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    Lead UX Designer- Hybrid Working - London, United Kingdom - Softwire

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    Lead User Experience Designer (Public Sector)

    Do you have a knack for translating user needs into captivating user experiences? If the answer is yes, then you could be the perfect fit as our Lead UX Designer, joining our fast-growing Design and Research team.

    As the lead designer for challenging government projects, you'll play a key role in enhancing user experiences. You'll guide diverse teams, including junior designers and researchers, to deliver quality, user-centred services.

    Our design team is a wonderful mix of 20+ researchers, UI, UX and service designers working together with developers to create unique experiences that solve people's real problems.

    This is a fast-expanding team within a more established consultancy, where you'd have the rare opportunity to follow your work across both design diamonds.

    We work very closely with our clients in intense, user-focused, prototype driven sprints, that grow into long-term relationships.
    We don't just design.

    We are looking for someone who can design user-friendly solutions to big challenges with a practical attitude and a keen eye for detail.

    Someone who is skilled in using design facilitation to create a safe space for collaborative design with cross functional teams and stakeholders, bringing them clarity, vision and enthusiasm.

    7+ years of experience in UX design or related field
    ~ Experience with UK government projects and the GOV.UK Design System
    ~ Experienced in translating client or project briefs into a well thought-through design approach and project scope with time and budget estimates
    ~ Hands-on UX delivery experience, accountable for applying a user centred design approach in a variety of (agile) project settings, from short engagements to long-term large-scale programmes of work
    ~ Ability to lead a project team of designers, providing guidance and quality assurance to the work
    ~ Cross functional experience, effective collaboration skills with research, technology, delivery and policy counterparts
    ~ Senior client and stakeholder management skills, able to influence key decisions and demonstrate the value we're adding to their project objectives
    ~ 1 AA standard and applying inclusive design principles to your work
    ~ Line management and/or mentoring experience
    Experience in an agency setting as well as private sector projects
    Understanding and/or working experience with procurement processes, writing proposals and pitching for projects
    Ability to carry out research, and a willingness to explore Service Design
    Coding ability
    Softwire is a leading digital software consultancy. We offer services in software engineering, design, innovation, cloud, mobile and data.

    Trusted by well-known organisations, including the BBC, David Lloyd Clubs, LNER and The Cabinet Office, Softwire has grown into a business that consistently delivers large, high-profile digital projects for the UK's leading brands.

    We're passionate problem-solvers in both software engineering and digital design.

    Voted in the Sunday Times as one of the Top 100 Companies to Work For (now known as Best Companies), you'll be working in a thriving environment full of innovation, devotion, and outright electricity.

    We really care about what we do When we say we care, we honestly mean it.

    Our work is our passion, and everything that comes through our doors is treated with the utmost respect and with the same level of care that we'd treat our own work.

    Because honestly – we really do care.
    We are kind Clients come to us with complex, exciting, but often challenging projects.

    And we are the friendly face that will help them reach their goals – and be with them for the long run.

    We are fun When you're working at the forefront of technology, every day is different. Softwireoperatestransparent pay scales and a profit share schemebased on role and overall company performance.
    Base salary is based on experience in role and ranges from£75,900 – £85,300 + Profit Share

    You can expect to receive an average of £13,250 – £21,750 in profit share depending on your experience and company performance.

    Pension: 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy 10 and sell 5)
    ~5 days additional days off for company-wide morale activities
    ~ Cycle to work scheme
    ~ Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
    ~ Sabbatical available on request
    ~ Free annual eye test
    ~ Long service awards
    ~ Flexible working options and patterns
    ~(Flexible Working:
    The role is suitable for people who want to work 4dpw)
    ~(Hybrid Working:
    Generally able to work at least 2dpw from home)

    Softwire is an equal-opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender including gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.



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