Zaizi is looking for a UX/UI Designer to work in a delivery-focused, agile environment, working with government clients. You’ll be managing and mentoring other User Experience Designers and getting hands-on to define and oversee the creation of prototypes and other user-centred design artefacts that will help to understand user motivations, context and behaviour, processes and services, around end-to-end user journeys.
At Zaizi, a UX/UI Designer will work within a multidisciplinary team and is responsible for planning, defining and overseeing user-centred design activities. You will work closely with Product Managers, Solution Architects, Designers, Developers and testers to ensure their user-centred design outcomes are understood and inform continuing activities.
These are the expected objectives for this role:
* Expert knowledge and experience of user interfaces such as Figma.
* Communicate and evangelise user needs to the team and wider stakeholders.
* Create prototypes to feed into development.
* Work with team members to design and conduct workshops.
* Build relationships with clients and stakeholders.
* Able to elicit requirements from ambiguous user needs.
* Be the go-to person in this area of expertise.
* Provide guidance and best practice on accessible design.
You will oversee and support the creation of workshops, prototypes and other design artefacts to inform decision making and drive actions. You will help to define the user-centred design approaches and methodologies for projects and initiatives and assist with the planning of user-experience activities.
Core skills & competencies:
* Experience with a range of user-centred design and service design techniques and practices.
* Able to break down designs and communicate them to developers and testers.
* Excellent knowledge and experience of prototyping and interaction design.
* Setting design objectives and choosing appropriate tools and techniques.
* The ability to plan user-centred design activities and define protocols.
* Theming and synthesis outputs from raw research to produce strategic insights.
* Communicating information to stakeholders and your team.
* Being able to work in an agile and flexible way across a number of agile projects.
SC Clearance:
Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction, we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.
Interview Process:
1. Initial phone screening done by a member of the recruitment team.
2. Technical interview, this stage evaluates your technical expertise and problem-solving abilities, especially if you're applying for a technical role.
3. 10-15 min presentation and a panel interview where multiple people from different departments ask you questions.
Benefits:
* 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays.
* Vitality medical insurance.
* Workplace Pension 5% employer contribution.
* Group Life Assurance.
* Cyclescheme.
* 5 days a year for approved Training.
* WFH equipment allowance.
* Buy/Sell Holiday.
* 2 days paid volunteering days.
* Flexible working.
* Work on exciting projects - make a difference.
* Empowered to make decisions.
* Encouraged to fail fast and learn quickly.
For further information contact: Talentteam@zaizi.com
Nat Hinds - Head of Talent
Kayla Kirby - Talent Acquisition Specialist
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