Senior interaction designer

You will

lead on the design and prototyping of user interfaces that align with user needs and business requirements
collaborate with UCD professionals, including researchers, service designers, and content designers, to turn insights into functional and engaging designs
use data and evidence to refine and improve designs, making informed decisions based on testing and user feedback
advocate for user needs throughout the design process, ensuring solutions are accessible, inclusive, and solve complete user problems
communicate design solutions effectively to stakeholders, contributing to the overall vision for the service
coach and mentor junior designers, facilitate design crits, and ensure services are meeting design standards as a service assessor

It is essential that you can demonstrate the following experience in your application and at the interview:

expertise in designing and testing complex user interfaces, using advanced prototyping techniques to validate and refine designs
skilled in using data, research, and testing feedback to drive informed, user-centred design decisions
strong communicator with the ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, encourage collaboration, and facilitate alignment across teams
expert knowledge in accessible and inclusive design principles, ensuring products are usable for all users
experienced in agile working practices, adapting to iterative feedback and prioritising tasks based on user and business needs
be familiar with using, and contributing to, design systems and have experience designing government or similar products

It is desirable if you can demonstrate the following:

be able to prototype in code using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
strong analytical skills to identify and address issues within service designs, improving reliability and usability
ability to evaluate and measure design impact against organisational KPIs and objectives