UX Designer
Aykley Heads, Durham
Role
UX Designer
Salary
£30,000 - £35,000
We’re looking for a UX Designer to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to work in the fast-paced web development and digital marketing industry to deliver user-centred, innovative and results-driven solutions.
You’ll create experiences for our diverse client projects while also helping shape our new SaaS product from the ground up. This provides a unique opportunity to apply your UX expertise across varied challenges and make a significant impact on our product vision.
You will have a keen eye for detail and be passionate about creating exceptional user experiences, working alongside our developers & marketing specialists, and embracing challenges to achieve success for both our clients and our own product ambitions.
Working as part of a team at a thriving digital agency, you’ll be utilising the latest UX methodologies and tools to provide real-world solutions that enhance user satisfaction and drive business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Apply design thinking methodology to solve complex user experience challenges
- Create wireframes and user flows to effectively communicate concepts before moving to high-fidelity designs
- Conduct user research, create user personas, journey maps and information architecture to inform design decisions
- Design intuitive and accessible user interfaces using Figma, ensuring a seamless experience across various devices and platforms
- Develop and maintain design systems that ensure consistency and efficiency across client projects and our SaaS product
- Create interactive prototypes and conduct usability testing to validate design solutions
- Produce comprehensive design documentation to ensure accurate implementation by development teams
- Collaborate across functions with content creators, marketing specialists, and developers throughout the project lifecycle
- Stay current with emerging UX trends and best practices, bringing fresh perspectives to our work
- Advocate for user-centred design principles throughout the project lifecycle
- Help shape and evolve our SaaS product strategy through user-focused design and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- Professional UX design experience, preferably in an agency setting
- Strong portfolio showcasing a user-centred design process
- Experience with design thinking methodologies and wire-framing techniques
- Proficiency in UX/UI design tools including Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
- Understanding of accessibility standards and best practices
- Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing
- Knowledge of current UX trends and ability to apply them appropriately
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and collaborate effectively with team members and clients
- Self-motivated with a strong drive to learn, grow, and continually improve UX design skills and methodologies
Please include your portfolio in your CV (or a link to it). If you’d like to send us multiple documents or different formats, we also take applications on enquiries@discoverydesign.co.uk.
Perks
- 🏠 We're hybrid - giving you time to focus at home and collaborate as a team.
- 🧘♀️ We offer flexible working hours to help you find a work life balance.
- 🤝 We truly believe that collaborative working achieves the best results.
- 🏝️ We offer an enhanced holiday allowance, which grows with you.
- 🗓️ We have exciting regular team building events.
- 🌮 We bring the team together through their passion for food every month.
- 👨💻 Work on a beautiful Mac with the best software to help achieve your best work.
- 👨🏫 We provide training and actively encourage personal development.