Interaction Designer | Central London | Permanent | Opportunity to work in a fun Vibrant Cutting Edge Studio
Our client is a digital user interface design studio that develops pioneering user experiences for some of the world’s leading brands. They are looking for experienced mid-weight to senior Interaction Designers for their London studio to work on and across an array of digital multi-platform projects, from mobile and tablet to TV, in-car and beyond. You will be working with your fellow Interaction Designers to get to the heart of user requirements and business objectives. You’ll be working fully integrated with the visual and motion design team to deliver beautiful user experiences on spec and on Time. The work you design will be used by millions of people worldwide. You will deliver across a range of sectors including mobile, consumer electronics, fashion, medical and finance.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Project & team management
• To be responsible with your team for estimates and delivery of the project UX components
• To interface with clients and stakeholders both with the project producer and directly
• To understand client’s complex organisational structures and to act accordingly
• To present concepts and ideas to clients of all levels
• To lead workshops, research and testing sessions with stakeholders
• To be aware of and mitigate project risk
Senior level requirement
• To act as a team and company UX lead
• To mentor Junior Interaction Designers in various aspects of their role
• To represent the company in thought leadership at conferences and workshops
Design documentation expected
• Personas, User Scenarios, User stories, Concepts, Specifications documents (Sketches,
Wireframes, Flows) – showing excellent attention to detail in all your documentation
• Research reports: Contextual inquiry, Task Analysis, Competitor analysis, Usability testing
• Prototypes – working with visual and motion designers and technical delivery teams to
produce prototypes of varying fidelity, and knowing how much time to invest in each (or
even better produce them)
• Understandable presentation documents for non-technical stakeholders
Professional Experience Requirements
Must have…
• Expert knowledge of user centered design, usability principles and techniques
• Agency-side user experience background
• Client-side experience for a technology brand
• Device oriented UX design
• Working with visual design teams comprising of visual and motion designers
• Working with technical delivery teams to solve technical & logical issues on UI design
• Visualising concepts to demonstrate ideas
• Experience working within Agile/SCRUM process
Nice to have…
• Multi and cross-platform design experience
• Experience in interaction design for mobile
• Mobile app project experience
• TV and IPTV UX experience
• Finance sector experience
• Experience leading interaction design teams
The tools they use
• Design Tools: OmniGraffle, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Axure, After Effects
• Project Management Tools: Basecamp, Unfuddle, Jira
Character Requirements
• You have passion and hunger
• Detail oriented, well organised and self motivated
• Excellent communication/presentation ability, capable of inspiring both colleagues & clients
• You are outgoing, personable, sociable and easy going
• You are open to criticism from your team to benefit project development and understanding
• You are always ready to learn and to share knowledge
• You can deal with pressure and can work in a fast paced environment
October, 2010
Salary: Up to £50,000 dependent on experience
Benefits: Pension after 1 year of service.
Health after 3 months of service
If you would like the opportunity to work for a fun exciting faced paced studio please send your details to David@abrs.com or call me on 01491411020 – 07909223518 for further details