UI Designer and Engineer - Skipton, United Kingdom - Skipton Building Society
Description
Job Description
(Contractor) Senior UI Designer and Engineer -
REACT JS HTML/CSS ESSENTIAL
Job Introduction
We are looking for a talented and passionate Senior UI Designer and Engineer to join our Digital function where you will be responsible for creating engaging, usable, inclusive, and accessible User Interface solutions for web and mobile applications.
Who Are We?
You will be joining an experienced UI Design and Engineering function where you will be collaborating on a daily basis with Digital UX Designers, Engineering Team and stakeholders throughout Technology and wider business areas. Your role will be to deliver user-centric inclusive experiences across multiple digital channels and applications, deciding best fit solutions against requirements.
What Will You Be Doing?
Responsible for designing User Interface assets/artifacts that follow best practice and aligned to design principles, brand guidelines, and technology principles and best practice.
Create and develop UI assets using a variety of code, for example: HTML, CSS, Sass, React, JavaScript.
Collaborate with multiple stakeholders across the business, to deliver a variety of changes. This will include attending, and contributing to, agile ceremonies such as refinements, sprint planning and retrospectives, representing the UI Design and Engineering function and managing own workloads appropriately.
You will need to be 'hands on' to support cultivating a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team by providing expertise and advice on your specialist area and contributing to the development and maintenance of our design system.
What Do We Need From You?
Being customer focussed and wanting to deliver engaging and inclusive customer experiences online is key to this role. An eye for detail and being flexible in your approach is also key for success as your role will be varied.
Proficiency In tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma (or equivalent) including UI kit creation and maintenance.
Strong technical skills including JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Sass and working knowledge of React for UI engineering.
Design system creation and maintenance, including UI repositories, process and documentation, systems, tools, process, repositories and applications used. Storybook, ZeroHeight, KnapSack or similar.
Working, collaborating and communicating clearly with a variety of technical and non-technical colleagues and stakeholders, including presenting design output to these audiences.
Working in a fast-paced agile environment, managing multiple deadlines, you will need to be able to work collaborative as part of a team and on your own initiative.