Senior UX Designer – Leading Retailer

Senior UX Designer

Who? – A Leading Retailer

Where? – Central London

Are you a Senior level UX Designer who wants to work with one of the giants in the British retail industry?

We are looking for skilled Designers to be an integral part of a design team working on all aspects of the UCD process.

Key Responsibilities

• Help to set, review, challenge and communicate the UX design system direction
• Champion a user centered design methodology based on data and insights
• Use research and user testing to determine which features to build into the digital experience
• Design product features that generate real commercial value
• Simplify complex UX and IA problems
• Develop and maintain site maps, user flow diagrams, wireframes, component libraries, style guides, UX specifications, interaction models and prototypes
• Define and communicate any UX output to other stakeholders involved with the digital products
• Work with visual designers from the Arcadia brands to incorporate a visual or brand identity into the finished product
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the Arcadia brands, UX, development, analytics and other key teams
• Constantly develop our process and be accountable for the final output
• Keep abreast of new technology, design trends and emerging UX patterns
• Attend weekly agile ceremonies and be truly embedded in the agile squads

Skills And Knowledge

• Good understanding of digital ecommerce, UX best practices and digital technologies
• An understanding of working in a ‘Group’ culture – we are a matrix environment operating across different brands
• An excellent portfolio of UX solutions covering different platforms and services.
• A genuine passion for: UX research / testing, Information architecture, Usability, Interaction design and prototyping
• Strong attention to detail and appreciation of clean user-centered design
• Experienced in designing for multiple platforms (Desktop, Mobile & Tablet web / apps)
• Experience designing the UX for responsive and adaptive web products
• Robust knowledge of agile disciplines and the role of a UI designer in this process
• Proven ability to lead workshops and kick off sessions
• Comfortable presenting to stakeholders
• High level of competency with relevant creative tools (Sketch) and prototyping tools (e.g. Pixate, Invision App, Marvel, flinto etc)
• Highly creative with the ability to think outside the box
• Diplomatic and collaborative with a calm temperament, able to work within cross disciplinary teams
• Self motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational
• A digital design degree or equivalent qualification

Nice To Have

• Experience managing teams & mentoring designers of different experience levels
• Leading and growing teams / developing talent

To be considered for this awesome role, please click apply or get in touch with me at acummings@welovesalt.com

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