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Description

Shipping is the trillion-dollar industry that people rarely talk about. It’s big, complex, cumbersome and fraught with legacy, which means it’s ripe for disruption and Zencargo are uniquely positioned to capitalise on this opportunity.

Our digital platform provides a central place for teams to gain deep operational and strategic insight into their supply chain. Through visibility down to the individual product level, our platform flags risks early in the supply chain to allow for business leaders to react and make informed decisions. This helps us deliver against our mission of making our customers’ supply chain their competitive advantage.

The combination of our vision, people and technology has placed us in Sunday times tech track 100 ‘ones to watch’, were awarded us the prestigious BIFA supply chain management award and are proud to be a part of the Tech Nation Upscale 5.0 cohort.

Our values

• We accelerate learning - Whether it’s the research-led projects we embark or your own personal growth, learning is at the heart of Zencargo
• ** We’re strategic** - Every great result starts with a great plan
• ** We take ownership** - We take initiative and do not blame others
• We build trust- We build meaningful relationships and support each other to deliver
• We are outcome-oriented - We focus on delivering a great product and service to help meet our customers needs

Having the right values is really important to us at Zencargo. If these values chime with you, we’d love to meet you.

The role

Customers are at the heart of everything we do and every decision we make. That’s why we’re looking looking for an UX Researcher with a broad range experience in planning and conducting research at all levels. We’re looking for someone who is self-motivated, collaborative and passionate about research.

Supply chain’s are naturally complex with many different user types from around the world interacting with each other. We’re looking for a researcher that can help us deepen understanding of this interesting space we operate in and especially the needs of the players in the process.

Responsibilities include:

• Working on generative and evaluative research in multiple product areas, empowering our teams to make customer-centric decisions throughout all phases of the product development process.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the business to gain a deep understanding of their research needs, generate hypotheses and autonomously plan for high-impact research.
• Conducting research initiatives making use of the most appropriate methodologies and tools.
• Organising research sessions, including working with the team on solutions to recruit and schedule users to speak with.
• Delivering insights in effective and impactful ways (user journeys, personas, ideation stimuli, etc), ensuring they’re easily understood and actionable. You’ll look for ways to effectively share these insights throughout the business.
• Working with the team to help others run their own research initiatives and achieve more impactful results.

Requirements

• Presents a broad range of experience including generative and evaluative research, lab and field, qualitative and quantitative methodologies (including synthesis of both).
• Belief in presenting your research as actionable insights and challenges for the team to work towards, and not a list of recommendations.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Comfortable liaising at all levels within the business. Effective in seeking out, building and maintaining trusting relationships with key stakeholders across the business.
• An organised, autonomous and self-directed approach.
• Effective and compelling communicator with the ability to distill and present research findings clearly, accurately and compellingly.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and a pension scheme
• Internationally diverse, sociable, dynamic team with a clear vision and strategy
• 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays
• We offer flexible working, including parent-friendly working hours, flexible hours, working from home days. We value output over face time. You’re free to work however you work best.
• £500 annual self-development budget for conferences and trainings - learning is important to us
• Excellent maternity and paternity packages.
• Fast paced environment with lots of room for creative freedom
• Once in a lifetime opportunity to change one of the biggest industries in the world
• Regular company socials.
• Weekly Yoga and discounts at local gyms
• Cycle to work scheme
• Nursery salary saving

Our team

Founded in 2017, there are now over 90 of us. Our team comes from all walks of life, and we welcome diverse voices and views to help us solve problems in the industry in a fresh way. Our Operational and Commercial teams are experts in logistics, freight forwarding and growing a business and our Product and Engineering team have experience in international B2B marketplaces, disruptive communication platforms, running product development agencies and financial products.

Our founding team of Alex Hersham, Jan Reithmayer and Richard Fattal have wide ranging experience in the shipping and logistics industry, financial services, machine learning and online platform business. They came together to launch Zencargo in 2017 and since then have overseen rapid growth scaling a team across Europe, working with fast-growing businesses - we work with 30% of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies in the UK - as well as enterprise customers.

Our backing

Zencargo raised a large Series A earlier this year and the team expanded to 90 people. We’re backed by some of Europe’s leading Venture capital firms, Local Globe (Transferwise, Zoopla, Citymapper), HV Holtzbrinck Ventures (Zalando, Rocket Internet), Picus Capital (founded by Alex Samwer who co-founded Rocket Internet) and Samos Investments (Betfair, Ocado, Charlotte Tilbury).

What to expect from the application process

1. 20-30 min phone call - To find out more about you and for us to tell you about the role

2. 60 min value interview - 30 mins is spent asking you questions to see if our values align - these are the same set of questions we would ask anyone joining, regardless of role or seniority - and 30 mins for you to ask any questions about the business and our culture

3. 90 min competence interview to talk about your approach

4. Optional step: In-person whiteboarding session - We don’t do take home challenges but we may invite you in for an in-person (or virtual) whiteboarding session and we would keep this to 60-90 mins

5. 60-90 mins to meet the Senior Team - A great chance to ask the ins and outs of the business and our aspirations.

6. Get hired!

A fair chance

Every role in the Zencargo team is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the superpowers and potential of everyone, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other difference that makes you, you.More than just encouraging your application, we’re committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope and intend) cultivates an environment of belonging. We open our doors to those who share these motivations.

Who we are:

We are reinventing personal communication for the digital era.

TouchNote is a creative platform that lets people send custom-made cards, straight from their phone to those they love anywhere in the world. Our easy to use app has helped people nurture their most meaningful relationships over 15 million times and was awarded the Good Web Guide’s App of the Year 2018.

We are a team of passionate and creative individuals trying to make a difference. We’re proud to offer a highly collaborative, solution-focused environment that celebrates diversity and has been listed in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 and The Financial Times Future 100 UK.

The role:

We are looking for a talented mid-level Product Designer to help shape the future of our product experience here at TouchNote.

Sitting in the product team and reporting directly to the Head of Design, you’ll work extensively with product, growth and our engineering team to understand our user base, and work to improve business needs, related requirements and technical constraints.

About you:

• You’re always on top of the latest design trends, ambassador of Apple Humans guidelines and Google Material design and a good understanding of transitions and haptic feedback.
• You’re a quick learner, always open-minded and curious, and eager to learn new skills.
• You have a keen interest and knowledge of gamification and the user onboarding process.
• You’ve got a can-do attitude, have a proactive approach to your work, are autonomous and take ownership of your work; a perfectionist and are used to working in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• You’re a driven designer and have a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in delivering both UX & UI design, including experience in mobile and native applications.
• You’ve got proven mobile design and proven UI experience on mobile app design and web: working with sketches, prototypes, wireframes, user flows and UI interactions.
• Your portfolio is full of beautiful, well thought out interface work that showcases your flair and attention-to-detail. It includes examples of mobile and app products you have worked on (iOS and Android)
• You’ve used Figma and are an Adobe Creative Cloud expert (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects).

Benefits

• Company laptop (Mac or PC - you choose!)
• Choice of wellbeing benefits which include Private Medical Insurance and/or a gym membership
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Friday drinks
• Team lunches
• Team socials every month
• Free TouchNote credits to use our product!

*This is a full-time role based in our London Office.

Office hours: 9 AM - 6 PM (Mon - Fri)

Salary based on experience

Who we are

Graphite is a digital customer experience agency based on the seafront in Brighton usually (but working remotely for the time being). The work we do combines the best of digital strategy, design, technology and innovation in order to create engaging digital products for some of the World’s most recognised and influential organisations.

Our vision is to create exceptional digital customer experiences that deliver value and impact quickly, and enable positive change as a result of who we are and the way we work - and this vision means we look for people who are inspired, take initiative, great at collaborating, and pursue excellence in their work. Sound like you? Read on!

The Role

You will be responsible for leading design on one of our key Pharma accounts. You will be in constant interaction with other departments and clients. Your work will be outcome-focused, user-centred and data-informed. You will share your work early and often, seeking feedback from across the board and take part in design reviews. You will be part of a talented team of Designers, Researchers, Developers, Account Managers and Project Managers.

