UX Researcher – Up to £75,000

MY CLIENT:

• One of the world’s leading brands in high-service electronics components and technology products distribution.
• Over 80 years of history and a part of that success is because they put people at heart and center of everything they do.
• Earlier this year, they embarked on an Agile transformation journey, standing up multiple cross-functional scrum teams who are all committed to building products that their customers will love.
• They are also moving to modern cloud based architecture and a true DevOps mindset to make sure they give a great experience to their suppliers and customers at any moment of the day.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You can clearly synthesize abstract ideas into tangible solutions for design and you are passionate about problem solving through design. You have a strong sense of ownership and are the advocate for the end user, always solving for them to have the best experience possible.
• You embrace a Design Thinking working environment
• You are skilled in presenting research/insights/designs back to large audiences and senior stakeholders.

More specifically:

• You have 3+ years of experience working in digital product design teams
• You have deep expertise in at least 2 of the following: User Research, UX Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design
• You are able to plan, conduct, and synthesize user research and usability testing
• You are highly skilled at creating interaction design solutions for desktop, web and mobile applications
• You have strong visual design skills, are able to create compelling, branded, high-fidelity product screens and are familiar working with design systems that consistently scale across platforms

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• As a Product Design Specialist, you will be responsible for a set of activities including: conducting initial user research, driving a solution vision based on business and user insights, designing desirable and intuitive multi-channel experiences, developing wireframes and visual designs, and iteratively validating solutions with users.
• You will conduct user research to discover insights, define user personas, and map user journeys
• You will create distinctive, branded digital experiences that are desirable and consistent across multiple platforms, devices and channels
• Champion & embrace a Design Thinking working environment
• Present research/insights/designs back to large audiences and senior stakeholders.
• You will develop new product concepts, storyboards, detailed interaction designs and screen flows, and prototypes to clearly articulate solutions
• You will create compelling visual designs that align to Farnell’s brand standards and conduct concept and usability testing to iteratively validate and improve design solutions
• You will actively collaborate as part of an Agile team to ensure designs are feasible and implemented accurately

To be considered for this role, please click “Apply”