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Interaction Designer

Michael Page
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS13DA, England

Salary

£43,000 - £55,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Our client in the Public Sector is seeking an Interaction Designer for their new Tech Hub in Leeds, which operates in a hybrid model with office attendance required twice a week.
  • The role involves providing design guidance and hands-on interaction design within an agile development framework, collaborating closely with software engineers and user researchers.
  • Candidates should have experience in Interaction Design, have worked in an Agile environment, and be familiar with various prototyping tools.
  • The position offers an annual salary of £45,000, along with 25 days of annual leave, increasing with service, and additional benefits such as a 27% pension and interest-free loans.
  • Applicants are expected to have at least 3 years of relevant experience in interaction design.

Our client in the Public Sector has just open a new Tech Hub in Leeds to work alongside their London team and we are currently looking for an Interaction Designer to join the team. This is a hybrid role and the team go the office twice a week.

Client Details

Our client in the Public Sector has just open a new Tech Hub in Leeds to work alongside their London team and we are currently looking for an Interaction Designer to join the team. This is a hybrid role and the team go the office twice a week.

Description

Provide design guidance and hands-on interaction design for complex projects and portfolios of work within an agile development framework.

Use best practice and standards consistent with the rest of government

Advise and support software engineers in the development of designs, and iterate (url removed) patterns and components

Work closely with service designers to gather and interpret evidence from service design walkthroughs and analysis, using this insight to design solutions and communicate well-reasoned rationale to stakeholders, ensuring that chosen approaches are grounded in user needs and service context.

Work closely with user researchers to provide appropriate designs and prototypes, attend user research sessions, discuss findings use evidence to inform and iterate interaction designs

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on services by planning and running design sessions, supporting workshops, and communicating design decisions to your team and internal business stakeholders

Ensure that the design work aligns to the vision and goals of the team, be able to identify risks and uncover opportunities for improvements

Oversee and maintain consistency of patterns and components that are used across projects in collaboration with the Senior Interaction Designer

Tackle complex design challenges by balancing user needs, business objectives, policy constraints, and technical feasibility. Apply critical thinking and design expertise to evaluate competing priorities and deliver solutions that are both user-centred and technically feasible within the context of government services.

Profile

Must haves:

  • Interaction Design experience
  • Worked in an Agile environment
  • Worked with different prototyping tools

Job Offer

Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays

Privilege Leave: 1 day

Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff

Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay

27% Pension

Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan

On-going learning and development

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