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Company

First Central · 12 hours ago

UX / UI Design Lead (12 Month FTC)

Home Office (Remote)

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

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Responsibilities

Clearly define design problems to ensure teams are aligned to a common goal and work collaboratively to realise an effective outcome.

Understand user’s needs, business objectives and constraints to kick start the ideation process in the right direction, bringing about clarity and focus to the design.

Information Architecture (IA) expertise – able to define the structure, organise and label the content of a web page, in a sustainable and effective way that ensures users can find information and complete tasks with ease.

Produce prototypes and interactive design assets of varying fidelity to capture design concepts and test on users, continuously refining until ready for business/brand to launch with customers

Lean UX expertise, able to lead collaborative process (such as a Design Sprint) with a large group of stakeholders to help team focus on “value” and kill features to define “MVP”

UX copywriting to a limited degree only to support basic concept mock-ups/prototypes or to add copy provided by others into designs

Conduct observational user research to understand user behaviours, needs and motivations and other feedback methodologies to improve the usability and guide design

Maintain and add to a design system to improve the efficiency of the design process and assets for other stakeholders (e.g., business analysts, developers and future UX/design colleagues)

Product knowledge – building an in depth understanding of the insurance industry, the market and competitors as well as the product you are working on at any given time.

Support UX workshops in collaboration with stakeholders to identify and solve problems to feed into the UX design process

Conduct user research using various methodologies like user interviews, focus groups or prototype usability testing

Able to produce accessibility-friendly design and carry out accessibility testing and auditing

Support and help mentor junior members of the team

Qualification

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User Experience DesignInformation ArchitecturePrototypingUser ResearchUX Tools FigmaUX Tools SketchUX Tools InvisionLean UXUX CopywritingAccessibility DesignStakeholder ManagementGreat CommunicatorAnalytical Thought ProcessCurious MindProject ManagementStrategic Thinking

Required

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Empathy

Clearly define design problems to ensure teams are aligned to a common goal and work collaboratively to realise an effective outcome.

Understand user’s needs, business objectives and constraints to kick start the ideation process in the right direction, bringing about clarity and focus to the design.

Produce prototypes and interactive design assets of varying fidelity to capture design concepts and test on users, continuously refining until ready for business/brand to launch with customers

Lean UX expertise, able to lead collaborative process (such as a Design Sprint) with a large group of stakeholders to help team focus on 'value' and kill features to define 'MVP'

UX copywriting to a limited degree only to support basic concept mock-ups/prototypes or to add copy provided by others into designs

Conduct observational user research to understand user behaviours, needs and motivations and other feedback methodologies to improve the usability and guide design

Maintain and add to a design system to improve the efficiency of the design process and assets for other stakeholders (e.g., business analysts, developers and future UX/design colleagues)

Product knowledge – building an in depth understanding of the insurance industry, the market and competitors as well as the product you are working on at any given time.

Support UX workshops in collaboration with stakeholders to identify and solve problems to feed into the UX design process

Conduct user research using various methodologies like user interviews, focus groups or prototype usability testing

Able to produce accessibility-friendly design and carry out accessibility testing and auditing

Support and help mentor junior members of the team

Proven track record of success in a senior UX role

A portfolio of high quality UX work

Understanding of regulatory environment and requirements (e.g., FCA and ASA).

Knowledge of car insurance, home insurance and motor telematics insurance across direct and Price Comparison Website channels highly desirable, but not required

Someone that lives and breathes user experience, keeps up to date with the latest and best practices in UX

Expert use of UX tools and platforms such as Figma, Sketch and Invision

Passionate about creating an outstanding user experience for customers

Ability to work in a fast paced, agile environment – providing UX solutions at pace

Influencing and negotiating skills

Passionate about putting the customer at the centre of all activity

Commercially aware and driven with a mentality to deliver results

Highly collaborative with excellent stakeholder management skills

Fantastic communication skills

Project management, time management and coordination skills

Critical thinking and problem solving

Strategic thinking