Overview
Would you like to help enrich the lives of learners around the world?
At RM, we’ve been pioneers of education technology since 1973. We provide technology and resources to the education sector, supporting over 10 million students worldwide. We work with over 28,000 schools, nurseries, and education trusts in 115 countries to deliver customer-centric solutions that improve education outcomes.
What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification; we partner with schools, examination boards, central governments and other professional institutions to enrich the lives of learners.
RM Group operates through three businesses: Technology (Managed Services, Software and Infrastructure for Schools), Assessment (Software and Services) and TTS (Educational Resources).
Within the assessment market we are experts in providing solutions for online exam testing and marking and the management and analysis of educational data. We work with government ministries, exam boards and professional awarding bodies for high stakes assessment such as GCSEs, A Levels, and professional qualifications. Each year, our software is used globally to conduct hundreds of thousands of on-screen tests and to mark millions of paper-based scripts. For over a decade we have been partnering with the world’s leading awarding bodies to deliver intuitive, secure, and reliable e-marking solutions.
Visit our website to find out more: www.rm.com/assessment
This role is hybrid, 1 day in the office per week. Plus monthly in-person workshops in Abingdon head office, and occasional travel for user research and customer workshops.
We are looking for a Service Designer to drive and connect all Service Design activities across our core product portfolio.
You will be part of a Design Team where you can expect to access and get the support from other specialists (e.g. user researchers) and similarly, you will be expected to have the versatility and adaptability to support on UX projects as needed.
You understand the principles of continuous discovery and systems thinking, are comfortable with ambiguity, and have a strong bias for action. You actively seek out opportunities to conduct user research and gather data at all stages of the design process. You are known for your initiative, pragmatic approach to design, and expertise in balancing user needs with business objectives.
You will execute hands-on design for one or more work programmes, propositions or innovation projects. You will advocate for and work to the design strategy across our digital assessment portfolio. You will think about how to improve the end-to-end service experience in our current product portfolio and how we design customer journeys that link across our digital assessment portfolio in the current and future states.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, support teams, account teams, etc. to support them across all stages of the design process. You are an expert in workshop facilitation and working with customers and stakeholders to get strategic alignment, bring clarity, and drive impact.
You will report directly to the Lead Designer and work closely with them to implement the design strategy.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to be part of an ambitious, purpose-led company looking to transform learning and assessment.
Responsibilities
• Develop and implement comprehensive service design strategies aligned with business objectives and client needs
• Conduct service design activities to scope, plan, co-design, and execute on new service offerings.
• Plan and conduct user research and evaluation activities, turning raw research data into insights.
• Lead the design and prototyping of ideas and solutions.
• Work directly with customers and users to understand their needs and translate them into tangible solutions.
• Facilitate and lead workshops.
• Produce design assets such as service blueprints, user journeys, workflows, personas, and prototypes – and know which ones are right for the job.
• Engage with stakeholders to inform your design and to advocate for the value of great user experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Be an active member of the design community, sharing best practices and tools with the team and wider business.
Experience
You have proven experience working as a service designer within cross-functional teams, taking a user-centric approach to design and collaborating effectively to build high-quality services that wrap around digital products.
Service design excellence
* Solid experience in service design, preferably in large-scale, complex environments.
* Proven track record of stakeholder management in multi-faceted projects.
* Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.
* Proficiency in service design tools and methodologies
* Laser focus on user centricity – you enjoy working directly with customers and users, and actively seek opportunities to do so.
* Demonstrated experience in bringing stakeholders together in a complex environment (at an enterprise level would be highly regarded).
* Expertise in planning and facilitating workshops
* Proficiency in user research and prototyping methodologies.
* Understand and use recognised design processes in your work, such as the Design Council double diamond, and can contribute on all stages.
* Pragmatic approach to delivering business outcomes while designing for user needs.
* Ability to communicate outputs from service design activities in formats such as design artefacts (see above), insights reports, concept maps, storyboards, and roadmaps.
* Champion for inclusive design.
Ownership of design
* Experience in scoping and outlining approaches to projects – can provide realistic time/scope/risk estimates for a project, define artefacts and milestones
* Comfortable leading on design activities across a range of different projects and with a high level of autonomy.
* Proven experience adapting design approach to different project contexts.
* Apply design metrics and interpret data to gauge if service goals and objectives are being met.
* Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
* Able to work autonomously and proactively manage your workload.
Communication skills
* Demonstrated ability to articulate the value you brought into different projects in your portfolio, both from a user satisfaction and a business performance outcome.
* Able to communicate the rationale, value, and next steps of designs.
* Experience in presenting work – both verbally and written - at various stages of the design process to different levels within an organisation, and to non-design stakeholders. Must be able to convey complex information clearly.
* Produce quality designs to communicate ideas, concepts, and solutions.
* Can solicit, receive, and action feedback.
Collaborative, strategic approach
* Proactively engage with internal stakeholders, teams and customers.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate complex organisational structures.
* Adaptability and resilience in the face of changing project requirements.
* Strategic thinker with a knack for aligning design decisions with business objectives.
This Is The Role For You If:
* You enjoy driving initiatives forward and persistently advocating for design-led approaches.
* You are pragmatic, and are willing to compromise on or adapt your designs to meet business needs.
* You want to shape the role and its impact, rather than work within clearly defined parameters.
* You prefer working on long-term projects with cumulative impact.
* You're comfortable with ambiguity and frequent changes in project scope.
* You have experience in and enthusiasm for large-scale, complex service design projects.
What’s in it for you?
At RM we have My Work Blend @RM which provides office-based colleagues with multi location and hybrid working options. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process.
As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available, some roles are also eligible for a performance-related bonus. There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign up for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM.
To better reflect the society that we serve, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. To achieve this, we create teams of talented people from different backgrounds and experiences and strive to be a business where our people can bring their whole selves to work, we also want to make the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us at recruitment@rm.com.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
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