Digital Product Designer

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £18 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come.

Join us on our journey to net zero and help us power change.

**About the Role**

**Base Location**: Flexible, however our preference is that you will be based in one of our key UK or Ireland sites, which includes but is not limited to:

- Glasgow, Perth, Edinburgh, Reading, Havant or London

**Salary**: £32,600 - £48,800 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent Full Time | Flexible First options available

Are you an enthusiastic and collaborative Digital Product Designer looking to play your part in building a better world of energy for future generations?

As part of our digital transformation programme, SSE are looking for a skilled Digital Product Designer to join the central Brand and Design team to play a key role in developing, managing and rolling out a digital pattern library across the organisation, supporting projects and business areas with the development of internal and external technology platforms, websites, templates and digital assets.

**Key Responsibilities**
- **Design Pattern Library**: Play a key role in the development of a new digital design pattern library for SSE, working closely with stakeholders from across SSE and external agencies to help establish the library and responsible for the management and rollout of the library once established across all internal and external platforms.
- **User Experience**: Partner with marketing teams, digital developers and UX designers to produce the best possible solutions that balance technical feasibility and user experience, ensuring all content meets minimum AA accessibility standards
- ** Brand management**: Work closely with the designers in the SSE Group Brand team and marketing teams across SSE businesses to ensure the new design pattern library aligns to SSE Group’s brand identity and delivers brand consistency across internal and external platforms.
- ** Digital asset development**: Develop branded digital templates and assets for advertising and social media to enable teams to deliver assets quickly and efficiently.

**What do I need?**

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Experience working as a UX or digital product designer with an in-house design team or at a digital agency.
- Experience working with, contributing to and managing digital pattern libraries and understanding of Figma and front-end. frameworks such as Storybook or similar.
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS or JavaScript.
- Ability to work collaboratively and co-ordinate multiple teams across a range of large-scale projects.
- Understanding of the importance of visual design and adherence to brand guidelines.

**About our Business**

Our Corporate Affairs, Regulation & Strategy (CARS) function combines three quite separate but intrinsically linked businesses, with a shared focus on advising, influencing and communicating SSE's strategy and interests with key stakeholders. This involves the interpretation of complex political and regulatory changes, skilled lobbying to inform the future energy ecosystem, and innovative communication techniques to ensure SSE's story is reached by a broad range of audiences including investors, competitors, governments, partners, suppliers, communities, and both current and prospective employees.

**What's in it for you?**

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

**What happens now?**

Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

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