UX/UI Designer

Hours: Full-time - 40 hours per week
Salary: £30-35k DOE

About the Role:

Are you the next UX / UI Designer? Our client is looking for someone to join their UX team, to ensure their brand resonates through every touchpoint of their customer shopping journey. A UX / UI Designer's mission is to create aesthetically pleasing and seamless experiences that align with their values and ambitions.

You will join a dynamic and fast-paced environment and work with cross-functional teams to design, build and roll-out products that deliver the company's vision and strategy. You will be responsible for the digital presence, brand display, e-commerce platforms, and champion the customer by making consistent improvements to the user journey.

Experience in a start-up company or e-commerce is preferred, along with a passion for and appreciation of luxury brands and/or interior design.

Duties:

1. Gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements and building navigation components.
2. Work with brand ambassadors, product development, marketing and other departments of the business to develop the digital brand.
3. Create digital assets for software developers to build online interfaces.
4. Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.
5. Develop UI mock-ups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like.
6. Create original graphic designs.
7. Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders.
8. Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (heuristic, hierarchy, consistency, responsiveness).
9. Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback.
10. Adhere to style standards on fonts, colours and images.
11. Create and develop our design system.
12. Ultimately, you will create both functional and appealing experiences that address the customers' needs and help the company grow.

Skills and Experience:

1. To be successful in this role, you should have experience with designing mobile and web interfaces.
2. You must have experience in using design software to collaborate with software developers (Adobe XD or Figma).
3. Created prototypes and wireframe tools, low and high-fidelity clickable simulations.
4. Conducted user interviews and usability research.
5. Candidates who have a portfolio of professional design projects that includes work with web/mobile applications preferred.
6. Ideally a background in online/e-commerce, furniture, homewares, home décor or similar industry is highly preferred.

What We Offer:

1. 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
2. Competitive starting salary
3. Staff discounts
4. Health cover and rewards
5. Free onsite parking
6. Pension