Description
Senior UX Designer - E-commerce - BORN Group - 6 Month+ Rolling Freelance Contract Outside IR35 - Fully Remote working
As our new Senior UX Designer, you will be primarily responsible for owning the overall user experience of assigned projects from start to finish, mentoring junior team members, and supporting the business development team on a variety of high-profile projects.
Responsibilities:
- Own medium and small-scale projects from start to finish under the guidance of fellow UX/Creative Lead
- Plan and execute competitor, market and customer research
- Assist in the design and facilitation of client workshops to understand and inspire our clients' vision
- Gather and translate customer and business requirements into defined specifications
- Develop and maintain information architecture and prototyping deliverables that push the boundaries of incredible experience using tools such as Sketch, Figma and InVision
- Define innovative user interfaces that result in improved user experience/productivity
- Collaborate with neighboring departments throughout each phase of the project cycle to drive decisions, reusability, mitigate issues and ensure that business and tech specifications are implemented
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
What experience and qualities will you have?:
- A minimum of 6+ years' experience in web design in a dedicated UX, IA, or IxD role
- A portfolio of web-based UX work with experience in E-commerce sites, B2B and B2C
- Solid understanding of key user experience concepts/best practices and how it fits into the world of responsive web design
- Proven, hands on experience in Sketch, Omnigraffle (or similar), Axure and InVision with the ability to create the entire information architecture
- Excellent written and verbal communication and experience in a client-facing role
- Basic knowledge of agile, lean and Iterative methodologies
- Basic understanding of mobile first methodologies
- Ability to create a basic clickable prototype
- Ability to articulate your design decisions
- A detail-oriented and strategic approach to work, possessing strong time management and interpersonal skills in a fast-paced environment
It's nice if you have:
- Knowledge of InVision Studio, InVision DSM and Adobe XD
- Knowledge of creating advanced prototype animation in tools such as Principal, Flinto and Proto.io (or similar)
- Experience leading UX Workshops using Design Sprint methodologies (or similar)
- Demonstrated proficiency in Keynote
Why join BORN Group?
- Established in 1984, BORN has a Global footprint ensuring you will be immersed in a truly multicultural, diverse and talented team
- At BORN, you can look forward to working with some of the most recognised, luxury brands in the World that we are fortunate to call our clients.
- We have enormous plans for growth and are always staying on the cutting edge of Technology to the benefit of both our employees and customers.
About Us
BORN is an award-winning global digital agency with a core focus on creative, content and commerce. We provide a holistic suite of market-leading services, from large-scale image production to bespoke content experiences and innovative E-commerce solutions. Our evolution over 25 years represents our passion for delivering fully integrated creative work to our global clients.