Junior UI Designer

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This business is looking for a talented Junior UI Designer to help create amazing user experiences. They are looking for a true advocate for the end user, in addition to possessing superior UI skills and able to translate high-level requirements into considered, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.

This role is ideally suited to someone who is looking to build up their experience and learn from others within a collaborative, friendly environment.

Responsibilities

- Collaborate with the Lead UI Designer, Product owners and Engineering team to deliver a consistent and high quality user experience

- Help to create wireframes, site maps, mock ups and final designs as needed to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas

- Help to build and maintain design patterns and UI components to create a consistent experience

- Participate in design review sessions throughout the sprint to maintain product validity and ensure developers have knowledge of look and feel, behaviour and flow

- Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback for product improvement.

Requirements

- 1-2 years of proven UI experience

- Demonstrable UI design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction, shown in a strong portfolio

- Experience creating investigative artefacts such as wireframes and site maps

- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically XD and Illustrator), OmniGraffle, or other visual design and wire-framing tools

- An understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and its limitations

- Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders

- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively

- Up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies

- Bachelors/Masters degree in a relevant subject (Design related etc)

- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process is preferred but not essential.

The Benefits

- Competitive pay

- Career path

- 25 days pro rata holiday entitlement (+ bank holidays!)

- Dental and health insurance plans

- Pension

- Discounts at major brands.

They believe in promoting their staff and have a real career path you can follow as well as opportunities to move around the business, once you have passed probation, into other teams.