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Interaction Designer - Must Have Active SC - 6 Months - Remote

Stealth IT Consulting

United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Full time

20 days ago

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Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Interaction/UX Designer to create engaging user experiences for government projects. In this role, you will develop prototypes, wireframes, and interactive designs while collaborating with diverse teams to ensure usability across platforms. Your expertise in user-centered design and accessibility will be crucial in addressing user needs and enhancing service delivery. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the effectiveness of public services, and help shape the future of user interaction in the digital space.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in government projects and user-centered design.
  • Strong ability to communicate and collaborate with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

  • Create prototypes and wireframes for user-centered designs.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and iterate designs.

Skills

Rapid Design Iteration
User-Centered Design
Effective Communication
Information Architecture
Prototyping in Code
Agile Methodology
Accessibility Standards
User Research Engagement

Tools

Sketch
Invision Studio
Balsamiq
Axure
GOV.UK Prototype Kit

Job description

Rate: £550 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote
Clearance: Active SC Required

Must Have Government Experience

As an Interaction/UX Designer, you will:
  1. Create prototypes, wireframes, mock-ups, workflows, user flows, site maps, and storyboards, as well as interactive design, graphic design, and information architecture.
  2. Be proficient with tools such as Sketch, Invision Studio, Balsamiq, Axure, and GOV.UK Prototype Kit.
  3. Interpret evidence-based research, identify user issues/pain points and important needs, engage with websites, platforms, and services, and incorporate findings into your work.
  4. Understand usability issues of a diverse population and develop ways of engaging those users.
  5. Design a consistent user experience across mobile devices and desktop platforms.
  6. Collaborate with user researchers and content designers to test, iterate, and launch products and services that satisfy stakeholders.
  7. Liaise with Product Owners and Stakeholders to clarify requirements.
  8. Work with Business Analysts on refining and updating designs aligned with business requirements.
  9. Liaise with development teams to clarify the feasibility of a design and ensure the UX solution is correctly transitioned into development.
Skills We Can't Do Without:
  1. Ability to iterate on designs rapidly and devise multiple variant concepts for testing.
  2. Develop interaction design and user interface to meet user needs and accessibility standards.
  3. In-depth knowledge and experience in user-centred design approach.
  4. Communicate effectively across organisational and technical boundaries, understanding the context.
  5. Identify needs and engage with users or stakeholders to collate user needs evidence, using quantitative and qualitative data to turn user focus into outcomes.
  6. Deliver information architecture, user journeys, task models, user flows, site flows, sketches, wireframes, and prototypes.
  7. Prototype in code, understanding security, accessibility, and version control.
  8. Knowledge of agile methodology and the ability to apply an agile mindset to your work.
  9. Understand the importance of team dynamics, collaboration, and the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
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