies down to social posts for biotech start-ups. We work together to craft healthcare stories through branding, video and digital experiences that excite and inspire. Most importantly, everything we do is about improving human health: we love knowing that our work improves real people’s lives.

We're seeking a full-time creative digital designer (UI/UX) with a minimum of 3+ years experience (ideally within agencies) and London-based. Ideally you will have a record of showing recent / current experience in a design position utilising a range of design skills including web design, user interfaces, and online marketing campaigns.

You should have a deep interest in the world of digital and in pushing the boundaries of design around processes and frameworks. We want you to bring your expertise and creativity to our team and instil new ways of thinking about digital design within the team.

Knowledge of creating component libraries and complex design systems is a must, alongside UX and interaction design, and a strong portfolio of work that demonstrates attention to detail through layout, hierarchy, typography, interactive states and link logic.

Fluent in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud applications; Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, XD, Photoshop, and experience with After Effects would be an advantage.

You will have the opportunity to learn and evolve your design skills working on a variety of projects. The right candidate should be inspired to be part of a highly creative and driven team striving to break new ground in creating innovative, interactive and engaging digital experiences. You will get support and training as well as encouragement to express your thoughts and ideas. If you have a proven portfolio and you're looking for an opportunity to flex your creative muscles, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a full-time role based primarily in our office in Farringdon, with the option to work from home up to two days a week. Please do not apply to this role if you’re seeking a work-from-home-only position. Our office is located on the 3rd floor of a building, reachable via steps to the front door and a lift. We seek and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best talent on our team.

SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS:

• You have that special feel for design and brands
• Have a technical mindset with core understanding of the holistic digital experience
• Be highly organised with great attention to detail
• Great understanding of UX/UI design and able to provide strong insights led by research to enhance the overall user experience
• Ability to create sitemaps, clear and intuitive information architecture, wireframes and prototypes
• Knowledge and ability to build out component libraries and develop design systems in order to deliver high-quality web designs ready for hand-off to our developers
• Proficient in Figma and other web-based design tools
• The ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects
• General knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Ability and willing to collaborate and work with devs and our UX/Art Director as they advise on and feed into the technical specifics and design respectively
• An interest in understanding the current benefits and limits of AI tools within design software and our workflow.

NICE TO HAVE

• Use of 3D software to help bring assets to life in WebGL and ThreeJS
• Creating/supporting brand design
• Ability to create animations in Adobe After Effects
• Knowledge and experience in producing design for interfaces such as sales aids, interactive infographics, hubs and any other novel platforms - we’d love to see examples of these things, if you have them

WHAT WE OFFER

• A fun and collaborative team to work with
• An environment where we’re always looking to push boundaries and produce the best outcome
• A hybrid structure – we’re in our studio 3 days per week with flexibility on your working hours (10-4 being our core hours)
• 24 days holiday per year, on top of bank holidays with an extra day for each 2 years of service
• Annual team away days including an overnight trip
• Full health and emergency dental cover
• Structured discovery days to expand your skillset
• Pension scheme based on 5% of salary
• A company that cares about making a positive impact, offsetting our carbon footprint, donating to charities
• Team socials
• Free coffee and snacks in the office

For the kind of work we typically do, see https://uclpartners.com/ which we built from scratch; although some of our projects are at smaller scale, the site is a fair reflection of the level of complexity / subject matter we work with as a healthcare agency.

You will be working with the Digital Director, Account Director, design team and the development team. We are a tightly-knit group and encourage ideas and collaboration across departments.

You'll need to have a portfolio of work that showcases your skills and interests in design. Please make it easy for us to access this portfolio within your application. If this sounds like your kind of thing, then you're probably our kind of person.

TO APPLY

Please apply via email to our digital lead James Nash with; Portfolio, A cover letter explaining who you are, A CV. Please note that we will not be reviewing applications on LinkedIn directly or if you are missing any of the above three elements. If you want your application to stand out, write it yourself and in your own style. We don't need perfect syntax, but we do need a creative human soul.

Successful applicants will be invited to a 1-hour interview at our Central London offices. At this interview we can show you some of our work, find out more about one another, and take it from there. Candidates invited for second interview will be invited to take a design exercise remotely. We look forward to hearing from you.