UX and Design Lead - Birmingham, United Kingdom - ADLIB Recruitment | B Corp™

Description

Join a sustainability focussed not-for-profit.
Work on complex, interesting projects that have real world impact in the energy sector.
Enjoy flexibility and hybrid working, a bonus scheme, 28 days holiday (+BH) and more.

A leading organisation in the Net Zero space is seeking a Design Manager to run the UX and design function and deliver low carbon energy services.

What you'll be doing Leading a small team of practitioners in UX Design and Service Design, you will be working alongside a research and insights team focusing on products and services in the low-carbon space.

You will be working alongside stakeholders internally and externally, so will be well-versed in building relationships and working with practitioners across varied disciplines.

Your role will be multidisciplinary, spanning management, design leadership and strategy, and supporting hands-on with design and research work.

Alongside mentoring and educating your own team in the design space, you will be advocating for and improving design processes more broadly to push the organisation forward.

The successful candidate will require a mix of big picture thinking and being able to focus on improving design work through long-term projects, alongside supporting on delivering shorter-term projects in your day-to-day work.

Having strong experience in a UX-mature environment (either agency or in-house) is essential. Experience leading design thinking and strategy within a UX mature environment.
Strong background in UX and Design disciplines, and willingness to support on Design and Research projects.
Ideally, some experience in securing revenue with public or private sector clients for design and research projects.

As well as joining a team on a mission you can really believe in, you'll enjoy flexible working, 28 days holiday (+bank holidays), bonus scheme, an enhanced pension scheme, generous maternity and paternity and more.

This is a hybrid working role with one day per week working from a modern Birmingham office.

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