UX Designer

**WHO ARE KFC?**

Colonel Harland Sanders opened the first KFC in Corbin, Kentucky in 1938. He started with one restaurant, 11 herbs and spices, and an idea. From there our incredible brand and product grew to what it is today.

KFC first came to the UK in 1965 with our first restaurant in Preston, Lancashire. Today we are a billion-pound business with over 1000 restaurants run by our 28,000 restaurant team members. Our headquarters are based at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in Woking, Surrey - a 24-minute train from Waterloo. Of the c.1000 restaurants in the UK, 95% are owned and operated by 34 franchise partners; the remaining 5% are company owned and run.

**WHO ARE ‘YUM’?**

KFC is one of the 5 brands operated by our parent company Yum along with Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, The Habit Burger Grill and recently added Heartstyles. We are the world’s largest restaurant group with over 52,000 restaurants across the globe.

Yum isn’t your average Fortune 500 company. We like to do things a little differently. From our world-famous culture of fun and recognition to our focus on your career potential.

**OUR CULTURE**

BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS, TEAMWORK AND RECOGNITION

We believe that our success is driven by the power of our employees working in unison with a shared set of common goals and values. We are very proud that KFC UKI is recognised as a key market not only in terms of profit and innovation but also for the talent we grow and develop for Yum.

We invest heavily in our people and helping them drive their personal development. As part of this we give each of our managers in the business the opportunity to go through Heartstyles. Heartstyles is a tool and strategy to measure and manage culture, building people’s self-awareness and helping them to transform their behaviours. This tool can then be used in coaching conversations you have with your team and line manager and to help build effective individual development plans.

We celebrate success every day and to us recognition is much more than just saying thank you
- it is about really celebrating achievements, milestones and behaviours. One of the ways we do this is through our own personal recognition awards.

As a company we take our corporate social responsibility very seriously and encourage our employees to ‘give something back’ through companywide charity efforts.

As an equal opportunity employer, we embrace individuality and diversity. We employ irrespective of background, age, ethnicity, colour, gender, disability, sexual or religious orientation and marital status.

**MORE ABOUT THE ROLE**

KFC UK&I Digital Technology Team is looking for an experienced and motivated UX/UI Designer to join our in-house UX Studio based in Surrey.

You’ll be working on KFC UK’s growing portfolio of digital products, services, and touchpoints where your efforts will directly impact the experience of millions of KFC customers. You will join the research and product teams in shaping what’s next, and partner with experts in marketing, operations, and technology as well as some of the UK’s top agencies on exciting projects, powerful new features, and game-changing services.

**WHAT YOU'LL DO**
- Creating and refining designs for several digital touchpoints, products, and services
- Creating user flows, architecture maps, and wireframes to support your design process
- Taking designs from the initial idea to the outcome as part of a cross-functional team
- Running design workshops, design reviews and presenting your work for feedback
- Creating, reviewing, and refining design components for use within our design system
- Working with other members of the UX Studio, sharing work, feedback, and skills
- Managing and prioritising your personal workflow to meet deadlines and requirements

**WHAT WE'D LOVE FROM YOU**
- You are motivated and will seize the opportunity to make your mark on KFC’s digital products, creating interactions and experiences which are easy and so very KFC
- You have at least 3 years of relevant experience in UX/UI Design roles at an agency, in-house or freelance/contract
- You can show examples of your work which have made it to production and have a good understanding of the digital production process from ideas to launch
- You’ll thrive on collaboration and teamwork, running workshops, and adding value to product and cross-functional teams with your customer focus and designer’s eye.
- You’ll excel at design for digital, particularly mobile apps and the web, but also love the idea of designing for other form factors such as large digital displays and touchscreen kiosks.
- You have designed and built functioning prototypes for testing using apps like Figma
- You’re confident presenting your work to cross-functional teams or business leaders and an expert in taking feedback and fielding questions and queries

Required Knowledge, Skills or Abilities:

- 3 years minimum experience designing for app, web, and interactive