Description
Digital Designer required for NHS Digital. You'll be part of a research-led team of digital and healthcare experts working to transform digital health and care.Knowledge - Essential
* Interaction Design - able to demonstrate knowledge of Interaction Design. Topics may include knowledge of human-computer development processes. Human-computer design principles, human limitations, SDLC processes, user interface (UI) technologies.
* Service Design - able to demonstrate knowledge of Service Design - knowledge of components such as service mapping, business processes, user profiling etc.
* Graphic Design - able to demonstrate knowledge of graphic design. Topics may include understanding of typography for the web, narrative, progressive disclosure, hierarchy, colour and legibility. Has awareness of context and when best to use imagery and iconography.
* Demonstrable knowledge and passion for user centred design practices for both public facing and internal services and applications.
* Experience with design tools. Can provide evidence and practical experience of using design tools such as Marvel, Sketch, Adobe, Affinity, Invision etc.
* Recognised design qualification, for example in Service Design, Interaction Design, Design, Human-Centred Design, etc.
Desirable
* Knowledge of design methods such as Cooper Design, IDEO, Karen Holzblatt etc.
* Knowledge of standards, eg GDS Service Standard, ISO 9.
* Knowledge of Healthcare and/or NHS Organisations.
* Knowledge of related user experience methods, principles and techniques. Such as content design and user research
* Knowledge of development techniques and development platforms (voice, web, iOS, Chrome) environments, languages and technologies.
Experience
* Experience of managing the design experience for digital services in all stages of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
* Experience of using 'mobile first' approach.
* Proven experience with prototyping and iterative design.
* Evidence of working in an agile development environment alongside product owners and with researchers, content designers and developers to design and build new digital services.
* Portfolio that demonstrates practical or strategic examples of their design specialism.experience of producing designs in different channels.
* Candidate is familiar with popular design frameworks such as BBC's Global Experience language (GEL) amongst others.
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