This independent software company based in central Bristol, has an excellent reputation for both their efficiency and productivity boosting product suite and their approach to client care. The team is made up of people who aspire to high performance and continuous improvement of themselves and the business - and that’s what they are looking for from you.
Their company values are at the heart of what all of their employees do day to day and they want to work with people with whom these values resonate. Within your role you will be expected to work inter-dependently, taking responsibility for your own success and that of the company - whilst being part of high challenge and high support company culture with a busy social life and corporate social responsibility agenda.
UI/UX Designers are responsible for delivering the best online user experience, gathering user requirements, designing graphic elements and building navigation components. You will be working alongside the Development team to design and enhance their software.
Responsible for:
- Conducting user research and evaluate user feedback
- Presenting designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
- Designing accessible graphical user interface elements
Primary Objectives:
- Collaborate with the Head of Product and the Product Owner to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience
- Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, SVG images, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
- Adhere to style standards on fonts, colours and images
- Conduct usability tests and identify and troubleshoot UI/UX problems
- Creating and implementing interaction models, user flows, and user interface specifications
Skills and Experience:
- Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
- Have experience performing usability research and carrying out user interviews
- Experience of working in a SCRUM team and agile process
- A portfolio demonstrating your previous work
- Graphic Design skills including the creation of vector images
- Experience with wireframing and design tools e.g. Axure, Visio, Photoshop
- Knowledge of WCAG
- Experience in designing to WCAG AA standard
Person Specification
- Ability to proactively collaborate and communicate with other members of a team
- Ability to think creatively and offer solutions to issues and impediments
- Tenacious approach to problem solving
- Confident with ability to present ideas and opinions in a constructive manner
- Desire to share knowledge, develop and mentor junior members of staff
- Keen interest in new technologies
- Strong organization and planning skills, which help you to efficiently plan and implement your changes.