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Senior Interaction Designer (Conversation Design)

Government Digital Service 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Design and test clear, inclusive, and trustworthy conversational and multimodal AI experiences for GOV.UK, using user research to develop dialogue patterns, prompts, and interaction flows. Help establish conversation design at GDS by shaping reusable principles, collaborating across disciplines, and sharing knowledge with teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and test clear, inclusive, and trustworthy conversational and multimodal AI experiences for GOV.UK, using user research to develop dialogue patterns, prompts, and interaction flows. Help establish conversation design at GDS by shaping reusable principles, collaborating across disciplines, and sharing knowledge with teams.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have experience designing accessible digital products, particularly conversational or voice interfaces, and using AI and applied linguistics to prototype conversational experiences. They should make research-informed design decisions, explain design rationale to non-specialists, and contribute to shared libraries, tone-of-voice guidance, and conversation patterns.

Key Skills

Conversation design Multimodal AI experiences User research Dialogue pattern creation Prompt engineering Interaction flow design Accessibility standards Applied linguistics Prototyping conversational interfaces Design rationale communication Reusable design principles Cross‑disciplinary collaboration Knowledge sharing Tone‑of‑voice guidance Pattern library development Stakeholder engagement Agile methodology Testing and iteration Data‑informed design Public sector awareness

About Government Digital Service

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government — we are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: 1. joining up public sector services 2. harnessing the power of AI for the public good 3. strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure 4. elevating leadership and investing in talent 5. funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation 6. committing to transparency and driving accountability We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK’s geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government. We’re part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, L

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