Associate UI Designer

About the role

**We're looking for an eager and upbeat Associate UI

Designer who's ready to get stuck in with our multidisciplinary team**

As an Associate UI Designer at the UK's largest supermarket,

you'll help bring to life digital shopping experiences used by millions. You'll

work on new opportunities, crafting intuitive solutions that improve every

stage of a customer's shopping journey. And you'll iterate, test and learn from

every experience.

Audiences don't get bigger or more diverse than this We

have 11 million active app users and over 1 million online grocery orders a

week. So, you'll need a big appetite for learning everything about innovative

interaction design, prototyping and testing, and data and analytics.

Collaboration mixed with expertise and insight is the recipe

for successful design. So, you'll be working with some of the finest UX and UI

designers, researchers, UX writers, service designers, data and analytics

experts, product managers and developers.

Our secret ingredient is our Digital Design System. So, it

would be phenomenal if you already have experience using one.

Here's a taste of what you can expect.

You'll join a business that values your expertise,

experience and insight. That nurtures your personal and career growth, with

opportunities for every stage of your journey. You'll be a crucial member of a

hard-working team comprised of individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds

who possess your determination and motivation. You'll enjoy a hybrid role that

creates the perfect work/life balance, helping you be who you are both

professionally and personally. And a benefits package that's more than competitive.

You will be responsible for

• Design

the UI for large and small multi-platform projects, making complicated

experiences simpler and easier to use.

• Contribute

to interaction design discovery, sketching, wire-framing, prototyping and

delivering ready for build design files.

• Engage

with a range of departments, partnering closely with UX designers,

researchers, UX writers, engineers, product managers, data analysts, and

business partners to explore, build and deliver designs.

• Champion

human-centred design inside and outside of your team.

• Work

within and across agile squads to design, develop and improve the customer

experience across our digital products.

• Partner

with UX researchers to help your team develop compassion for our

customers, including those with a disability, and advocate for their

needs, validating designs via A/B testing, un-moderated, usability

testing.

• Work

closely with engineering teams to understand feasibility of design ideas

and ensure review of design implementation at key stages of the

development cycle.

• Partner

with the analytics team to help advise your work.

• Contribute

to workshops, conceptualisation and participatory design sessions.

• Promote

inclusive design practices and deliver accessible designs.

• Use

our Digital Design System to deliver consistent and effective designs

built on standardised foundations, components and patterns.

• Assist

other subject areas in recognising the value design can contribute to a

project to build outstanding products.

• Continuously

seek to improve design processes to improve efficiency, remove obstacles,

and simplify workflows.

• Work

with the Design Manager to cultivate a positive, supportive, and inclusive

team culture.

You will need

• Strong

UI design skills, including interaction design.

• An

exciting portfolio demonstrating your skills across web, responsive and

native app.

• Experience

in design projects in a customer-facing commercial environment.

• A

good level of proficiency with the latest versions of Figma.

• Knowledge

of the latest design and prototyping tools and technologies.

• Proficiency

in designing with accessibility in mind and meeting WCAG 2.1 level AA.

• A

good understanding of the end-to-end iterative design process.

• Passion

for solving problems while balancing all facets of a user experience.

• Experience

collaborating closely with multiple fields, including product and

engineering.

• Self-motivation,

and good organisational and time-management skills.

• Strong

written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to present your

ideas clearly.

• Proficiency

with current industry design and collaboration tools such as Miro or

equivalent experience required.

• Previous

experience in the retail sector is an advantage.

Whats in it for you?
We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more 

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary

• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)

• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave

• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About Us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet. 

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here. 

We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.  If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.