Senior User Experience Designer

Senior User Experience Designer

£70,000 to £80,000

Full time

Permanent

London Office

Dynamic Working; mix of home and office

"Reed.co.uk is one of the UK's leading recruiters, with web and app experiences used by over 11 million users per month. We are now recruiting for a Senior Product Designer with strong UX Experience to really own their product, and place Reed.co.uk's digital experiences and journeys ahead of the market. If you are looking to join a renowned brand, working across both B2C and B2B, read on."

You will be joining a growing team of talented, enthusiastic and motivated designers and researchers. User Centred Design is at the heart of everything we do. Working within an agile, cross-functional, product team, you will deliverbest-in-class solutions across multi-device platforms.

Key Responsibilities / What you'll do:

• Own the delivery of elegant solutions for Reed.co.uk products - from early discovery and exploration through to pixel-perfect designs, always iterating, and looking to improve the experience.
• Research constantly with users, translating qualitative and quantitative findings into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Solve complicated architecture and business problems, collaborating with stakeholders across the business
• Contribute to and help maintain the Reed.co.uk Design System, creating compelling, re-usable design patterns.
• Lead regular UX workshops, reviews and other team-wide design efforts
• As a Senior member of the Design Team, mentor more junior team members, and champion user-centricity and a culture of design excellence within Reed.co.uk.

Your skills and qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing for responsive web and native apps in a business context, with a strong portfolio to back it up.
• Expertise in user research, information architecture, wire-framing, prototyping, and accessibility standards.
• Excellent typography, iconography, colour and layout skills, using Figma and other relevant design tools.
• A strong influencer, confident supporting and challenging requirements, briefs and assumptions.
• Experience collaborating with teams of product managers, engineers, researchers and designers throughout the product development process
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and analytical skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and relentless attention to detail

Here are some of the great benefits we offer everyone working at Reed.co.uk:

• Flexible working as standard (including remote working options 3 days week and flexible working hours)
• 10% weekly personal development time
• Regular hack days with rewards for prize winners
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible holiday scheme (buy, sell and carry over your holiday)
• Paid time off to move home
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• Insurance benefits including life assurance
• Discount scheme including gyms and popular retailers
• Range of wellbeing and mental health support avenues
• Newly refurbished office in an amazing location, with countless bars, restaurants and theatres right on the doorstep

A digital design portfolio is required when we are considering appliactions. (When showcasing group work, please specify your personal contribution to the project.)