You will be responsible for presenting your work to high-level client stakeholders and make them see the positive impact of your designs. You will facilitate and lead various design and UX workshops. You will also be planning your work, creating compiling design visions for our clients, estimating tasks and communicating those to the rest of the team.

Your Manager will help you achieve your goals and enable you to create your best work. You will have regular 1-2-1 sessions and training budget to make sure you get the best out of your time at Graphite.

## Your responsibilities Please apply even if you only have experience of 5 out of 8 criteria

1. Create, iterate, communicate and own a product design strategy that is anchored in user and business needs.
2. Maintaining and growing our design system for this key account.
3. Communicating your design approach and ROI of your work to clients, involving key stakeholders along the way to make them feel engaged.
4. Communicating and improving your design process (Design direction and strategy, research, UX, UI, Design Ops, planning workshops, etc…)
5. Leading and planning Design workshops
6. Working with researchers and developers to refine the final product.
7. Planning BAU tasks with the project manager and product designer
8. Participating with the design community at large

Skills Required

Please apply even if you only have experience 6 out of 9 criteria

1. You have worked within regulated sectors such as Pharma, Healthcare, Banking or Insurance.
2. Sketch experience is a must.
3. Managing and developing design systems.
4. Strong understanding of UX and have worked with researchers (Design Strategy, User Journey Mapping, Personas, User-Centred Canvas, User interviews, etc…)
5. You are able to recognise and actions on pain points and opportunities within customer journeys to fulfil user and business needs.
6. You have facilitated multiple workshops and are comfortable adapting the framework to the business needs.
7. You have a good understanding of Design Thinking and Design sprints.
8. You have worked in an Agile environment.
9. You have experience presenting your work to clients and leading client meetings.
10. Desirable but not essential: You have worked with remote teams (Most of our clients’ team are remote)
11. Desirable but not essential: Experience managing multidisciplinary teams (UX designers, UI designers, Researchers)

## Benefits

Read our employee experience introduction to see all our benefits; including:

• Private Healthcare Insurance
• Personal development budget for training and conferences
• Time dedicated to supporting a charity of your choice
• Free professional advice including support on mental health or finance
• Bike to work scheme
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Monthly team lunch, summer and Christmas parties
• 25 days holiday, increasing with tenure

Applying

Graphite is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and women as they are currently underrepresented within the Digital Industry at this time. Appointments will be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

1. Write a covering letter to introduce yourself (please keep it simple and short)
2. Attach your CV
3. Provide a link to your Portfolio (online version preferred please, you’re working in digital after all )
4. Answer all the questions

We’re looking for a highly creative and experienced video game UX/UI designer with clear experience of working on PC/Console titles to join the Dream Harvest Family full time at our office in Brighton (Though you can start remote). You’ll Ideally have a Graphic design background, an interest in motion design, and a passion for all things user experience and interaction.

You’ll be working on everything from wire-framing our core UI system to creating UI, icon and motion graphic assets for our immersive menu and in-game diegetic UI. You’ll also be helping with core gameplay interaction design, as well as helping to solidify our branding and marketing efforts.

You’ll have experience working on at least one commercially-released AAA or large Indie PC / Console game in a similar role and have a kickass portfolio of work that shows an evident passion for pushing the boundaries of interaction, graphic and UI design in the industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with our Art Director, to guide the visual style and language for all game interfaces.
• Work with our Marketing Team, to create Branding and Marketing Assets
• Produce User Interface designs for all areas of the game
• Produce high-quality mock-ups of the UI pages
• Produce Icon artwork
• Produce Custom Typography
• Animate UI and Create Motion Graphic Elements
• Prototyping UX and UI functionality
• Have effective pipelines and filing for asset management

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Experience of user interface design for video games.
• Excellent UX design skills
• Solid graphic design and illustration skills.
• Expert with standard art tools of the trade (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
• Experience of UI mock-up / wireframing software
• Experience or passion for Strategy Games, specifically RTS games

WORKING AT DREAM HARVEST

At Dream Harvest, we’re a small team building big, genre-defining experiences. We pride ourselves on the multi-disciplined nature of our team and it’s important for us that every member of the team has a voice in the direction we take our games and studio. Working at Dream Harvest, your work will have a serious impact and will be integral to the success of our games. You’ll get the chance to work closely with all the other disciplines at the studio and really put your stamp on everything we work on.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• A great team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers
• Flexible working hours and laid-back atmosphere
• Happy Hour in the studio each Friday
• 25 days holiday plus Christmas shutdown and public holiday
• Cycle to work scheme
• Well stocked office kitchen and free Wednesday studio lunch
• Board Gaming Nights
• Skill Sharing Days / Events and more.

WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING ON:

NeuroSlicers (http://www.neuroslicers.game) is a highly tactical cyberpunk RTS that turns the genre on its head by focusing on fast, macro and total information gameplay, short 8-12 min matches, epic global objectives and a dark cyberpunk narrative campaign that carefully combines Solo, Co-Op and competitive PVP into a seamless whole.

If you have any questions about this or any of our other roles feel free to speak to the team directly on our Discord at https://discord.gg/T7fRDe8

Description

This role reports directly to the CTO/CPO of Elephant. As a UX Designer you will impact the entire process of our customer’s user experience from branding to design, usability and function.

The successful candidate will work closely with our product management and engineering team to deliver simple, functional and beautiful products to our clients.

This is a full-time position. The team are currently working remotely but as we move back to an office we would offer flexible working arrangements for the right candidate.

Elephant’s systems are predominantly AWS cloud-based with web (today) and mobile interfaces (in the future). The role requires a comprehensive understanding of user experience and interface design, and candidates should know that great design bridges cultural and educational boundaries.

We ask that all candidates submit a design portfolio of previous UX design work for review.

Requirements

We’re looking for a passionate, good humoured and technically excellent designer to join and contribute in Elephant’s fast-growing product and engineering team. You will have an interest in healthcare and a desire to work in a health technology company.

You will have proven experience designing exceptional user-experiences across a range of products and platforms - with an eye for integrated, beautiful and simple design.

You will enjoy working as part of, and helping to lead a cohesive engineering and product team (sometimes international and remote), and display ability to communicate with ease.

We’re looking for someone to work with our clients to understand their needs, problems and concerns. You will display a desire to workshop with our clients and users to develop and hone the experience of the product.

You’ll work on prioritising the features and improvements of the user experience with the Elephant executive team. You’ll oversee various product roadmaps and ensuring timely sequencing with the Elephant engineering team. You will also work with product managers to develop hi-fidelity prototypes carrying out usability testing where required.

As part of customer product experience, you’ll work closely with the software engineering team using an appropriate development methodology to breakdown features into actionable work (epics, user stories) and then perform acceptance as per the definition of DONE. You’ll ensure they are well-written according to best practices (INVEST, AC). You will own and help to ensure the product backlog for the teams is in good shape (DEEP principles).

Essential Skills

You will have:

• 2+ years of demonstrable experience working in a UX designer role;
• High level of skill with design tools e.g., Photoshop, Figma, Illustrator Sketch, etc and an ability to assist others with these applications;
• Previous experience in leading a UX or design team, with visible mentoring capabilities;
• Excellent personal communication skills (listening, verbal and written);
• Excellent critical analysis skills, dealing with ambiguity and presenting and communicating complex ideas with clarity to a wide variety of stakeholders both internal and external;
• Decisive decision-making ability with the ability to evaluate compromises with the team;
• Experience with using data and metrics to drive prioritisation;
• A bias for action, and delivering results and being responsible to management for budgetary decisions;
• An ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders; and
• A natural propensity for enthusiasm, positivity, curiosity, innovation, acting with care for others, speaking with clarity and candour.

• The ideal candidate would also demonstrate the following skills:

• The ability to travel to customer sites in Africa and the Middle East when required (often at short notice).

Benefits

What do we pay?

The pay, depending on experience is between £40,000-70,000 pa with generous stock options. Your salary and benefits will grow significantly as the company continues to grow.

Elephant offers a market- competitive salary and equity package, including pension and 25 days holiday plus public holidays.

