UX/UI Consultant

• • Belfast/ Londonderry 
  • Employees can work remotely
  • Full-time
  • Department: Digital Development & Architecture

  Company Description

  We pledge "to prove IT can make a real difference to our customer's businesses". We work hard to ensure we understand what our customers need from their technology solutions and then we deliver.
  
  We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big and we hire great people. Version 1 are more than just another IT services company - we are leaders in implementing and supporting Oracle, Microsoft and AWS technologies.
  
  Invest in us and we’ll invest in you; if you are driven, committed and up for a challenge, we want to meet you.

  Job Description

  • Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
  • Facilitate the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products.
  • Work with business stakeholders in defining user requirements and processes.
  • Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, mock-ups and proof of concepts (POCs) optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
  • Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
  • Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core and new functions and features.
  • Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.
  • Working with project managers, BA’s and other key stakeholders to prioritising design effort and execution of projects.
  • Contributing to concept pitches and presentations to clients and other key stakeholders.

  Qualifications

  • Experience with UI / UX design.
  • Have an online portfolio or be able to create an online portfolio of your work if successful 
  • BA/BSc in Graphic Design, Architecture, Product Design, Industrial Design or a related conceptual design field or have additional relevant work experience.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
  • Experience creating wireframes, low-fidelity and high-fidelity interactive prototypes with industry-standard design tools (e.g: Sketch, Adobe XD, Invision, Balsamiq).
  • Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
  • Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.

  Desirable: 

  • Deep understanding of design approaches, including mobile-first and responsive design.
  • A solid grasp of user-centred design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
  • An understanding of web technologies and how developers seek to leverage design output.
  • Ability to prototype in HTML, CSS or JavaScript a plus but not essential for this role.
  • Experience working in a GDS environment (Government Digital Service)

  Must be eligible for UK SC (Security) Clearance 

  Additional Information

  Before you apply, here are some of our benefits. We offer profit share, pension, private medical, flexible working policy and more. We offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role.

  We offer employee recognition in the form of Excellence Awards and V1Ps which is awarded by your peers. Engagement is incredibly important with local engagement teams driving our engagement events!