UX Designer

Shape the Future of Learning at Laing O'Rourke
Are you a creative, user-centered designer with a passion for digital learning and storytelling? Join Laing O'Rourke's Learning & Development team as an LX Lead, where your work will directly enhance how our people learn, grow, and succeed across the organisation.

This is your opportunity to combine creativity and technical expertise to deliver powerful learner experiences across our business.

About The Role
As our LX Lead you'll play a central role in designing and creating intuitive, accessible, and engaging digital learning journeys. Working closely with the wider business, you'll help bring to life the future of learning at LOR.

You'll also lead or contribute to internal communications campaigns that promote our learning initiatives and embed a culture of continuous development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve digital learner experiences with a strong focus on usability, accessibility, and engagement.
• Collaborate with the business to understand user needs and design and build intuitive solutions through Human Centred Design or similar approaches.
• Develop wireframes, prototypes, and learning platforms/interfaces with a consistent and accessible look and feel.
• Lead internal communications campaigns to promote new learning products, tools, and initiatives, using storytelling, branding, and digital marketing strategies.
• Conduct user research, testing, and feedback loops to continuously improve learning experiences.
• Explore and incorporate emerging technologies (e.g., XR, AI, interactive tools) into the learning journey where appropriate.
• Collaborate with SMEs, instructional designers, developers, and project stakeholders across the business.
• Translate data and insights into compelling narratives to inform product evolution and influence learning culture.

What You'll Bring

• Strong portfolio showcasing Design and Engineering work
• Experience in front end development (HTML, CSS, JS, React or similar)
• Experience in design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, etc.).
• Experience running creative communications or marketing campaigns with measurable outcomes.
• Comfortable facilitating workshops, gathering user insights, and working cross-functionally.
• Understanding of or interest in learning ecosystems, digital platforms (like LMS), or employee engagement tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Bonus If You Have

• Backend development experience
• Experience in Illustration.
• Motion design or video creation skills for engaging content.

Why Join Us?

• Make an impact: Create digital experiences that help thousands of learners thrive.
• Creative autonomy: Take the lead on projects, campaigns, and new ideas.
• Growth opportunities: Access training, mentorship, and exposure to emerging technologies.
• Collaboration: Work with passionate people across design, tech, HR, and operations.
• Purposeful innovation: Shape the future of learning in a company that values knowledge, people, and progress.

Eligibility

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Willing to travel as required.
• Degree qualified (2:2 or higher) in a relevant field (e.g., UX Design, Digital Media, Psychology, HCI, Communication, etc.).

About Us
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email