We also offer the opportunity for regular international travel to engage with our customers on the frontline.

What sort of company are we?

We are a small band of experts. This inspires our purpose as we focus on delivering solutions for real-world health and social care problems. Our culture is open, creative and collaborative, and we believe that products, whether used in Sudan or San Francisco should be intuitive and beautiful.

We have a firm code of principles based on transparency, safety and security, and want to build trust in all those who work with us. If you think you have what it takes, please get in touch.

Who are we?

WorldRemit is changing the way people send money internationally. We’ve taken something complicated and made it as simple as sending a text. And we’re growing. Fast.

To do this, we need to hire bright people who can work autonomously and make the right decisions.

Who we’re searching for…

As a UX Researcher, you’ll:

Have you got what it takes?

• You have experience in product driven research, running both qualitative (e.g., usability study,diary study) as well as quantitative (e.g., large scale survey, AB testing) studies.
• You have an academic background in the field of Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Anthropology, or a related field.
• You take a rigorous approach to UX research and have skills in both generative and evaluative, UX research methods as well as optimization testing
• You are able to demonstrate that your work has had measurable positive impact to product and user experience.
• You recognize the importance of collaborative work, and exercise your strong interpersonal skills, working closely with other parts of the business including but not limited to data science, customer service, and software engineering.
• You are empathetic, humble and focused on the team, welcoming unique perspectives and opinions.
• You’re someone who draws motivation, purpose and inspiration from the mission of a company in helping to solve the problems you work on.

What’s in it for you…

• Life assurance of 3 times your salary, should the worst happen
• Pension scheme offering 8% matched contributions
• Private medical and dental care plans
• 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 28 after 3 years
• Free breakfast and fruit every day
• Oh and of course we’ll pay you every month, at a competitive rate.

And finally…

Changing the world isn’t easy – so we only hire the most talented people. You need to think differently, believe in new solutions to old problems, and have the drive to make them happen.

We want to talk to you if you can bring to life our values:

• Aim high - We dream big, think bold and go the extra mile
• Embrace challenge - We ask questions, start conversations, and always love to learn
• Do what’s right - We act with integrity, building trust in ourselves and in our business

About Us

At eConsult our mission is to transform the way that healthcare is delivered. We believe that our National Health Service should thrive. Our products are clinically led and have been designed to enable our client practices to deliver safe and effective triaging. We are proud to say our products are widely adopted; eConsult is used in over 3,000 practices in the United Kingdom. We are an innovative, ambitious and ethnically entrepreneurial business. We are currently looking for talented individuals to join our growing team.

Role Summary

As a UX Designer at eConsult, you will work on products that make a real difference. Our products deliver positive, inclusive and secure experiences to patients and clinicians alike. This role is collaborative in nature: you will work closely with our Product, UX and Technology teams to help​ bring our products to life. This role will take a lead on: the creation of concepts and prototypes, designing research activities to test them and working with stakeholders to identify pain points and introduce improvements.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Creating and specifying product experience deliverables, including interactive prototypes, concepts and journey maps
• Helping to facilitate UX workshops and focus groups
• Considering a range of inputs (research findings, analytics, customer feedback, business needs) in creating great experiences
• Communicating user needs and design requirements to the Technology team
• Helping to develop a pattern library to support rapid product delivery and iteration
• Undertaking elements of research and user testing (including remote research) and interpreting results to inform design solutions
• Helping to translate research findings into actionable documents

Your Skills

To succeed in this role, you will need to be:

• Proficient with design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, InVision, Marvel and Adobe
• Familiar with component-based design
• Knowledgeable about UX research methodologies
• Familiar with the capabilities of HTML, CSS, JS and JS frameworks (such as React)
• Confident in your understanding of accessibility and inclusive design
• Committed to drawing insights from your grounding in cognitive psychology and behavioural science
• Able to analyse data to generate insights on how to best improve the user experience

Your Experience

We expect you to have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of user-centered design, and how design can meet brand, business and strategic objectives
• Experience conducting user research, competitor analysis and data analysis
• A portfolio to demonstrate your process and design skills
• Demonstrable experience of prioritising, estimating and self-managing workload
• Experience in effective stakeholder-management
• Beneficial: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology or similar

Benefits

In return, we offer:

• 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Remote working for 2-3 days per week
• Life assurance
• Rewards for success; we are results driven and offer bonuses based on performance
• Contributory pension scheme
• A remarkable opportunity to join an ethically entrepreneurial business where you can make a real positive to difference to our clients, their patients and society at large

Brandwatch is the world’s pioneering digital consumer intelligence suite, helping over 2,000 of the world’s most admired brands and agencies including Unilever, Walmart and Dell to make insightful, data-driven business decisions.

The company has made three acquisitions to date: PeerIndex (2013), BuzzSumo (2017) as a standalone content marketing platform, and Qriously (2019) to add global survey capabilities. Additionally, the company was bolstered by its merger with Crimson Hexagon (2018) to create the most comprehensive AI-powered social intelligence solution.

Brandwatch has offices around the globe including Brighton, Boston, New York, London, Berlin, Stuttgart, Paris, Madrid, Sydney and Singapore

Joining the team

Our product design team is split across Brighton, Stuttgart and Berlin. We have a wide range of skills from pure user research through to pure visual design, and a number of people with a blend in between. You’ll report to our Head of UX Research.

About this role

This is a rare opportunity to join an established and forward thinking business within a fixed term contract position. You will be covering for one of our UX Researchers who is taking a Sabbatical leave from the beginning of August for 6 months.

Day to day you’ll be working with a small cross-functional team to help bring new products to life, or improve existing products.

You will be responsible for planning and conducting user research, interviews and testing, synthesising the gathered data, translating them into user requirements and communicating your findings effectively with other team members.

Your expertise should cover the full range of user research techniques from early user requirements gathering (e.g. stakeholder interviews, surveys) to iterative usability testing.

Responsibilities

• Superior analytical skills in order to perform key research as well as monitor, refine, and supplement research conducted by Junior UX Researchers.
• Planning and conducting user research (contextual inquiries, interviews, workshops and surveys), user testing and heuristic analysis.
• Facilitation of user requirement sessions and user workshops.
• Presenting research findings to the team as well as wider audiences in creative and inspiring ways, clearly framing challenges and opportunities.
• Translate findings into user stories, journeys, personas, jobs to be done, empathy/experience maps, presentations etc.

About you

• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD) with empathy for the user.
• Solid working experience (3+ years) as a UX Designer/Researcher.
• Experience conducting usability tests, card sorts, field studies and diary studies.
• Strong analytical and data triangulation abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting and be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
• Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
• Experience translating concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• A nice to have is familiarity with EnjoyHQ which is our insights repository.

We are open for remote working from the UK for this position.

esure Group are currently looking for a UX Designer to join their ambitious team in Reigate to support UX and CX activity as we undergo a large-scale digital transformation.

You’ll be working within a product team tasked with the delivery of multiple large scale digital projects and you’ll be responsible for designing these new products as well as maintaining/optimising existing products. This is a customer advocate role where you will help ensure that our products are useful, usable, and desirable via a thorough understanding and practice of the User Centered Design process.

You will be working with various stakeholders and users to plan, analyse, design, test and refine industry leading products.

