This role ticks multiple boxes for those at junior-mid level. Meaningful work (tick!) / Working with existing UX & Design team (tick!) / Further profile development (tick!) / Well known brand for the CV (tick!) / Friendly and professional culture (tick!). How many more ticks do you need!?!
The client
If you’ve ever wanted to work for a company that provides a truly meaningful service, then this one’s for you. This company benefits children and schools all over the world. They are looking for a keen and collaborative UX/UI Designer to join their Design and Development team as they embark upon a major international platform upgrade. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the education of children and to gain experience in developing high impact functionality for multiple languages.
You’d also be working in conjunction with:
- Design & Development team
- Editorial team
- Production Manager
- Scrum Master
- International design and UX teams
The role
They need a UX/UI Designer dedicated to;
- Architecting user interfaces that are clear, intuitive and consistent through a strong understanding of user interface (UI) principles
- Interpreting user needs, through a strong understanding of user experience (UX) principles, and proposing solutions to meet them through sketching, wireframes and prototypes
- Engaging learners through lively, age-appropriate and creative designs
Main duties and responsibilities;
- Architecting user-centric UI solutions through prototypes, wireframes and visual designs to enable users to achieve desired goals
- Designing flexible, template-orientated and data-driven components for large scale, media-rich and multilingual sites/services
- Interpreting feedback from user testing
- Designing for print, mobile and the responsive web
- Presenting ideas and justifications back to stakeholders
- Working closely with developers to ensure solutions are scalable, accessible and usable
- Bringing to bear knowledge of the latest technologies, frameworks and methodologies
- Promoting best UX and design practice
The candidate
Experience
- Prior experience as UX/UI designer in previous position(s). Or as a more focussed UX designer with some capability of UI deliverables
- Prior development or coding experience would be a bonus
- Any experience designing for children or within education would also be a big bonus
If this sounds of interest and suits your experience, then please send your CV and portfolio to me ASAP to stand the best chance of getting an interview!
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