UX Designer

Pontoon • TRAFFIC • Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom • £550 / * • 5d ago

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

Join Our Team as a UX Designer!

Are you a passionate and innovative UX Designer looking to make a difference? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your designs help shape experiences for a diverse range of colleagues and suppliers? If so, we want you to join our client on a fixed-term contract for 6 months as a UX Designer!

Role: UX Designer

Duration: 6 Months (ext. options)

Location: Welwyn Garden City (3 Days in Office)

Rate: 550 per day (umbrella)

About the Role:

As a key member of our design team, you'll be at the forefront of creating intuitive and engaging user experiences. Here's what you'll be doing:

Crafting Experiences: Take charge of both large and small projects, transforming complex challenges into simple, user-friendly solutions.
Collaborative Process: Work closely with Product Managers to identify customer problems, build testable hypotheses, and enhance the overall customer experience.
Human-Centered Design: Advocate for user needs and champion human-centered design principles both within your team and across the organization.
Agile Collaboration: Partner with agile squads to continuously improve our digital products, making them more accessible and user-friendly.
Empathy Development: Collaborate with UX researchers to develop a deep understanding of our customers, including those with disabilities, validating designs through user testing.

What You'll Bring:

We're looking for someone who is not only skilled but also passionate about UX design. Here's what you need to succeed:

A strong portfolio showcasing your expertise in designing for web, responsive, and native applications.
Experience with high-profile design projects in a customer-facing commercial environment.
Proficiency in design tools like Figma, Sketch, Marvel, Miro, and Axure.
A solid understanding of the end-to-end design process, including research, journey mapping, and usability testing.
Strong communication skills to present ideas effectively across various levels of the organization.

Why Join Us?

Diverse Environment: Be part of a global organization with 360,000 colleagues, offering endless opportunities to learn and grow.
Impactful Work: Your designs will directly influence the experiences of colleagues and suppliers across multiple platforms and technologies.
Collaborative Culture: Work with multidisciplinary teams and foster an inclusive team culture where everyone's ideas are valued.

Additional Skills:

Experience in interaction design with a focus on accessibility (WCAG 2.1 level AA).
A knack for using both quantitative and qualitative insights to inform design decisions.
Ability to coach and mentor junior team members, helping to elevate the design standards within the organization.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and craft experiences that truly make a difference, we'd love to hear from you! Apply today and join a team that values creativity, collaboration, and customer-centric design.

Let's create something amazing together!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities employer.

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