Senior UX Designer
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Job description
As AJ Bell continues to grow, we're recruiting for a Senior UX Designer to produce designs for our award-winning platforms. This is an opportunity to play a key role within our UX team, influencing design direction, championing user-centred thinking, and helping to establish a shared UX vision across the business. We're looking for someone with at least six years' UX experience and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
What you'll do:
- Creativity: demonstrate expertise in creating seamless user experiences across all digital channels.
- Ownership: help lead the end-to-end UX design process across product areas.
- Design leadership: assist with the strategic planning of design initiatives, aligning design efforts with broader business goals.
- Brand knowledge: follow and contribute to wider branding initiatives and help facilitate our brand promise of "feel good investing" into different experiences.
- Design Systems: create and maintain components in a Figma library, bringing creative ideas to help iteration.
- Contribute to the development of our new design guidelines and component libraries.
- Collaboration: collaborate with executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams, playing a key role in fostering strong partnerships and a culture of collaboration.
- Decision making: make informed and strategic decisions in the design process, balancing user needs, business considerations and creative goals.
- Research: illustrate skills in designing and overseeing comprehensive usability testing processes, utilising both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
- Be an advocate for UX in the wider business and look for opportunities to showcase UX.
- Inspire and motivate team members, whilst providing mentorship and guidance.
- Contribute to weekly UX Critique sessions.
Requirements
- A minimum of 6 years' experience in a UX role.
- Expert in prototyping software (Figma, XD etc).
- Deep understanding of user psychology.
- Accessibility expertise.
- Experience in guiding or mentoring junior team members.
- Ability to juggle multiple projects.
- A naturally creative and inquisitive approach.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- A self-motivated and ambitious attitude.
Benefits & conditions
- 26 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
- 7% Pension with matched contributions
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)
- Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare
- Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Travel and bike loan schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
Life at AJ Bell
- Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties
- Learning and development opportunities tailored to you
- Casual dress code
- Friendly, supportive team environment
Our ways of working
We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office.
For new starters, there is an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.
Inclusion & diversity
We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work.