Senior Ux Designer Outside Ir35

Senior UX Designer - Edinburgh - 6 Month Contract

Lorien's Public Sector client are currently recruiting for a Senior UX Designer to join on a 6 month initial contract, outside IR35.

The successful candidate will have the following skills/knowledge:

• Expert design acumen demonstrated through owning service/product design end-to-end
• Proven understanding of collaborative, user-centred design methods
• Ability to work collaboratively, synthesising insights from user research, business and technical analysis to inform and improve your designs
• Ability to collaborate with engineering team to ensure designs are realised in final solutions in the most effective way
• Strong focus on usability & accessibility to ensure the end service/product meets the end users' needs and meets industry standards
• Good working knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
• Reviewing existing systems and processes to identify UX issues and develop UX recommendations
• Ability to create high quality UX deliverables which deliver on service/product objectives, including:
  • Assisting in developing personas and user journey maps
  • Designing & running co-design workshops
  • Creating user interface designs and interactive prototypes, choosing the most appropriate fidelity
  • Designing information architecture
  • Designing content to support successful user journeys
• Experience of leading a team, mentoring colleagues and supporting with professional development
• Experience of establishing and growing a UX practise in a large-scale organisation, implementing processes and ways of working to embed UX design as a core discipline
• Awareness of Digital Scotland Service Standard, Government Digital Services (GDS) and the Scottish Approach to Service Design
• Experience of using existing public sector patterns and components to build consistency

Desirable:

• Experience of successfully completing a GDS or Digital Scotland Service Standard assessment
• Practical experience of ensuring designs are inclusive and accessible, complying with WCAG

Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.