UX Designer
Salary: From £38,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell)
Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.
The UX team sits within our Software development group and is made up of fellow UX practitioners who work together to solve business wide challenges, improve processes, and create operational efficiencies. Individuals work autonomously as embedded members of product teams, providing their specialist skills to deliver compelling user experiences.
Our UX designers work across the UX spectrum, following a user-centred design process. From discovery and definition to development and delivery, this role plays a crucial part ensuring product teams are building the right things and building the things right.
About the role:
We are seeking a highly skilled User Experience (UX) Designer to join our team. In this role, you will design and shape our digital products, ensuring they provide an intuitive and enjoyable experience for users.
Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will be responsible for conducting user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and conducting user testing to meet the needs of our users.
Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of UX and UI design principles, experience in UX methodologies, and excellent communication skills.
The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and pay attention to detail is essential. If you have a passion for designing great user experiences, apply today to make a real impact in our company.
Key Experience:
- Skills – Fluency in UX/UI process, tools, and methods and able to defend designs decisions with user research and other tools
- Ownership – Own designs for complex features and mid-sized projects ensuring projects maintain forward momentum
- Collaboration – Articulate design decisions to influence direction and synthesise multiple inputs and feedback from stakeholders into a cohesive approach that builds shared understanding
- Impact – Identify and deliver to project goals and designs holistic experiences with big picture strategy
Please refer to the job description for full details.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Why work at Jisc:
At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.
Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.
We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.
We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office environment all our hubs are open and offer a great space to work.
Our benefits are great too. We offer:
- Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
- A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
- A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
- A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
- Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
- A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
- Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
- Financial well-being support
- Discounts on big-name high-street stores
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee recognition awards and travel loans
Equality, diversity and inclusion
At Jisc, we strive to be best in practice and are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status or gender identity.
Application process:
Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.
Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, the Jisc Talent team are so super-efficient that you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!
We advertised this role on 03/02/2023.