At a Glance
- Tasks: Design user-friendly digital services that make a real-world impact.
- Company: Leading product transformation consultancy with a focus on sustainability.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, flexible remote work, and impactful projects.
- Other info: Immediate start with a dynamic, collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Join a mission-driven team transforming public sector services for better user experiences.
- Qualifications: Experience in UX design, strong prototyping skills, and GDS standards knowledge.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
A leading product transformation consultancy is seeking an experienced Interaction / UX Designer to support a high-impact programme within a major UK public sector organisation. This role sits within a large-scale transformation initiative, likely aligned to the circular economy portfolio, focused on improving digital services and user outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity to work on meaningful, user-centred services that have real-world environmental and societal impact.
The Role
You will play a key role in designing intuitive, accessible, and user-centred digital services. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will help shape end-to-end user journeys, ensuring services meet both user needs and government standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver high-quality interaction and UX design solutions across digital services
- Translate user research insights into clear, effective user journeys and interaction patterns
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and design artefacts to communicate ideas and solutions
- Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, researchers, and stakeholders
- Ensure designs align with GDS (Government Digital Service) standards and best practices
- Contribute to service assessments and continuous improvement of live services
- Support the development of scalable and reusable design patterns
Key Requirements
- Proven experience as an Interaction Designer or UX Designer within digital delivery environments
- Strong experience working to GDS standards on government or public sector projects
- Ability to design end-to-end user journeys across complex services
- Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams
- Strong prototyping skills (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD or similar)
- Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
- Experience contributing to service transformation or service redesign programmes
Contract Details
- Day Rate: £400 per day (Outside IR35)
- Duration: 6 months initial contract
- Location: Manchester (onsite once every two weeks - rest remote)
- Start Date: ASAP
UX Designer in Manchester employer: Morson Edge
Join a leading product transformation consultancy that prioritises meaningful work and societal impact. With a flexible work culture that allows for remote collaboration alongside fortnightly onsite engagement in Manchester, you'll have the opportunity to grow your skills within a supportive multidisciplinary team. This role not only offers competitive pay but also the chance to contribute to high-impact projects that enhance digital services for the public sector, making it an excellent choice for those seeking rewarding employment.
