Senior UX designer

Senior UX Designer 

Job Title: Senior UX Designer

Location: Hybrid | Bristol

Salary range: £38k - £48k

About Newicon

For over 17 years, we've been at the forefront of designing and building exceptional digital products. Specialising in innovation, design, software, and cloud, our teams of developers, designers and strategists work closely together to empower businesses with smart technology to shape a better tomorrow.

We are looking for exceptional talent to help us continue to design, build and deliver brilliant technical solutions.   We are currently living in a period of the fastest innovation in human history, companies need to keep up. We help them do that. Our mission is to empower change makers and teams to invent the future. We do this by helping teams embrace this fast paced world by adopting innovation and design practices and collaborating to invent new technology powered by IoT, Web3, AI.

Who you are:

You believe in the power of design to break down silos, stimulate innovation and create a common collaborative visual language that everyone can understand.

Newicon is a company that spends a lot of its time educating teams on the power of rapid design and prototyping. Design levels the playing field from Engineer, to Lawyer to CEO it allows teams to visualise and test potential solutions to complex problems. It simplifies the complex. We believe not only in doing great design for clients but also empowering them with the skills to start innovating and designing and testing their own products, solutions and systems. Creative problem solving with design is the key skill that enables people from all walks of life, at all skill levels, to take charge of their future.

If you are passionate, like us, about the crazy power design brings to shape the future then this role is for you

The role:

You will be comfortable spearheading the creation of intuitive and engaging user experiences. As a Senior UX Designer at Newicon, you will be responsible for designing the aesthetics and workflows that ensure a captivating user experience in our software solutions. This role demands a deep understanding of UX principles, a passion for design, and a commitment to delivering visually appealing and functionally effective user interfaces. Iteration, prototyping  and testing are key.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX projects from concept to completion
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs for complex projects, ensuring consistency.
• Collaborate with our team and clients to understand their goals and translate these into interactive UX prototypes.
• Collaborate with project managers, solution architects, defining project roadmaps and ensuring on time, on budget and high quality delivery
• Conduct workshops with clients and users to rapidly test and refine ideas and prototypes.
• Mentor your peers, providing guidance and feedback to help them grow
• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in UX design and technology.
• Enjoy running client workshops and design sprints

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in UX design, preferably in an agency
• Strong portfolio showcasing previous work that reflects deep UX knowledge and innovation.
• Proficiency in design tools such as, Figma and PenPot 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous, agile, evolving environment.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Why Join Newicon?

• Innovative Culture: Thrive in a culture that values creativity and is open to new ideas. A modern non corporate atmosphere. For more on our culture read our culture page:
• Career Growth: You will have an uncomfortable level of responsibility and trust being able to influence business strategy and technology for both our customers and Newicon.
  
• Flexible Working: Enjoy the flexibility of remote work options and flexible hours.
• We believe in safeguarding the health and wellbeing of your people. That's why we're proud to offer you our award-winning Assistance Programme from Health Assured