## What you’ll do:

• Assist in developing business area relationships for successful implementation of customer initiatives. Relationships will be across Operational Groups as defined in the Programme.
• Provide estimates for the design phases of projects
• Create and own design concepts and negotiate with stakeholders to arrive at a design that support both the business and a strong user experience
• Present and explain complex concepts, designs and interaction models to a variety of audiences
• Conduct, own and/or participate in product usability tests
• Create wireframes and prototypes for design exploration and user testing
• Work with other Product (UX/UI) designers to maintain consistency and coherence across the whole product
• Create and own pattern library for production of designs
• Coordinate design requirements review and approval
• Be a champion for the programmes you are involved with
• Ensure modern UX paradigms and practices are tested
• Align UX and CX across all customer journeys

What we are looking for:

Essential:

• Experience in methodologies, namely Agile
• 2 or more years of demonstrable experience
• Excellent organisation skills with proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Ability to adapt to changes in project priorities
• Excellent knowledge of Axure, inVision, Sketch and Adobe CS
• Good communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate design rationale
• Experience in insight-driven design (site analytics, MVTs and user research)
• Experience of usability testing

Desirable:

• An understanding of HTML/CSS and responsive design techniques
• Experience of developing design systems and or style guides

What we will offer to you in return:

• Dress for your day (casual and formal business dress depending on your day)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 25% discount on esure & Sheila’s Wheels insurance (10% for immediate family) or a guarantee to beat any other insurer’s renewal quote on both home and car insurance
• 15% Discount on esure and Sheila’s Wheels Travel Insurance (7.5% for immediate family)
• Discretionary bonus
• Free daily shuttle bus from our Reigate office to Redhill train station
• BUPA - Private medical cover for eligible colleagues
• Flu Jabs and Eye Care - Free flu jabs every winter, free eye tests every two years and £50 towards VDU glasses
• esure are members of easitSURREY, for a membership of £5.05 per year you can be eligible for a wide range of travel discounts including:
  • 15% on rail travel with Southern
  • 20% discount for single and return bus journey on certain routes
  • A number of cycling related offers including 10%-20% off at Halfords
• 5, 10 and 15 Year Service Awards

To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all candidates and colleagues and that the social distancing guidelines set out by the government during the current Covid-19 outbreak are adhered to, esure Group will be conducting all interviews via a video conferencing platform until further notice.

Additional Information UX Designer job profile

VASHI is an ethical, fine jewellery brand built on a simple human truth: something you made means more than something you bought. Our Co-Creation USP puts customers at the heart of their own product and with access to a rarely seen process, our designers and craftsmen work together with each customer to guide and inspire every VASHI piece. Customers can pull up a chair to customise their design, personalise with an engraving, choose a treasured stone, or design completely from scratch.

The Digital and UI Designer is responsible for developing the VASHI online presence, continually driving forward, innovating and refining UI/UX solutions to ensure the brand remains a key player in the digital marketplace. You will have a keen understanding of brand and commerce, responsible for brand equity and driving conversion through effective seasonal campaign storytelling across our website and associated platforms. Using a variety of assets, you will deliver the best possible digital execution of both seasonal marketing campaigns, core brand assets and content while maintaining consistency with our store portfolio to give a strong omni-channel brand offering. You must be able to articulate your design rationale, how it answers to and fulfils key objectives and validate it with appropriate teams and stakeholders to ensure creative alignment and maximum conversion.

You’ll take ownership of projects, with the ability to act independently as well as collaboratively. You will work closely with the eCommerce, Development and Brand Visual teams to develop creative and innovative UI & UX solutions, ensuring that all designs deliver a consistent end to end digital customer experience/journey.

The Role

• Designing beautiful, intuitive and slick UX/UI journey for vashi.com
• Conceptualising desktop and mobile appropriate landing pages for capsule and key trading collections.
• Providing digital design support to the wider business.
• Pioneer growth driven design by making continuous incremental improvements to keep the website and associated properties aligned with emerging UI/UX and Ecommerce trends and standards.

Your Skills and Experience

• Proactive and able to work autonomously as well as collaboratively.
• Knowledge of Adobe Suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver + Sketch
• Extensive experience working on responsive designs focusing on a mobile first design approach.
• Subject Expert with experience in user profiling, journey mapping and testing.
• Prior experience with email marketing design and campaigns.
• Must have experience in using WordPress or similar CMS.
• Experience in using Aptos formally BT Fresca CMS preferable but not essential.
• Excellent understanding of Ecommerce.
• Experience in using an FTP.
• Must have good knowledge of HTML and CSS.
• Extensive experience in working collaboratively with Developers and verifying the quality of the output.
• Experience in creating web-ready basic animation (.gif).
• Very strong attention to detail with the ability to adhere to brand guidelines and rulings with ownership of accuracy.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to present design work to key stakeholders.
• Collaborative approach to design work.
• Must be used to working in a fast-paced environment and able to respond to reactive or last minute changes practically and able to re-prioritise workload accordingly.
• Must have at least 3 years’ experience working as UI & Digital Designer.

Our Culture

The opportunity to be part of building both the VASHI brand and culture from the ground up is an extraordinary one that comes with great responsibility. The foundations of a unique business model are well established and there is nothing to stop us from creating something iconic both privately and publicly. Skills and experience are important but even more so is hunger, to be part of the journey and to input into the collective whole. In business, our culture ethos is, passion trumps talent and talent trumps experience- finding the right people with the right attitude putting our customer focus at the forefront of our decisions will bring success to both individuals and our organisation.

Tessian

We believe technology should secure the digital interactions of employees without compromising user experience or productivity. That’s why we’re building the world’s first Human Layer Security platform.

We’re a team of mathematicians, data scientists & engineers building breakthrough machine learning and natural language technologies to analyse, understand & protect enterprise email networks.

Tessian is backed by leading technology investors Sequoia Capital and Accel who have helped build many industry defining companies including Stripe, Slack, Crowdstrike and Dropbox.

We’d love to hear from you.

Product at Tessian

Having found exceptional product/market fit for our category-defining Human Layer Security software platform, we’re in the midst of transitioning from ‘start-up’ to ‘scale-up’, and are looking for a Product Design Lead to join our team.

Product Designers at Tessian work closely with our autonomous, cross-functional engineering teams to deliver amazing experiences for our customers. As part of the Product team, Product Designers work flexibly and are able to utilise UX, UI and Product skill sets.

We’re not a typical cybersecurity company, and we need someone who can communicate this through impactful UI and UX design. Our main design challenge is creating analytics dashboards and visualisations to communicate trends detected by Tessian in massive email datasets. You might also work on rethinking complex workflows, or designing friendly interactions for our end-users.

The product team currently consists of product managers, associate product managers, and one product designer. The Product Design Lead will have a significant impact in defining the design process at Tessian. We value collaborative design, and use Figma for UX/UI work.

We’re looking for someone who has experience building and leading amazing product design teams, who values the impact design can have over perfection. We would love to meet someone with startup or b2b SaaS experience.

We’d like to meet someone who:

• Has 5+ years experience working and collaborating with engineering teams in dynamic environments
• Has experience building and leading world class product design teams
• Can showcase an outstanding portfolio including a strong foundation in both visual and interaction design
• Has experience closely partnering with product managers to develop the strategy and rationale for features Is comfortable working on complex, open ended design challenges
• Prefers building new products over optimising old ones
• Bonus - experience designing b2b web dashboards
• Bonus - experience designing on analytics or visualisation tools

Why we think you’ll love it here

• It’s important to us that all Tessians are part of the journey we’re on, so we offer equity options with every role and benchmark to provide above market rate salaries - there’s plenty more too….

Be at your best, both inside and outside of work

• A full week of work-remote a year, in addition to 25 days of paid holiday
• Flexible working hours and working from home
• Curate your career with development experiences uniquely suited to you
• We’re family friendly, with policies built to support you in all stages of life
• High-quality tech kit provided for you to work on including Tessian ANC headphones
• If you’re relocating to join the team, we’ll provide a contribution to help with your costs

Because everyone loves food…

• A plethora of breakfast options, delicious snacks, drinks and a top-of-the-range coffee machine
• Team lunch provided on Fridays - normally with more hummus than you can shake a stick at
• Dinner budget for those times you just can’t tear yourself away

Beyond work

• Elite membership of the Tessian House System…
• On Fridays we stop at 5 and share team updates and drinks
• Monthly team socials & a big, whole team extravaganza every quarter
• Never-ending ping-pong tournaments

Equality & diversity

Tessian is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity amongst both our employees and prospective applicants. The Human Layer we’re securing is diverse, and we know we need to be diverse and inclusive to successfully create HLS that reflects this. You can read our equality and diversity statement here.

As part of our commitment to equality and diversity, we’re also a corporate member of the WISE Campaign for gender equality in STEM & we’re a founding member of the WEDS network driving diversity & inclusion in startups.

