Lead UX Designer (12 months)

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Lead UX Designer (12 months)

  • We\'ll look to you to be a passionate advocate for great customer experiences, bringing your creative and strategic thinking skills
  • You\'ll be at the forefront of UX design solutions that employ and improve our principles, standards and design patterns, centred around best practice, consistency and re-use
  • In return, you’ll have a genuine impact on our customers, and will be well positioned to gain recognition for you and your work
  • This role is available for a period of 12 months

What you\'ll do

As a Lead UX Designer, you’ll be leading, inventing and designing websites and software applications which provide compelling and seamless customer experiences. This will be for native and browser-based experiences across desktop and mobile platforms. We’ll look to you to develop high level storyboards, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction, and design ideas for both strategic programmes and streams of work. Effectively, you’ll be driving and delivering consistent, efficient and enjoyable UX designs.

  • Working closely with product owners, researchers, visual designers and development to create both new products and features and extend existing ones
  • Translating customer insights into designed experiences and forming a compelling story around it
  • Working with Agile project teams and key stakeholders to develop and own the delivery of user centred solutions within project timeframes and objectives
  • Commissioning and participating in user research and testing activities, and drawing the insight needed to make informed and user centred design decisions
  • Working closely with project stakeholders to help understand and define customer value

The skills you\'ll need

We are looking for someone with a strong leadership mindset and approach to UX challenges which can be demonstrated through a portfolio of work. You will have extensive experience with design thought leadershipand design influence across organisations.

We’ll also be looking for:

  • Extensive experience of delivering UX solutions, lo fidelity wireframes, journey maps and prototypes
  • Significant experience in supporting user centred design processes and creating the material required to support user testing and concept communication
  • Strong design leadership capabilities and team management experience
  • Knowledge and experience of web and mobile experience design and a background in human-computer interaction, or a related field
  • Experience of working with Agile methodologies and multiple connected teams across programmes of work

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date: 14/10/2025

Ways of Working: Remote First

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Location:
City Of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salary:
£80,000 - £100,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Marketing & Media

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