UX/UI Designer
Are you ready to be a part of a motivated and strategic team delivering high-quality service to the business? If so, keep reading..
As the world’s leading illustrated non-fiction Publisher, we are looking for a natural problem solver and an individual with a strategic mindset to join our friendly team within the DK Digital Product & Web Development department.
This will be a great opportunity for you to show off your skills and knowledge as well as developing and broadening your creative / design skills.
About you:
We’re looking for a UX/UI Designer to join our Digital Development team to work on our range of digital products, across both web and mobile apps.
You’ll be working with a wide range of stakeholders to help deliver successful UX/UI improvements to products that are already live in order to improve usability and increase the value the products provide to the business, and also help to define the UX/UI for products that are in a very early conceptual phase and help us to bring these to market.
We are looking for someone that is a strong believer in an agile methodology, lean UX and an iterative design approach.
You will:
Work to understand the aims, business goals and desired return and value the products are aimed at delivering to the business
Participate in daily stand-ups to provide updates and flag any issues or blockers
Work with the Product and Development teams to ensure concepts and designs are shared and accessible to developers, and that all accompanying information required is readily available ahead of the sprint starting
Collaboratively design, test, and develop solutions with your team
Ensure all UI designs you produce work well across all supported devices and viewport sizes
Define and validate hypotheses about what is valuable to our users and what would improve targeted metrics
Design products that are reliable, feel intuitive and ensure that users can achieve their goals quickly and easily
Track the results of any changes that are deployed to production in order to understand the impact of the change or launch of a product (whether positive or negative)
Present your designs in various meetings with a range of stakeholders, from sprint refinement, sprint planning, design reviews
Provide feedback during the development process to ensure the delivered coded and styling match designs
Help drive engagement in usability testing and research within the business using data to showcase the impact
Be familiar with various UX prototyping, user research, A/B testing and collaboration tools such as (but not limited to): Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Cloud / G-Suite apps
Please apply by sending your most up to date CV and Cover Letter.
Closing date for applications: 28th April 2023
We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:
25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
Medical cover
Life Assurance
Generous pension scheme
Volunteering policy and charity matching
Employee assistance programme
Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
Summer hours
Mentoring programme
We plant a tree for every new employee to our business
DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background.
DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
About our Company:
We believe in the power of discovery. That's why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. From first words to the Big Bang, from the wonders of nature to city adventures, you will find expert knowledge, hours of fun and endless inspiration in the pages of our books.
We are the world's leading illustrated publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann, creating cutting-edge design and stunning visual books for the whole family. We are passionate about inspiring curiosity and bring people to books through their thirst for knowledge. With a global book loving community of over 800 colleagues in the UK, US, Germany, India, China, Spain and Australia, we produce books in over 100 countries and over 60 languages. Find out more on dk.com.
Company: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11 7BW
Job ID: 259219