Important notices

Please note that we do not accept applications or résumés from recruiters. Any unsolicited CVs, profiles, or names, submitted in any format, by any channel, to any of our team, will be deemed to fall outside any terms and/or conditions with either the person submitting the information or their company of employment/representation.

By submitting your application to Tessian, you consent to Tessian retaining your information and contacting you about future job opportunities, that may be of interest, for up to 2 years in accordance with our Privacy Policy

Please note, that any job offers will be subject to the candidate passing background screening checks.

About us

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is responsible for protecting workplace pensions in the UK, working with employers and those running pensions to help people save safely for their retirement. We have an excellent office location in the heart of Brighton and have a diverse, lively and professional growing workforce.

We are committed to making TPR a great place to work and doing all we can to support our people to reach their full potential. Join our expanding team for the chance to be a part of the biggest change to pensions in a generation.

Role

We’re looking for a user researcher to join our Digital and Content team to plan, design and carry out research activities with users. You’ll help us understand what people need from our website, intranet and learning platform.

TPR is at an early stage of introducing service design. You can help us shape our approach. While informing the design of digital services, you’ll be mindful of the multiple ways users interact with us. You’ll work alongside customer service staff and market researchers to gain a full view of the user experience.

Your work will include reviewing the user experience of our website, understanding how different users interact online when providing us with information, or completing a transaction; refining our personas; undertaking user research to understand the impact of our online content; and consolidating existing data and research into actionable insights for delivery teams.

You will work alongside a small team of digital experts, including business analysts, performance analysts, content designers and interaction designers.

Responsibilities

• Organise user recruitment and user panels.
• Plan, design and carry out research activities with users, writing up research into user stories so we can build better digital products.
• Work with others to consolidate existing research into actionable insights (eg leading workshops to develop user experience maps).
• Meet with internal stakeholders to sense check existing user tasks and how these might change, as we introduce new ways of regulating pensions.
• Introduce new methodologies, testing approaches, frameworks and tools for user research and transfer knowledge to the wider team.

Essential and desirable criteria

Essential

• Understands and has experience of a range of user research methods. Able to choose appropriate methods for different life cycle phases and situations. Knows how to apply methods correctly.
• Able to turn research data into clear findings that inform decisions. Knows how to involve colleagues in analysis and synthesis to increase consensus and challenge assumptions.
• Understands the diversity of users of government services. Knows how to include all kinds of users in appropriate research activities to help teams deliver accessible services.
• Understands user centred design practices and knows how to embed them into an agile workflow to deliver timely findings. Can work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multidisciplinary team.
• Understands the social and technological context for government services. Can help colleagues understand how digital technology is changing user behaviour, and the challenges and opportunities for government services.
• Experience using relevant software such as online remote usability testing tools, research tools and analysis tools.

Desirable

• Demonstrates knowledge of the technologies used to build and operate digital services.
• Understands the different technical roles in a multidisciplinary team.

Person specification

• Proactive and flexible.
• Can do approach.
• Communication skills at all levels.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Personable and a team player.

Salary and benefits

As well as a starting salary of £46,821, we offer:

• Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
• discretionary bonus arrangements
• access to performance related pay progression
• 25 days annual leave provision
• flexible working arrangements
• development opportunities
• enhanced parental leave arrangements
• a free employee assistance programme
• an excellent office location in Brighton

How to apply

We provide an exciting, supportive and flexible working environment, and are committed to helping our people meet their full potential.

The Pensions Regulator is an inclusive employer and offers equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. TPR welcomes applications from the BME and LGBT communities who are currently under represented at TPR.

Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.

Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.

Please send your CV to [email protected] along with a covering letter, quoting ref 1792 with details of how your experience and skills meet our essential criteria and details of your notice period.

Please be aware we are currently holding interviews through Skype due to COVID-19.

In this role you will be working remotely with significant travel once a change in current restrictions.

If you have any enquiries with regards to this role or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email [email protected]

A fantastic opportunity to join a leading international humanitarian organisation taking responsibility for improving and scaling the user experience across the British Red Cross’s digital estate.

Ensuring that users are at the heart of our design and development process, we are looking for a Lead User Experience Designer who will own the tools, principles and processes whilst also managing a small team of UX/UI designers.

What you will be doing

The Lead UX Designer will ensure that all our digital services and products are optimised and developed with the user in mind. You will lead by example, rapidly prototyping with users, volunteers and staff insights, embodying our principles of user-centred design and mentor and manage other designers.

Owning and managing the UI design system, you will maintain best practice wherever possible and champion user-centric and accessible design principles throughout our organisation.

You will also work to identify new opportunities through your close involvement in the user experience and design leadership communities.

What we are looking for

You will be an expert UX and UI Designer with a significant portfolio of work, showcasing brilliant and frictionless user experiences and interactions.

You will have sound experience of user research, including rapid prototyping and quantitative and qualitative research methods.

You will also have a good working knowledge of Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban and be an expert user of tools such as Sketch, Invision, Axure, Figma or Adobe XD.

Meet the team

It is essential that our organisation is meeting the changing and increasing expectations of those in crisis, and our volunteers and staff providing services.

Our Digital team works across the organisation, identifying opportunities and finding new ways in which we can better accomplish the British Red Cross mission and support people in crisis. Our multidisciplinary team is small but what we can accomplish is huge, and we’re all united by a shared passion for being at the forefront of innovation and technology and developing exciting products.

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday the 9th of August 2020 with interviews to follow shortly after this date (via Zoom)

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• Flexible working policy

A little bit more about us

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we’re there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

Follow us on Twitter @RedCrossJobsUK and on Linked in - British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies.

Connecting human kindness with human crisis

Description

Established in 2007, Spabreaks.com made an immediate name within the travel sector and quickly became Europe’s leading Spa Travel Agency. Having opened with just 2 staff and 25 UK based venues we have been on a rollercoaster journey and have now grown to a team of 100, working with over 1000 of the world’s leading spa hotels. We send away over 6000 travellers each week, have won multiple industry awards, and are now a multi-site operation with offices in London and Brighton… and we are just getting started!

What makes us unique? Our people. Our employees are the life of our business and by joining our incredible tech team you will become part of the most talented, ambitious passionate, collaborative and entrepreneurial team in travel as we continue to make huge waves in the market and further our position as Europe’s leading Spa travel company.

As a member of the Spabreaks.com tech team you will be responsible for innovating new product features, updating legacy designs, and continuing progress of the Design System.

The team consists of developers, designers, a marketing team and product experts, all working to support the needs of the business and customers while actively modernising the website’s design and technical foundations.

What you’ll do….

• Set design requirements based on project briefs, customer/team/stakeholder goals and user research analysis provided
• Conduct and/or moderate user research and testing
• Develop wireframes and user journey mapping based on stakeholder requirements and user needs
• Collaborate with developers to ensure designs and implementation are accessible
• Continue UX and UI improvements to the main Spabreaks.com website
• Innovate and iterate on new and existing product features
• Maintain and update Spabreaks.com’s Design System

You’ll have opportunities to…

• Take ownership of the Spabreaks.com online presence
• Work closely with developers to bring your designs to life, and/or help improve your development skills (if desired)
• Work on a multitude of projects, ranging from marketing to product development
• Make your own mark on the design process

Requirements

We are looking for a talented product designer who will be part of a team that will shape the design of SpaBreaks therefore we are looking for

Looking for people who have…

• At least 3+ years of experience in web/product/UX design
• Experience collaborating with team members and stakeholders
• Experience managing stakeholders expectations
• Experience in user interviews and analysis of data
• Proficiency in design software (we use Sketch but we are always open to evolve)
• Experience or interest in web accessibility guides
• Problem-solving and analytical understanding

Other desirable experience:

• Basic HTML/CSS & version control knowledge
• Experience with A/B testing
• Experience in Agile way of working

Benefits

• Office based (discretionary flexible working and 1 day per week from home)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• £1k per year training/conference budget
• Choose your own tools
• Quarterly company socials
• Two 4-day working trips in the UK and abroad to our selected travel destinations.
• Referral bonus of £1k if you introduce new staff to the team
• Friday afternoons for training and non-project work

The opportunity

Over the past year, we have been working incredibly hard to transform our products and services to make them better than ever before - and we are just getting started. Now, we are looking for a talented and motivated Product Designer to join our team of problem solvers and innovators!

