UX Designer

£40,000 – £45,000 10%

Location: United Kingdom (County Antrim – Belfast, County Antrim) Type: Permanent Skills: UX, User Experience, Figma, Wireframe, Android Design

Job Title: UX Designer

Location: Fully Remote (Occasional Travel to Head Office in Canada)

Company: Leading Provider of Technology Solutions in Education and Learning

Salary: Up to £45,000 + package

About Us: This company is at the forefront of transforming education with our innovative technology solutions. We deliver a comprehensive suite of software, hardware, training, and services designed to enhance interactive learning experiences. Our mission is to empower educators and learners by providing cutting-edge tools that make education more engaging and effective.

Job Description: We are looking for a UX Designer to join our talented UX team and create engaging, interactive experiences that push the boundaries of how we learn, share, and engage. Reporting to the Manager, User Experience, you will be responsible for creating design specifications, wireframes, and high-fidelity concepts for the software platform with a focus on delivering a positive customer experience. You will work closely with our Product Management, Product Development, and User Research teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of a major software product or cross-product design initiative.
• Work with Product Management to define product requirements, drive alignment efforts around user needs, and advocate for the prioritization of features that benefit our users.
• Plan user research in advance and drive research results into product designs and roadmaps.
• Create design specifications for development teams and collaborate on design adjustments during implementation.
• Compellingly communicate the user experience at various stages of the design process with wireframes, flow diagrams, storyboards, mockups, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs.
• Execute design work with a high standard for quality within time and technical constraints amid competing priorities and ambiguous situations.
• Lead the improvement of user experience methodologies and processes.
• Mentor team members and develop processes for effective design practice.
• Participate in the development process from definition, through design, build, test, release, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with multiple teams, designing for cross-platform foundational features.

Qualifications:

• Strong portfolio of design work showing how you've solved problems for the user, preferably for Android-based platforms.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree with a focus on human-computer interaction, user interface design, human factors, visual design, industrial design, or related area.
• 4+ years of working experience in user experience design, product design, or interaction design.
• Excellent knowledge of user-centred design methodologies, including depth in at least two interaction models and platforms.
• Experience designing for embedded Android platforms and products, and integration with the Google ecosystem for education.
• Experience and deep understanding of Google's Material design and Android design guidelines.
• Strong ownership of each of your product areas; ability to work independently in a fast-paced work environment.
• Expertise with design and prototyping tools and applications (Figma preferred).
• Demonstrated experience in being able to evolve and innovate design processes.
• Strong command of all aspects and levels of interaction/UX design from information architecture to systems and workflows to micro-interactions.
• Deep knowledge of user research and various usability validation methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills, including written and oral presentation skills.
• Intensely curious, creatively inclined, technically accomplished.
• Self-starter with strong prioritization, organization, and process optimization skills.
• Strong time management skills and ability to work with little to no supervision.
• A positive and resilient personality; able to embrace feedback and have a desire for continuous iteration and improvement.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects of varying timelines, complexity, and scope.
• Experience with agile development processes is a plus.

Job Title: UX Designer

Location: Fully Remote (Occasional Travel to Head Office in Canada)

Company: Leading Provider of Technology Solutions in Education and Learning

Salary: Up to £45,000 + package

Reference: AMC/JMR/UXD