Interaction Designer

UK Health Security Agency
Leeds, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Software Design Patterns Interaction Design Software Prototyping User-Centered Design Programming Languages

Job description

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape user-centred services and experiences
  • Use research insights to identify opportunities and solve complex problems
  • Create and test interactive prototypes to bring ideas to life
  • Champion accessibility, inclusion and best practice design standards
  • Contribute to and learn from UKHSA’s growing UCD community

Requirements

  • Experience in interaction design and applying user-centred design methods and practices in complex organisations
  • To be able to manage relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to improve services and gain support for standards, design solutions, roadmaps, and ways of working
  • Experience in the use of various prototyping tools and methods to deliver interactive prototypes, demonstrating ability to create designs that are accessible without compromising delivery timelines
  • To be able to communicate with developer colleagues, leveraging knowledge of front-end languages to ensure designs are developed to standard and remain accessible
  • To be able to apply iterative design principles and agile methodologies to your work
  • To be able to demonstrate the importance of designing inclusive, equitable, accessible and sustainable services
  • To be able to plan design activities, working directly with other professions to ensure effective and timely delivery
  • To be able to identify new design patterns and components based on evidence

You may also have experience of:

  • Coding using HTML/CSS
  • The GOV.UK Prototype Kit and associated hosting technologies
  • Government service assessment

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