UX Designer, Deloitte Digital, Consulting, Edinburgh

Job Description

Your opportunity Part Business. Part Creative. Part Technology. One hundred per cent digital. At Deloitte Digital, we connect creativity with technology for business. Bringing empathy, ideas, and experience into digital transformation. Together with all of Deloitte, we create connections across the breadth of our people, organisation, and ecosystems to make an impact that matters to our clients and to society. Were a new type of creative digital consultancy that fuses strategy, tech and design to identify where businesses need to be, then get them there. Fast. Want to help us shape the future Were looking for experienced practitioners from a consulting, design, tech or business background who can show our clients whats next, then work with our mixed-discipline team to make it happen. As part of our Consultancy practice, your career with Deloitte Digital can take multiple paths. Including: customer and channel strategy, customer experience design, designing new service capab ilities and operations, mobile, online and contact centre technology solutions, and related technology and operational change programmes. We embrace the strengths of diverse talent within our team. You may have a brilliant mind, be a confident communicator or a nerd for all things digital, or you may have an impeccable business instinct, a collaborative outlook and a flair for big ideas We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us. Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of 2 years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your a pplication. Your role Were expanding fast, so were looking for people who are, by which we mean natural initiative-takers who bring out the best in others, are brilliant listeners and can grow our business without compromising standards, integrity or culture. You will work with outstanding digital talent across disciplines to innovate and create great solutions for iconic brands. Producing innovative and inspiring client outcomes across the spectrum of UX projects, you must be innovative, quick to adapt, have strong understanding of the end-to-end UX design process, coupled with experience in delivering UX design and eagerness to continually learn new digital technologies. Youll work closely with our clients to understand their business requirements in the broader context of their digital strategy and advocate for the customer by developing intuitive interactions and easy-to-use interfaces. You will collaborate with amazing digital experts across disciplines includi ng but not limited to Experience Strategists, Researchers, UX Designers, Creative Designers, Business Analysts and Engineers to deliver industry leading experiences across a broad range of products and services. • Apply a design-led approach to solve client problems • Collaborate with amazing digital experts across disciplines to innovate and solve some of the most exciting problems for our clients • Create high quality UX deliverables which deliver on project outcomes, including: • Creating user interface designs and interactive prototypes across mobile, tablet and desktop • Developing wireframes and functional specifications • Designing information architecture • Assisting developing personas, scenarios and customer experience maps • Understanding outputs from user and stakeholder research, synthesizing understanding of analysis and user insight to shape UX design concepts, deliverables and outcomes • Designing & running workshops and co-creation sessions • Reviewing existing systems and processes to identify UX issues and develop UX recommendations • Assist in the scoping and planning UX projects, either as standalone or as part of a wider project under the review of the team lead, including selection of the most appropriate and up-to-date tools and techniques • Contribute to on-going enhancements of the Deloitte Digital UX methodologies, always looking to improve your knowledge of UX and digital technology. • Monitor and have knowledge of wider industry UX trends and relevant technology trends • Work effectively in diverse teams with an inclusive team culture where people are recognized for their contribution. Your work, your choice At Deloitte we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We carefully consider agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best impact for our people and our clients. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern th at works best for you. Location Through our studios spread across the globe, we help our clients imagine, deliver and run the future, through from customer research right through to implementation. And we love doing it. This role is based in our stunning central studio location at the heart of Edinburgh, with its state-of-the-art Deloitte Greenhouse, youll never tire of those caste views, but when you do, youll also have a chance to work with clients throughout Europe and beyond. Work pattern This is a permanent contract opportunity. The role can be worked on a full-time basis. Our team members work a variety of agile working patterns. Tell us what arrangement works for you and well try to accommodate. Your professional experience Overall, youre an ideas person and problem solver as well as a hands-on doer - thats important. You know it takes a mix of people to do amazing work, so you love collaborating with and learning from people with different skills, backgrounds and perspectives. If you have an interesting or unusual mix of skills yourself, even better. Youll be an ace at what you do, with a passion for digital, keen business instincts and an eye for emerging trends and behaviours. You must have: • A passion for thinking innovatively and creating intuitive and easy to use interfaces that delight end users and that solve business problems • A strong portfolio to demonstrate your UX design experience and abilities • Strong understanding of and familiarity with the end-to-end UX design process, user-centred design and UX principles • The ability to get your hands on with UX design and prototyping tools (i.e. Sketch, Axure or similar) • Experience in d eveloping rapid prototypes • Familiarity with UX trends and methodologies • Ability to effectively prioritise and plan workload to meet deadlines • A desire to contribute to the broader success of the Experience Design team • A degree-level qualification, along with the right to live & work in the UK • Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time It would be great if you had: • A varied