At Just Eat Takeaway, we work in cross-functional teams made up of Designers, Researchers, Product Managers and Engineers. The way we work is collaborative and fast-paced. We want to discover what our users will love as soon as we can. We like to explore problems in-depth and we like to get our users in to speak with us every few weeks, to explore what we are working on and help us understand their needs.

We are looking for an experienced Product Designer who can take our products to the next level – someone who can create simple and intuitive user experiences.

While much of your time will be spent working directly on problems, you will also be joining a team of 40 creatives, made up Product Designers, UX Designers, UI Designers, User Researchers and Copywriters.

If you are keen to join a growing and successful company and want to see your work help millions of people, please get in touch.

We think this job might be for you if:

• You care about creating great solutions that delight and inspire users.
• You like working alongside agile teams with Product Managers and Engineers to create inspiring solutions.
• You like working on problems, rather than features.
• You are keen to have users view your ideas, concepts and work regularly.
• You thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
• You like working client-side but are keen to see your work released quickly and regularly.

Key responsibilities

Creates seamless & innovative solutions - You focus on key user problems and come up with innovative and beautiful solutions while empowering consumers to love their takeaway experience. You own every aspect of the product’s design, from solving the core user problem to shipping a well-tested and pixel perfect UI.

Owns every aspect of the product’s design - You work across the entire product lifecycle from concept to delivery and create documentation, wireframes, prototypes and pixel perfect UI. You create hi- and lo-fi prototypes that can be validated with users and are able to communicate the detail of these interactions to developers.

Research - You have a strong working knowledge of research methods and can conduct research and usability studies in conjunction with UX Researchers.

Data-driven - You use qualitative and quantitative data to influence their work. In conjunction with the Product Manager, you measure and monitor the performance of the products you work on.

Communicate - You transparently communicate on your progress and you discuss ideas with your cross-functional team. You present well both within the Design team and to non-creative stakeholders.

Teamwork - You take a collaborative approach and foster strong working relationships with your team, and with people in the wider Just Eat team, learning from them.

Your profile & experience

• Minimum of 2+ years experience in a UX/UI design role.
• Experience in designing and shipping consumer products or products for businesses.
• Experience working in agile/sprint-based environments.
• Proven experience in regard to collaboration/projects with the product, research, and tech teams.
• Experience designing user interfaces for both one app platform (iOS or Android) and responsive web.
• Experience working with and contributing to design systems and component libraries.
• High fidelity prototyping skills (Axure, Principle, Framer etc.).
• Comfortable presenting to larger audiences and senior stakeholders.
• Experience with workshop facilitation and design sprints .
• Ability to take ownership, creatively solve problems, and proactively contribute to the objectives of the business.

Required skills and experience

Why work at Just Eat?

Just Eat UK is part of Just Eat Takeaway.com, a leading global online food delivery marketplace headquartered in Amsterdam and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

We’ve built our business on having the widest choice available on our platform – connecting millions of customers with over 155,000 restaurants across 23 countries - with over 100 different cuisines from local independents to globally famous restaurants, available to order via our app and website.

We provide the platform and tools to help independent restaurants move online and reach a significantly broader customer base – to generate increased orders and grow their businesses. We also provide the insights, advice, and support our growing community needs to satisfy customers and help raise standards across a vibrant takeaway sector.

We’re built to deliver behind the scenes too. To make Just Eat the great company it is, it takes a great team of people. Which is why all of our colleagues are welcomed into a diverse and inclusive workplace where they feel they can belong. We’re passionate about nurturing our people and offer a full programme of training and support to our employees – helping them to develop their careers in a way that suits them.

*No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, where you are from, religious beliefs or takeaway preferences you could find your place at Just Eat. We’re a diverse and inclusive workplace that promotes a sense of belonging, allowing all of our people to bring their most colourful and complex selves to work every day. *

#LI-DNI

Just Eat is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about Equal Opportunity in the Workplace please click here.

Just Eat is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need an accommodation or accessibility assistance to complete the online application, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.

Description

What’s the challenge?

At Compare the Market, we’re helping the people take control of their life admin and feel more confident about their finances by defining the future of price comparison.

Our UX Design team is integral to this – working with researchers, product owners, software engineers and others to get the heart of customer needs, and designing and testing solutions that are ready for changing customer expectations. Initially, you’ll be focused on our growing portfolio of money products – think credit cards, loans, current accounts, savings, mortgages, and more.

It’s an area we know we have a massive opportunity to grow in, so you’ll be joining one of our newest “mobs” – the collective name for a group of meerkats – in a team of research, design, and optimisation, working alongside our product teams to make money simple for our customers.

You’ll be the senior designer in your mob, so we will need you to guide and coach others in design thinking and practices, within both the design and product community!

You’ll also be part of our wider design team, which currently consists of 12 designers, but is set to grow to 24 by this time next year! There are plenty of opportunities for coming together, sharing, and growing here (even remotely!)

And remember, we’re not just about form filling – our design team is working across our mobile app, content, design system, and new features that will help reduce the burden of admin on customers.

We’ve also got the benefit of an in-house research lab, where (under normal circumstances!) designers and researchers work together to really hear what our customers think of us! And during lockdown, we have an array of remote research tools at our disposal. Our design team has been growing for the last three years, and we’re ready to expand further. We want designers who are passionate about solving problems for customers, collaboration, and ultimately designing delightful, usable, and empowering new products across different platforms.

If that sounds like you, then let’s talk.

What will it take to be successful?

• Senior UX Designer with a portfolio (in any format) to illustrate
• Confident to lead and guide less experienced designers
• Proficient with Sketch/Figma (for wireframing and design), Axure (for prototyping), and InVision (or equivalents)
• Experience in working with design systems is highly desirable. We are currently building our new design system, and this role will play a key role in utilising design components, as well as feeding in new ideas to our design systems team.
• Evidence of playing a leading role UX process delivery applied to different projects – research, ideation, sketching, prototyping and delivery for example
• Experience with customer research methods to understand customer needs and validate/challenge design and experience decisions
• Experience collaborating with product owners, researchers and software engineers to deliver successful experience designs
• Native mobile UX experience is highly desirable but not essential

About Us

Founded in 1992, the BGL Group has grown significantly in size and capability. From 30 to 3,000 people, we are a leading digital distributor of insurance and household financial services. We have reached 9.5 million customers through brands including CompareTheMarket.com, LesFurets.com, Beagle Street, Budget Insurance & Dial Direct. We make a difference for our customers, colleagues and communities by working, growing and winning together. We enjoy what we do and have fun doing it!

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re a diverse community of dedicated, innovative and talented professionals. With an inclusive and open workplace, we encourage our people to create and share ideas – supporting their growth and celebrating their uniqueness.

Flexible working

We understand the importance of achieving a healthy lifestyle balance, whether it’s working remotely or flexibly we have an environment where people are empowered to embrace flexible working in a way that works for them and for the business.

Description

Do you want to build cool things?

Great, so do we. At Tech Will Save Us we create make-it-yourself kits, apps and experiences that help kids all over the world to make, play, code and invent using technology. And you can help!

We are looking for a UI Designer with amazing, creative and technical skills to join our Product Team as we build the most fun and accessible toy brand for the next generation of makers.

