Senior Interaction Designer - MHCLG - G7

Location

Bristol, Darlington, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton

About the job

Job summary

The Elections Directorate is responsible for how elections are run and who participates. The Directorate is implementing the government’s elections strategy, including introduction of votes for 16 and 17-year-olds, improvements to voter registration and changes to voter identification.

The Senior Interaction Designer will be part of the our Election’s Digital team. Our services include:

• Register to vote 
• Apply for a proxy vote 
• Apply for a postal vote 
• A website to support Electoral Registration Offices in Local Authorities 

In this role you would work to develop and improve services using evidence about users and their needs, with a strong focus on those with accessibility needs and low digital confidence. Your work will benefit millions of people who use our services each year.

Interaction Designers are key figures in our team. They help us find the best way to let users interact with services, in terms of both overall flow and at the level of individual design elements. Their skills help our team design services that meet user needs and achieve their intended outcomes.

You’ll be an experienced designer who works with minimal support and can influence and mentor others. You’ll lead design work on complex services, help set direction, and embed good practice across teams.

You’ll work in a multidisciplinary team alongside service designers, user researchers, content designers, developers and product managers to deliver high-quality services that meet user needs and deliver business outcomes.

Job description

As a Senior Interaction Designer You'll;

• Lead and coordinate design work across teams and services 
• Influence and mentor other designers, supporting their development 
• Help set direction and embed good design practice within teams 
• Design usable and inclusive interfaces that meet user needs, using research and data to develop, test and iterate multiple design ideas 
• Follow the GOV.UK Design System, the Service Manual and the GOV.UK Style Guide
• Work with digital and data leaders to align design with strategic goals, communicating the value of user-centred design to stakeholders 
• Prototype ideas at different fidelities to explore and test designs 
• Ensure designs meet accessibility standards and are environmentally sustainable

Person specification

We will use the essential criteria below to evaluate you during the recruitment process. Make sure you CV and Personal Statement details how you meet the criteria.

As an Senior Interaction Designer, you’ll have experience of:

• Prototyping usable interfaces that meet complex user needs 
• Explaining clearly design problems, ideas and decisions 
• Designing inclusive services that meet a wide range of access needs 
• Using research and data to develop, test and iterate multiple design ideas 
• Involving the right people throughout the design process 
• Using Figma and a good understanding of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2, GOV.UK Design System, the Government Service Manual and the GOV.UK Style Guide, or similar approaches