UX/UI Designer

Halfords seeks a UX/UI Designer to collaborate with stakeholders, create user experiences, and drive business value through design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective design solutions
• Work within set UX guidelines and principles to ensure consistency and coherence across all touchpoints of user journeys
• Work with the Halfords UI kit and brand guidelines
• Use established best practice UX in all design work, providing feedback where appropriate on practicality
• Effectively manage workload, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and highlighting any changes to agreed scope and/or timelines
• Be the advocate for key features and functions that address the business objectives whilst meeting customer needs
• Accurately report working time spent on projects each week
• Work with the business to understand performance and impact of UX changes and iterate as appropriate to drive results
• For each project, deliver robust user research, concept testing, and usability testing; conduct competitive audits and market research - and convert findings into design decisions
• Immerse yourself in insights, competitor analysis, user research and qualitive and quantitative data to inform new ideas and optimisation
• Ensure all design works meets group accessibility guidelines
• Take part and contribute to collaborative team processes, such as sprint dependency planning and weekly design critiques

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Human-Computer Interaction or related field
• Proven experience as a UX/UI Designer or similar role with a portfolio showcasing previous UX/UI design projects and processes
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or similar
• Strong understanding of user-centred design principles and methodologies
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to use data to make design decisions
• Knowledgeable in accessible design and mindful of designing for different audiences
• Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and UX/UI design standards

Key Skills

• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or similar
• Strong understanding of user-centred design principles and methodologies
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to use data to make design decisions
• Knowledgeable in accessible design and mindful of designing for different audiences
• Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and UX/UI design standards

Benefits

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Pension
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave
• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development
• Hybrid working with a blend of working in our Support Centre and from home
• Access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services
• Resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords