Senior User Experience Designer

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Job Description

Title: SeniorUser Experience (UX) Designer

Salary: £48k plus London Allowance if applicable

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: 12 Month FTC

Based: London / Home

Closing date: 15th June 2023

Interview date: TBC

Marie Curie is looking for a talented Senior UX Designer who is excited by great user-centred design to join our close-knit, customer-facing digital team. This is a new role, and an opportunity to lead change for both the charity and for our users.

The Senior UX Designer will lead the charity in the vision and implementation of best practice user journeys and experiences, working with all areas including Marketing, Fundraising, Caring services, Policy and Research. They will support our internal users to achieve the outcomes they need from our digital services, based on user research and insight, supported by excellence in design, accessibility, and usability. They will also shape and define external user interactions with Marie Curie and its digital products.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we refocus our work to better support people under our North Star Strategy. The strategy was put in place to ensure a better end of life for all. This is an opportunity for an experienced UX designer to make their mark, own processes and practices and lead on innovation around good user experience design for both existing digital products, services and applications whilst supporting the design and delivery of new Digital products and services.

What we are looking for:

• You will be creative, with the ability to design intuitive, consistent, and responsive mobile-first products.
• You will have excellent knowledge of Accessibility W3C standards and be able to demonstrate where and why these standards must be applied, strong communication skills both written, verbal and presentation and be highly IT literate.
• You will have an excellent knowledge and experience in configuring and developing reporting from tools designed to monitor user activity, such SessionCam (Glassbox); Usability, Google Analytics etc. as well as being fluent in Design Research and Design Thinking methods. You will have experience in working with data and design to produce change.
• Proven experience with responsive design tools such as. InVision, Adobe XD, Sketch and Figma is required along with prototyping tools e.g. Marvel and Axure ad framer. You will understand design patterns, pattern libraries and design systems and be able to incorporate brand guidelines and structure into the UX. The majority of the work you do will be designing for a CMS so experience using page layouts, content blocks etc for a CMS is vital.
• With a collaborative approach, you will be a strong communicator, treating stakeholders as customers from both a non-technical and technical background, building strong relationships, trust and buy-in to support the Organisation to realise our North Star.
• A great team player with the ability to prioritise between multiple projects and you will enjoy running and reporting on workshops, whilst working to targets and deadlines.

What's in it for you:

• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working

For more information or an informal chat please contact Hannah Attride- Head of Digital Products @ Hannah Attride@mariecurie.org.uk

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Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

Shortlisting and Interviews will happen on a rolling basis so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

Same Posting Description for Internal and External Candidates

About Us

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.