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UX/UI Designer
Zaizi is looking for a UX/UI Designer to work in a delivery-focused, agile environment, working closely with government clients. You’ll play a pivotal role in translating user needs into clear, actionable designs while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
About the Role
At Zaizi, a UX/UI Designer ensures smooth workflows through planning, leading, and coordinating user-centred design efforts. You’ll collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, Testers, and Designers to ensure the best design outputs.
The role will see you:
- Depicting the user journey with clarity and insight
- Leading design processes for optimal outcomes
- Providing guidance and high standards to junior designers and mentoring their growth
- Delivering accessible, user-centred experiences
Key Responsibilities
These objectives highlight what we would like this role to achieve. The full scope will be discussed in interviews:
- Design expertise: Demonstrate Figma mastery and knowledge of user interface design
- Stakeholder liaison: Communicate user needs to stakeholders and collaborators
- Prototyping: Facilitate the creation of prototypes for successful development handoffs
- Workshops: Design and facilitate workshops with team members
- Collection of requirements: Extract clear design specifications from ambiguous user feedback
- Expertise resource: Act as the go-to authority for accessible design principles
- Production-level collaboration: Work closely with Developers to ensure seamless delivery of designs
Tasks & Responsibilities
Core Duties:
- Shape and empower the creation of workshops, prototypes and other design artefacts to steer decision making within the team
- Foster user-centred design approaches and methodologies across various projects
- Contribute to strategic planning and executing user experience activities
Specialised Skills & Competencies:
- Expertise in user-centred design and service design practices
- Ability to break down complex designs for effective communication with Developers and Testers
- Versatility in prototyping frameworks and interaction design methods
- Establish clear design objectives and utilise suitable tools/techniques for success
- Organize and execute plan user-centred design and team protocols
- Transform research data into strategic insights with thematic clarity and synthesis
- Support informed and well-rounded communication with stakeholders and teams
- Adaptability and flexibility in managing agile projects
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Job Eligibility Notice
Not meeting all of these qualifications needn’t discourage you. Research indicates that women and individuals from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds often hesitate to apply unless their experience aligns exactly with a job post. If this role resonates with you despite minor skill discrepancies—such similarities could mean you are not just another candidate, but the perfect fit!
Zaizi actively encourages applications from:
- People of colour, LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities
- Neurodivergent individuals and parents
- Lower socio-economic backgrounds
We are accessible and supportive; applications accommodating special circumstances or adjustments needed in the interview process can be noted during the application.
Security Clearance
Zaizi works in collaboration with UK Central Government departments. Security clearance is a necessary prerequisite for participating in our high-security projects.
- You must have the right to work in the UK without any sponsorship requirements
- You need to have lived continuously in the UK for the past 5 years or more
Interview Process
This is a multi-staged interview process:
1st Stage: Initial Phone Screening
Interviewer: A member of the recruitment team
2nd Stage: Technical Evaluation
Focuses on evaluation of technical expertise and problem-solving
3rd/Final Stage:
Two components — a 10-15 minute presentation, followed by a panel interview in which various departmental stakeholders participate.
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Compensation & Benefits
Pay
- Competitive salary/review structure ensuring alignment with your performance and market value
Loyalty Pension Scheme
- Starting at 5% employer contribution, growing by 0.5% yearly up to a maximum of 8% from the third anniversary onward
Protection
- Free comprehensive Group Life Assurance providing invaluable security
Purpose & Culture
Zaizi prioritises real impactful projects that propel advances through:
- Autonomy: A culture of empowerment where rapid prototyping and courageous iteration are encouraged
- Philanthropy: A bid to support Reservists with 10 days paid “German Shelter” military service
Our company’s culture stresses impactful contributions driven by teamwork, which translates into a flexible but highly evolved environment.
Work/Life Balance
Paid time off includes:
- 25 days holiday, paired with bank holidays and the flexibility to exchange holiday-specific days
Additionally:
- 2 paid voluntary days per year to revitalize your social and community involvement
Professional Growth
Professional development is a significant part of the Zaizi experience:
- Fully funded certifications in fields such as AWS, GCP, Agile with granted leave
- 500 GBP annual Personal Choice Fund for career growth or personal learning interest
Our supportive mentoring programs enable experience and growth tailored coaching
Health & Wellness
Enhance your well-being with:
- Vitality Private Medical Insurance (including a complimentary Apple Watch, along with gym and reward discounts)
- Genuine Hybrid Working Model, allowing Work From Home equipment stipends upon setup
- Cycle to Work Scheme with a commitment to sustainable working practices and employee well-being
For enquiries and questions about these postings, kindly reach out to: talentteam@zaizi.com
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