We started in 2012, packing kits on a kitchen table and have now sold over hundreds of thousands of kits in 97 countries! Our kits are in the MoMA in New York and the Design Museum in London. We’re a growing team of designers, engineers, marketers, educators, content producers, production specialists, support reps, financiers and salespeople.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team you’ll have an integral role in solving real customer problems to deliver truly delightful and engaging digital experiences throughout the product’s life while maintaining the company’s brand and exceptional levels of quality throughout. In this role you will:

• Design a range of end-to-end digital product experiences that seamlessly integrate with our physical products
• Continuously develop your understanding of our users through regular testing, research and market analysis
• Regularly collaborate in cross-functional experimentation and strategy to improve our user experience
• Develop and champion consistent UI style guides across all our user touchpoints
• Drive continuous improvements across all our digital platforms using data-driven insights and learning
• Research the latest trends and innovations in order to influence product development and create exciting new experiences for our users

Requirements

There is no such thing as a template Tech Will Save Us team member! In all likelihood though, to be comfortable in this role and able to perform at a high level, you will have:

Essential

• Have over 2 years experience in a UI role for a consumer-facing business
• Have a portfolio of relevant projects that you have developed and can clearly demonstrate measurable customer and business outcomes
• Be a creative problem solver that can identify design problems and present elegant, appealing, user-centric solutions
• Have a strong understanding of UI/UX design principles and can translate concepts into user flows, wireframes and storyboards
• Be able to create high fidelity mockups of your designs and present your solutions with clarity and robustness
• Be able to prototype, test and learn from your designs using suitable tools
• Have strong skills in Adobe Suite, Sketch, Figma or similar
• Have an excellent understanding of web, mobile, iOS and Android usability
• Be able to rely on self-direction and prioritisation to press ahead with tasks effectively and efficiently
• Have a user-centred approach to your design process based on research, testing and live data insights
• Be comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced company that adapts with speed and agility to new business and customer problems

Nice to have

• Experience of working in the toy or education tech industry
• Experience of working on successful subscription products
• Experience of digital content production (photography, animation and photography)
• Experience of working with physical product development teams
• Experience with D2C sales & optimisation as well as external digital sales channels such as Amazon & eBay
• Experience with WooCommerce / Wordpress platforms

Benefits

We can offer the opportunity to work within a talented and friendly team doing good work in the world - if you want to look back on your career and know that you were a vital part of building a great company, this role is for you. You will be part of a truly multi-disciplinary team of marketers, educators, content products, production specialists, support reps, financiers, sales people, product designers, user experience experts, developers and engineers. On top of that:

• Annual salary £35-45k
• 25 days annual holiday, plus bank holidays
• Equity as part of our EMI scheme
• £500 per annum professional learning and development fund for all employees
• Flexible working with the option to work from our vibrant London office, fully set up for safe working practices, or from home with support to set up the most productive home environment
• Epic holiday parties all about learning and being creative

We believe that the best work comes from a diverse and inclusive team. If our mission excites you, and you can contribute to our culture of lifelong learning and growth we want to hear from you!

What is Syft?

Founded in 2015, Syft is an on-demand marketplace helping Job Seekers and Employers have 100% control and choice over shifts worked in real time. We want to enable Job Seekers to control their schedule, choose their work and enable them to work as many or as few shifts as they want. The platform enables Employers to book reliable, rated and verified staff immediately. At Syft, we’re harnessing innovative technology to revolutionise the flexible staffing sector.

## About Us

Our mission is to help people get jobs by democratising work and giving jobseekers ownership, control, and choice. We are working hard to build a world where access to work and jobseekers are frictionless.

Our results speak for themselves, £8.75 million in VC funding between 2016 and 2018, ‘Recruitment Technology Innovation of the Year’ at the Recruiter Awards, ‘Hottest Platform Economy / Marketplace’ at the Europas and ranked 7th in the ‘Startups 100’ in 2018.

Syft has grown to nearly 200 employees across 8 offices around the UK. In 2019 Syft was acquired by Indeed.com, the world’s #1 job site, allowing us to match our synergies and skyrocket our journey.

## About You

We are into the profession of helping people get jobs and we play an integral role in the well being of individuals.We appreciate folks who have deep empathy and passion in understanding customer problems and communicating them in form of structured research which goes on to building right user experience for the user in the products we build . We have a creative DNA and get along well with folks who think out of box and can bring in new perspectives and ideas onto the table .

You’re someone who wants to see the impact of your work making a difference every day. You are someone with high standards who leads by example, and who will take pride in Syft like we do. You have attained a significant amount of experience in discovering , defining and designing great user experiences , shown by your portfolio , years of experience solving UX problems and continuous learning .

We aim to fundamentally change how the world looks at work in a way that benefits both Job Seekers and Employers. We are looking for someone who is thrilled by all the possibilities.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Understand product specifications and user psychology.
• Conduct concept and usability testing and gather feedback.
• Create personas through user research and data.
• Define the right interaction model and evaluate its success.
• Develop wireframes and prototypes around customer needs in collaboration with the product managers and other stakeholders.
• Find creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, findability).
• Work with Product Managers & other designers to implement UI/UX best practises in the product.
• Communicate design ideas and prototypes to developers & Product Managers.
• Keep abreast of competitor products and industry trends.

Basic Requirements

• Between 3 – 5 years of combined / individual experience as a UX and UI designer in fast moving technology organization.
• Strong portfolio of design projects. We would love to see your inspirations and portfolio.
• Familiarity with information design, interaction design and information architecture.
• Strong background of conducting user research , identifying persona and going deep into their problems.
• Proficiency in any design tools of your choice. (We are not bound by tools you use, what matters is how you communicate your ideas).
• Analytical, business acumen and a problem solving attitude. We love people who are part of the solution.
• Someone who has worked in defining style guides, organizational UI patterns and internationalization would be preferred .
• Academics in Human computer interaction ( HCI ) ,design and other specialities would be a bonus.

You’ll fit right in at Syft if:

You’re** Flexible**– able to consider challenges from different perspectives.

You’re Entrepreneurial– see how a challenge could become an opportunity.

You take Accountability through thick and thin, inviting ideas for improvement.

You’re Data Driven– see the necessity of analysing metrics when devising solutions.

You’re Passionate about what you do and self motivated.

You can Adapt to your team’s challenges and Collaborate with other departments.

What you’ll get:

• Flexible work arrangements, remote and working from home.
• Employee Assistance programs, free eyecare vouchers, discounted gym memberships and more.
• Unique bonus structure for every employee.
• Social events and lunch and learns.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic.

This is an exciting role working closely with our UX consultants across a range of sectors where you’ll be involved with anything from service design strategy to cross platform web re-designs and apps, and conducting design research.

You will be responsible for identifying and** translating customer needs** into intuitive and enjoyable experiences through the use of wireframes, prototypes and other assets. The successful candidate will be an outgoing dynamic individual with a minimum of 4-5 Years’ experience in design and design research. This is a varied role within a small team and will suit an enthusiastic, hardworking person with keen attention to detail.

Your portfolio must show a strong digital or service design slant **and you’ll have case studies of successful projects demonstrating **strategic, conceptual and creative thinking. As a user focused designer, you can solve complex problems with simple solutions based on user research, and will be comfortable owning your own deliverables and presenting back to senior stakeholders.

Your responsibilities:

Your key role will be to lead in the creation of delightful and intuitive UX designs across web, mobile, tablet and apps working closely with the UX consultants and senior stakeholders. This can include any of the following:

• Working with multi-disciplinary teams to produce exceptional UX pieces, whilst balancing the needs of end users and clients throughout.
• Playing a key role in an exciting mix of graphic design and user experience work which will include: research, flows, user stories, sketching, wireframing, site maps, journey maps and prototypes.
• Leading on, and conducting many types of design research, including in-depth lab interviews, usability tests, ethnographic or contextual research, and focus groups.
• Translating research findings into compelling and actionable insight.
• Creating instinctual and stunning UX designs based on a thorough understanding of the end user, with the ability to propose further research, testing or other suitable methods to enhance the UX process.
• Leading in the production of low and high fidelity prototypes using Axure, Invision, Balsamiq or other relevant tools.
• Working directly with stakeholders helping them distil project goals and objectives into project requirements.
• Designing exciting and innovative concepts that can be applied across platform.
• Proactively seeking feedback from stakeholders, keeping a record of key iterations of the design.
• Inspiring co-workers and collaborating with them to produce inventive, thoughtful and relevant work.
• Sharing knowledge and skills with the rest of the team on UX best practice, recognising potential in the latest technology and other service design trends.
• Developing and maintaining a professional approach to file keeping and sharing with clients.
• Good time management skills and the ability to deliver to deadlines.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or greater in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design or similar discipline, or relevant experience.
• 4-5 Years’ experience working in a variety of sectors with a digital focus, consultancy experience would be beneficial.
• An portfolio demonstrating your experience of UX methods, digital design trends and supporting print assets (inc. responsive web and iOS/Android app design).
• Advanced use of modern UX tools and platforms such as Sketch, Invision and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Previous experience working within a corporate or consulting environment would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Passionate about all aspects of user experience and service design.
• Highly motivated and self-managing.

