UX Designer [AQ-17090]

• As a User Experience (UX) Designer, you independently complete end-to-end tasks that are integrated into an overarching project or program.
• You accomplish this by proactively identifying, defining, and communicating problems within the project or product team(s), and deliver practical and/or creative ways to fix them.
• You have a working knowledge of UX design principles, user-centered product development methodologies, design systems, and research tools.
• You work with minimal guidance to complete work such as: analyzing or anticipating user needs, identifying product or platform requirements, iteratively improving design solutions based on UX testing and partner/stakeholder input, and creating innovative design solutions to defined user, product, and business problems.
• You demonstrate the ability to build design tools and deliver outputs including the product or platform.
• This includes the ability to question the execution and craft to assess how well-considered the design work is for appropriateness, longevity, collaboration, and scaling.
  
  

Responsibilities Include

• Create design concepts (e.g., mock-ups, prototypes, models) for informing product ideation and user research/testing or conduct research independently to inform design. drive contributions to a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
• Assist in design and testing processes, and generate support for a design vision with partners.
• Help create innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
• Adapt to evolving design constraints and communicate rationale of choices related to design solutions.
• Apply or adapt UX design frameworks for user experiences, including principles, patterns, and systems.
• Leverage standard writing and design tools to help visualize ideas or develop mock-ups or prototypes.
• Tailor deliverables to product or platform requirements with minimal guidance.
• Identify and follow design templates, style guides, and accessibility guidelines.
• Iteratively improve design based on UX testing and partner/stakeholder input with minimal guidance, and provide feedback to engage stakeholders on product design and achieve product goals.
• Help gain support for design strategy across partners.
• Communicate design approach to other designers or partners (e.g., product manager), and identify challenges and questions.
• Use and help propose new, key data and metrics to evaluate product impact.
• Understand the product ecosystem, user trends, and industry (e.g., competitors) by collaborating with team members when developing design solutions.
• Plan and prioritize design work across projects, and communicate priorities to team members.
• Collaborate with partners to identify opportunities to expand responsibilities within the immediate product team.
• Collaborate with engineers to communicate and/or influence design intention.
• Manage specifications (e.g., design spec s, mock-ups, or product models) for implementation.
• Help create design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business objectives.
• Analyze or anticipate user needs through collaboration with others and identify defined problems that may have multiple solutions in strategy, product, or technology.
  
  

Minimum Role Qualification Requires Proficiency In

Product design (Knowledge)

Craftsmanship

Systems thinking

Data analysis, synthesis & planning

User behavior

Aesthetic sensibility

Product development lifecycle

Interactive technology

Storytelling

Presentations

UX research methodology

Client Description

Our Client is a multinational technology company, specialising in Internet-related services and products; including online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. The atmosphere is relaxed with a diverse and innovative culture. Opportunities for growth and progression and networking with like-minded people across the business and beyond.

Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.