Overview / Responsibilities
Wood is currently recruiting a Lead UI / UX Designer to work in any of our UK locations. As part of a global agile development team, the Lead UI / UX Designer role provides the opportunity to help to define and improve the user experience and look and feel of the digital solutions, through hands-on designs, and establishing UI / UX standards for other developers to follow. The role requires close liaising with the business, clients, IT services, outsource partners and third-party providers to design and deliver technical solutions to business requirements. As a member of the Digital and Technology team, the role holder will contribute to the Software Solutions objectives.
Responsibilities
- Takes ownership of the User Experience design process and UI standards. Develops design libraries standard UI components, style guides and design systems with adherence to branding requirements, presenting as necessary, and mentors other team members on their application
- Maintains and further builds design team workflows that ensure that all designs delivered are in line with style guides and are of high-quality standards.
- Leads design activities to understand user needs & business opportunities, uncovers business/user needs and generates potential solutions. Communicates design decision to stakeholders with justification
- Conducts user research, gathers feedback, works closely with the internal and external customers and end-users
- Works closely with end-users, Product Owners, Business Analysts and SMEs to create rapid, iterative, and low-fi prototypes to turn UI design ideas into testable artefacts to collect and analyse the feedback of stakeholders in the early stages like ideation
- Works closely with development teams to iteratively builds hi-fi prototypes with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and UI frameworks and guides development teams to deliver the user interfaces and experiences
- Gets involved in the testing and validation of UI designs, iterating, and enhancing them in line with the results and feedback gathered
- Designs and develops new front-end features, utilising company best practices and architectural standards
- Ensures consistency of the user interface and corporate design signature across multiple platforms
- Oversees the development and delivery of effective user interfaces. Be the focal point for the front-end development for others within the cross-functional agile development teams
- Demonstrates a range of UI skills, working within the constraints of established applications, supporting browser compatibility and development techniques
- Continuously look for opportunities to enhance the user experience and look and feel of the applications and ensure a consistent user experience
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Educated to degree/recognised certification level in relevant subject, or equivalent experience
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Ability to lead and direct design thinking for a wide range of products
- Proven working experience of User Interface and Experience design of Mobile, Tablet and Web applications with proficiency in designing and mocking up user interfaces using both low-fi and high-fi prototypes
- Solid understanding of UX and UI design principles with an emphasis on maximising usability
- Working knowledge of the ideation and creation of UI design deliverables: Sitemaps, user flows, wireframes, lo-fi and hi-fi layouts, rapid prototyping
- Working knowledge of collaboration and design tools such as Adobe XD, Figma, Mural
- Working knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
- Solid understanding of view layout and rendering principles, responsiveness, browser, and device supports
- With demonstrable evidence, hands-on experience of working with rich presentation of statistical data, graphs, and management information
- Experience mentoring or supervising other UI designers
- Hands-on commercial experience with one or more client-side frameworks such as Angular, AngularJS, Vue or React and/or Microsoft Power Platform would be beneficial
Personal attributes:
- Positive attitude with excellent verbal & written communication and collaboration skills
- Visual and flexible thinker with attention to detail
- Active listener and questioner with solid patience
- Team player, capable of working effectively in a geographically dispersed team
- Disciplined, organised, self-motivated and focused on the delivery of results
- Active learner with a strong passion for UI/UX design and development
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
