User Interaction Designer

2 weeks ago


Taunton, United Kingdom UK Hydrographic Office Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 302712**Salary**:

- £34,369- Further information can be found in the attached Document “Additional Pay Information”.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- B2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- UKHO - Customer**Type of role**:

- Customer Insight
- Digital**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- TauntonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you passionate about design? Do you enjoy solving problems and creating enjoyable user experiences? Do you enjoy turning ideas and requirements into effective interaction and design solutions? Do you have the ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders?

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is offering an exciting opportunity for a **User Interaction Designer** with the ability to work in a **small, but impactful UX team** to translate user and business requirements into prototypes following **Lean UX, GDS and user-centred principles**. You will have an appreciation of design principles and process. You will have the desire to see your work have maximum impact in a dynamic sector, representing UX across this global Hydrographic Office. You will have experience of working with prototyping tools, facilitating design activities and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders.

**Job description**:
As our **User Interaction Designer** you will be responsible for:

- Translation of user and business requirements into design approaches or services that meet user needs
- The creation and validation of storyboards, user journeys, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
- The creation and design of workable prototypes derived from User Research and customer engagement using multiple media
- Conducting usability tests with end users to evaluate concept designs and redesign prototypes based on the results of the testing.
- Update and review of components and patterns in the UKHO Design System that will be used throughout all Admiralty products and services ensuring these standards are adhered to across all levels of development and that there is a consistent look and feel to UKHO products.
- Ensuring all designs are communicated and understood in collaboration with software developers for implementation.
- Collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders (including but not limited to, User Researchers, Product Managers, Delivery Managers, Development teams, GIS Developers) to define and implement innovative solutions for designing products, interfaces and experiences
- Keep abreast and informed of the wider digital landscape and, developments in interaction design in particular.

**Hybrid Working Expectations**

This post is hybrid, you will be able to work from home, but also be willing to travel to and attend the office in Taunton for relevant workshops, meetings, team events as necessary.

**Person specification**:
As our **User Interaction Designer** you will have:

- Experience of designing solutions to meet customer needs.
- Experience or understanding of usability testing.
- Knowledge and experience of HTML/CSS
- Appreciation of Design Principles and Process (e.g. Pattern Library and Design System)
- Experience of wireframing and prototyping tools. (for example Figma and Axure)
- Experience or understanding of UX deliverables - e.g. storyboards, user flows, process flows and journey maps
- Experience or understanding of visual design with examples.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Experience of designing solutions to meet customer needs.
- Experience or understanding of usability testing.
- Experience or understanding of visual design with examples. (presentation)
- Experience of wireframing and prototyping tools. (for example Figma and Axure) (presentation)
- Experience or understanding of UX deliverables - e.g. storyboards, user flows, process flows and journey maps (presentation)
- Experience or understanding of visual design with examples. (Presentation)

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £34,369, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £9,279 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued.

We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.

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