GAIN Experience - Junior UX Designer
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We're seeking a Junior UX Designer to join our Experience team and craft interaction designs that make complex digital experiences feel effortless. You'll be working across diverse projects-from life sciences platforms and healthcare applications to enterprise tools and consumer-facing services-designing the micro-interactions, interface patterns, and user flows that turn strategic thinking into intuitive digital products.
This role is perfect for a designer who loves the craft of interaction design: someone who thinks deeply about how interfaces behave, how users navigate complex systems, and how smart interaction patterns can reduce cognitive load and guide decision-making. You'll collaborate closely with UX strategists, visual designers, developers, and researchers to create prototypes that demonstrate how experiences should work-not just how they look., * Design detailed interaction patterns, micro-interactions, and animated transitions that enhance usability and communicate system behaviour clearly
- Create interactive prototypes at varying levels of fidelity using Figma or similar tools to demonstrate user flows and interaction models
- Develop comprehensive UI specifications, interaction documentation, and redline deliverables that guide development teams through implementation
- Design responsive interaction patterns that work seamlessly across devices-desktop, tablet, mobile-ensuring consistency in behaviour and feel
- Collaborate with developers to ensure interaction designs are technically feasible and perform smoothly, making pragmatic adjustments when needed
- Apply design psychology principles and established UX heuristics (recognition over recall, feedback, affordance, consistency) to interaction solutions
- Contribute to the development and evolution of design systems, creating reusable interaction patterns and component behaviours that scale across products
- Participate in usability testing sessions, observing how users interact with prototypes and iterating designs based on behavioural insights
- Work with accessibility guidelines (WCAG) to ensure interactions are inclusive-keyboard navigable, screen-reader friendly, and operable for users with varying abilities
- Present interaction concepts and prototypes to clients and internal stakeholders, articulating design rationale with clarity and confidence
- Stay current with emerging interaction design trends, tools, and technologies, bringing innovative thinking to enhance our craft
Requirements
Do you have experience in WCAG?, * 1-2 years of experience in interaction design, UX design, or product design (agency, in-house, or relevant placement/internship experience)
- A strong portfolio demonstrating interaction thinking-user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and clear problem-solving through design
- Proficiency in Figma (essential) with demonstrated ability to create interactive prototypes and component-based design systems
- Solid understanding of interaction design fundamentals: affordance, feedback, consistency, error prevention, progressive disclosure, and mental models
- Knowledge of responsive design principles and how interaction patterns adapt across breakpoints and device types
- Awareness of accessibility standards (WCAG AA minimum) and how to design inclusive interactions
- Ability to document interaction specifications clearly for handoff to development teams
- Strong communication and presentation skills-comfortable explaining interaction rationale to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in a fast-paced, multi-project agency environment
Desirable:
- Experience with advanced prototyping tools (ProtoPie, Principle, Framer, After Effects) for high-fidelity interaction demonstrations
- Understanding of front-end development constraints (HTML/CSS/JavaScript fundamentals) to inform technically feasible interaction designs
- Familiarity with animation principles and motion design as they apply to UI (easing, duration, choreography)
- Experience designing for complex domains (B2B SaaS, enterprise software, healthcare, life sciences) where interaction clarity is critical
- Knowledge of designing AI-enhanced interfaces, intelligent search experiences, or adaptive user interfaces
- Exposure to user research methods and how behavioural insights inform interaction decisions
- Experience contributing to or maintaining design systems and component libraries
HOW YOU'LL WORK:
Constant curiosity: You can think critically and understand the data, knowing where you need to take action. You're analytical with the ability to investigate and resolve.
Pushing boundaries: You'll make the most efficient use of technology, suggesting process improvements.
The power of our imagination: You're a problem solver who goes the extra mile. You'll know the best approach to take with clients to get results.
Making it happen: You're proactive and you know you can make a difference. You use your sound judgement when making decisions and you take responsibility for your decisions and actions.
Putting people first: You'll build effective relationships with people, internally and externally, understanding both business and client needs.
Benefits & conditions
Our benefits for UK employees include:
- Private Medical Insurance
- BUPA Life Assurance
- Income protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme
- Tech & Wearables salary sacrifice scheme
- Octopus EV Scheme
- Discounts and deals on a range of items from hotels, holidays and hormone testing to cinema, gyms and will writing
