UX Designer

About Us

Triad Group Plc is an award-winning digital, data, and solutions consultancy with over 35 years’ experience primarily serving the UK public sector and central government. We deliver high-quality solutions that make a real difference to users, citizens and consumers.

The Role

Job Title: UX Designer

Job Responsibilities

• User research: Plan and conduct user research with appropriate methods including user interviews and surveys to address research problems, establish user needs, highlight pain points and identify opportunities to improve user experiences.
• Analysis: Use appropriate methods to analyse research and triangulate findings across multiple research outputs.
• Producing artefacts: Decide upon and produce artefacts based on the research and design including personas, user journeys, and service blueprints.
• Design and iteration: Create wireframes and designs using various levels of fidelity as appropriate and collate feedback to iterate these designs.
• Prototyping: Create interactive prototypes to different levels of fidelity to be able to test design options.
• Workshops: Initiate, plan and conduct workshops with stakeholders and users.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Work with stakeholders, users, business analysts, technical teams and product owners to shape and develop the user experience.
• Usability testing: Initiate, plan, conduct and analyse usability testing to evaluate digital systems and services.
• Accessibility and inclusion: Ensure research activities are inclusive (for accessibility and digital literacy needs) and designed to ensure services adhere to WCAG 2.2.
• Information architecture and navigation: Research for and design the information architecture to ensure users can navigate successfully.
• Measuring success: Work with stakeholders to define success metrics so that services can continually iterate.
• Agile working: Work and collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams using agile methods.
• Advocacy and education: Advocate for and educate client teams about user-centred design including upskilling and mentoring.
• Best practice and community: Be part of and contribute to the Community of Practice to ensure it develops alongside developments in the industry.

Qualifications

• Experienced in creating intuitive, user-friendly digital experiences backed by solid user research and usability testing, with the ability to extract and present actionable insights.
• Proficient in prototyping and design tools including Figma, Adobe XD, Axure, and Balsamiq.
• Familiar with research and analysis tools such as Dovetail, Mural, and Microsoft Forms.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and analytical tools like Google Analytics (both desirable).
• Experience working with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and practices (desirable).
• A portfolio of UX work is available on request.

Skills

• Deep analytical thinking with a strong ability to communicate insights clearly through presentations and reports.
• Skilled in designing accessible systems and services, with a good understanding of WCAG 2.2 guidelines and inclusive design for users with varying levels of digital literacy (desirable).
• Comfortable working within Agile frameworks and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.

Work Style

Full-Time
Remote

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Matched pension contributions (5%).
• Private healthcare with Bupa.
• Gym membership support or Lakeshore Fitness access.
• Perkbox membership.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.