You must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Benefits:

• Generous commission scheme on any leads generated.
• Annual bonus linked to company performance.
• Free books from companies like Rosenfeld Media.
• Annual training budget to attend conferences.
• Gadget allowance.
• Company pension scheme.
• BUPA healthcare.
• 25 days holiday per year.

Send us your CV

We would love to hear from you so send us your latest CV and please include some sample links to work you have completed. Feel free to contact us by telephone on +44 (0)20 7168 7527 or drop us a quick email [email protected]

Introduction

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs. We deliver our information through a range of formats, from newspapers and magazines to conferences and electronic services. What ties us together is the objectivity of our opinion, the originality of our insight and our advocacy of economic and political freedom around the world.

We are looking for an experienced mid- to senior-level digital product designer to work within our product management organisation on making our next-generation digital products world-class. Your focus will be our web products, including economist.com, our newsletters and design system.

You’ll be able to demonstrate solid experience designing for web and digital, with a strong portfolio and evidence of user-centred, creative thinking. We’re looking not only for an exceptional attention to detail and strong typography skills, but experience in the life-cycle of a product, from research to wireframes and user flows through to testing and validation.

Accountabilities

How you will contribute:

• Deliver intuitive, compelling and comprehensive design
• Develop an understanding of our user needs and business objectives in order to ideate, build and iterate solutions
• Clearly communicate your design rationale with confidence and present your work to your peers and stakeholders
• Create high- and low-fidelity interactive prototypes
• Gather and agree requirements, helping to develop and plan a roadmap of features
• Collaborate closely with product managers in defining and realising the product vision
• Manage the feasibility of design with engineers and be hands-on with user-acceptance testing (UAT)
• Work within our existing design system, and help to improve and document our styles and component library
• Work closely with a content designer on wording, wayfinding, and information architecture
• Give constructive and respectful critiques of other designer’s work, helping to coach less experienced team members
• Keep up-to-date on innovations in the design world to keep your output fresh and relevant

Experience, skills and professional attributes

The ideal skills for this role include:

• Exceptional typographic and information design abilities
• Self-starter, able to proactively identify opportunities
• Motivated team player with the ability to perform well under pressure
• Understanding of how to evaluate and interpret user research findings in order to wireframe and prototype solutions
• Knowledge of the WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines and general practice
• Capabilities in responsive design, across multiple screen sizes and devices
• Experience with Sketch, Figma the Adobe suite or equivalent software as well as prototyping software
• Interest in interaction design
• Great communication skills and fluency in English

If this role matches your skills, experience and motivations then please submit your CV with a covering note identifying why you feel you would be a great addition to the team along with your salary expectations.

In return, we provide a supportive and progressive environment with a wide range of opportunities for you to grow both personally and professionally.

The Economist Group values diversity. We are committed to equal opportunities and creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome applicants regardless of ethnic origin, national origin, gender, race, colour, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Application FAQs

A brief update on Covid-19 (coronavirus)

Simply Business is well prepared to deal with unprecedented events. We’re an agile business by nature – and our hiring and interview process is no exception. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some parts of our hiring process may take a little longer than usual. Please bear with us, and rest assured that we’re happy to hear from you and receive your application.

If it looks like you could be a good fit for the role, we’ll ask you to interview on Zoom – you’ll need WiFi and a laptop, or a 4G-enabled smartphone. If you don’t have access to either of these, or you need support with your application, get in touch with us at [email protected] Similarly, please email us if you’re not well, you’re self-isolating, or if you want to pause your application for a bit – we’ll be happy to keep you updated on future opportunities like the one below.

Technology. Award-winning customer service. Bleeding-edge data ability. Simply Business is a new type of insurance company, using all of the above to create the best possible insurance experience for small businesses and self-employed people. We love working here, and have even taken the number one spot in the Sunday Times Best Company To Work For 2015 and 16 lists; we’ve stopped entering now to focus on a few bigger projects, but you get the idea.

It’s a great place to work.

There are currently over 500,000 active Simply Business insurance policies in the UK alone. And we have offices in London, Northampton and Boston, USA. Talking of offices, ours are bright, airy and geared up for really smart working. We’re flexible, with plenty of remote workers coming in and out, and we believe work and life should be hand in hand, rather than a juggling act. So no need to worry about school pick-ups, or a horrible commute.

Our people are our most important asset, so we focus on building a working life that helps us thrive, not stick. Join us and you’ll be part of our journey to creating something even better, for our customers and ourselves.

We’re looking for an experienced digital Product Designer to help us redefine how insurance works for the entrepreneurs and small business owners who are the lifeblood of the UK and US economies. You’ll lead design within a cross functional product team focused on attracting new audiences to our global platform which already provides tailored, transparent insurance to over half a million businesses and landlords. Sitting in our talented Customer Experience Team you will have the support of teammates skilled in user research, customer insight, behavioural science and product design.

You should apply if:

• you can demonstrate how you obsess equally over the definition of the problem as you do the precision of the pixels
• you’ve a relentless curiosity with people; the decisions they make and why they make them
• your work shows empathy for customer needs, consideration of technical constraints and a focus on the business value of your solutions
• you’ve experience working on experiments with user researchers, and are able to identify the most appropriate use of qualitative and quantitative studies to inform design decisions
• you embrace collaboration and perform your best when you involve your product team in the design process
• you encourage feedback on your work and carefully consider how you ensure the feedback you offer to team members is useful
• you care about inclusive design and will ensure that accessibility standards are maintained as we evolve our design system
• you can show us a portfolio with detailed examples of beautiful interface design showing a command of design details such as layout, typography, colour, iconography, spacing and motion
• you are expert at using all the usual design software including Sketch, Figma, Zeplin, Invision and Principle

What are the benefits?

There’s all the serious (but important) stuff we call ‘core benefits’. On top of that, you can pick and choose from the more exciting options we offer – whether it’s a full gym membership or gym subsidy, comprehensive private health cover, extra holiday, or a National Trust pass.

The ‘core’ stuff Some of these will kick in once you’re confirmed in post, but here’s the summary:

• a salary that reflects your experience, our pay policy and the market we’re in from your first day, generous annual leave
• life assurance (financial cover for your family, should the worst happen)
• a cash plan to reimburse your everyday medical expenses
• an extra day off if you get married or move house
• an automatic enrollment pension (employer-matched at 5%)

The fun stuff We also have a great deal more to pick and mix from, with things like:

• a full gym membership
• private medical insurance
• extra days annual leave
• shopping vouchers
• dental insurance
• travel insurance

But there’s so much more to Simply Business than insurance and memberships. We also commit to flexible working options, smart working (our offices are kitted out for you to work when and how you choose), cycle to work, eye test vouchers, and season ticket loan schemes, and we have a handy online form to put in any training or conference requests.

Best of all, though, are the groups, clubs, and adventures that come with the Simply Business territory. Forget a simple Give As You Earn scheme (although we’ve got that too) – we trek the Sahara for charity, take you on weekends away, throw epic summer parties, and meet up for book groups, public speaking coaching, yoga, manicures, beer brewing, and lots, lots more.

Our values

Everything we do comes down to these five values – empowerment, authenticity, simplicity, learning and pioneering. In practice, these will mean something unique to every person at Simply Business, but if you’re considering working here, give them some thought. They’re at the heart of our story.

Empowerment

We believe in our people and the positive impact they can have so we enable everyone to stretch themselves

Authenticity

We celebrate diversity, avoid jargon and genuinely care about helping small businesses thrive

Simplicity

We attempt to simplify complex solutions to save our customers time and effort

Learning

We’re never done learning about new possibilities and act to explore them

Pioneering

We’re obsessed with finding new ways to create even better experiences