Freelance UX Designer

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Teach Your Monster Full time

**Freelance UX Designer**:
**Time**:2.5 days per week for 3-6 months

**Location**: Mainly remote, working in the UK, with 2-4 days per month in person in London (normally on Tuesdays).

The **start date** for this role is April 2023.

**Introduction**:
We're Teach Your Monster, a non-profit that creates magical, fun-filled learning games for kids.

With the help of friendly monsters, playful design and out-of-this-world storytelling, we work with leading academics to create beautifully crafted games kids love to play.

Trusted by teachers and parents, our innovative products aim to engage even the most reluctant of learners.

**The role we're looking to fill**:
We are currently looking to improve the user experiences across the interfaces within, between and outside of our games and we are on the lookout for a **Freelance UX Designer** on a part-time basis (2.5 days per week) for a 3-6 month freelance contract.

Your responsibilities will be:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user needs, gather requirements, and translate them into creative and relevant user-centred designs
- Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that illustrate flows and interaction for various digital products, game-related interfaces and services
- Plan and conduct user testing and research to validate design concepts and iterate on designs
- Develop, follow and maintain design systems, style guides, and UI patterns to ensure consistency across products and services
- Collaborate with other designers and the UX team, product managers, game and web developers, as well as the wider team to ensure designs are properly implemented to meet user needs and the brand guidelines
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends, tools, and technologies in UX design and incorporate them into our design processes

**The experience you'll need**:

- **Required**:

- Demonstrable knowledge of design thinking principles and user-centered design methodologies
- At least 1 year of practical (non-academic) experience in UX design, human-computer interaction, graphic design, or related field
- Practical (non-academic) experience in a lean/agile environment
- Portfolio demonstrating experience in designing and developing user-centered digital products and services
- Experience designing for both mobile platforms and web
- Practical (non-academic) experience conducting lean and iterative UX research - including various research techniques, interviews and testing
- Experience in service and/or platform interface design is an advantage
- **Nice to have**:

- Experience or interest in gaming and/or media production design
- Experience with conducting A/B testing and optimising user journeys
- Familiarity with web design principles and responsive design
- Understanding of accessibility principles and guidelines

**The skills you'll need**:

- Excellent English language verbal and written skills
- Strong communication, presentation and collaboration skills, both written and verbal
- Proficiency in design and research tools such as Figma, Miro, ProdPad, Adobe Creative Suite, UserTesting, Pollfish, Typeform, etc.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and project management tools such as Trello, Asana, Jira, etc.
- Self-starting attitude, drive for autonomy and enabling collaboration
- Make a difference to children's lives - we are run like a games studio or a startup, but our focus is on **impact **not **profit**:

- Work relatively** flexibly**:

- many of us are remote and part-time and we are **family-friendly,** allowing work days to be structured around family commitments
- Work with a **diverse team** on a challenge that will positively impact children and families all over the world.
- Surround yourself with smart, curious, and **action-oriented** people with opportunities to learn every single day.
- Be part of our culture of **openness**, candid communications, a **learning mindset **and respect for each other
- Take on responsibility,** try new things** and grow your skills in a purpose-driven environment
- Be **autonomous**, we want you to work in the way that you feel will bring the best results for you and others

**More about Teach Your Monster**:
Teach Your Monster works with The Usborne Foundation — a charity set up by Peter Usborne CBE of Usborne Publishing, to support early years learning. We believe every child should have the opportunity to reach their full potential in early years and beyond.

**How to apply**

Please send a short cover letter, a **CV and a portfolio.** Please add a link to your portfolio into your cover letter. If we'd like to know more and have a chat with you, we'll be in touch

Please note:

- We like to work directly with our team members, so are not interested in hearing from recruiters or agencies.

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