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Mastek (UK) Ltd
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Corsham, Wiltshire
User-Experience (UX) Designer
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Job Description
SC Cleared Candidates Only A good UX designer must have empathy for the user, a deep understanding of user-centered design (UCD) and strong analytical abilities. They must have an understanding of technical limitations as well as business strategies and goals, backed by a knowledge of different technologies. UX designers conduct user research, interviews and surveys, and use the information to create sitemaps, customer journey maps, wire frames, and prototypes. A user-experience (UX) designer must have a clear understanding of business goals and user behavior, and be proficient in a wide variety of skills, ranging from psychology to design and technology. In order to identify a great UX designer, it is necessary to employ an effective recruiting process that covers strategy and content, user research, wire-framing and prototyping, user-testing and analytics, along with the usual set of requirements that will ensure the candidate is a good fit for your organization and your particular project. While filtering out designers lacking in UX experience by summarizing the difference between UX and UI design, it is important that UX design job descriptions and job ads clearly reflect your particular needs. Responsibilities * Translate concepts into user flows, wire-frames, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences. * Facilitate the clients product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products. * Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces. * Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions. * Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features. * Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs. * Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders. * Ask smart questions, take risks and champion new ideas. Requirements * Three or more years of UX design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments. * Expertise in standard UX software such as Sketch, XD, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer, and the like is a must. As well as a good understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Knowledge of the GOV.UK Design System is a plus. * Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision. * Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of responsive design. * A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns. * Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently. * Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients. * A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking. * Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications. * Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval. * Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design. * Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism. * Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industrys latest trends and technologies.