Senior Interaction Designer

Summary

Join Version 1, a leading technology services company, as an Interaction Designer. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary, agile teams to create accessible, usable, and inclusive services for public and private sector clients. Leveraging design thinking and evidence-based approaches, you will design services that meet user needs and business objectives. Your responsibilities include conducting user research, creating prototypes, and communicating design decisions effectively to stakeholders. A strong understanding of inclusive design, accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2), and UK public sector design standards is essential. Version 1 offers a comprehensive benefits package, including profit sharing, career development opportunities, flexible/remote work options, financial wellbeing initiatives, employee wellbeing programs, generous leave policies, and educational assistance.

Requirements

• Have a strong understanding of design thinking and apply frameworks and approaches as appropriate to the circumstances of a project
• Take an evidence-based approach to design and test your assumptions to ensure that your designs are the simplest feasible approach to solving problems for users
• Undertake basic user research activity as appropriate to your design work
• Collaborate with user researchers to understand your users and their needs and to test your designs to ensure usability and accessibility
• Design to meet a wide range of user needs, explain design decisions in relation to user needs and explain the constraints on your designs
• Create and iterate a variety of different prototypes, selecting the appropriate level of fidelity and tools for the task
• Evaluate concepts and prototypes and explain them to stakeholders and team members
• Select, apply and adapt appropriate design patterns, and participate in wider design community discussion and activities
• Understand the key principles and considerations for accessible/inclusive design and apply these appropriately in your designs
• Evaluate your designs in relation to appropriate accessibility standards
• Have a deep understanding of inclusive design and accessibility, including working with users with access needs and familiarity with WCAG 2.2
• Have knowledge of UK public sector service design, including GDS service standards, GOV.UK design system patterns, and assessment processes
• Communicate your design process and decisions effectively to gain the confidence of internal colleagues and customers
• Manage the stakeholders you encounter within your work, and know how to escalate issues and when to seek support in unblocking your design work
• Understand user-centred design practices and know how to align your work to agile workflows across all stages of the development lifecycle
• Work in an open, iterative and collaborative way in a multidisciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver excellent results for Version 1’s customers in the public and private sector, working effectively in multidisciplinary, agile teams
• Design services that are accessible, usable and inclusive
• Use a range of tools such as Figma and the GOV.UK prototype kit
• Work with users and stakeholders to determine the best way to design services that meet user needs and business objectives
• Demonstrate your ability to understand users and design to meet their needs, work to relevant design standards and communicate your design decisions effectively

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes