Lead UX Designer

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Purpose of the Role:

• The UX designer is responsible for shaping the experience of our vehicles as part of the wider brand experience and in the specific details of the digital UX.

• Working closely with UI design as part of a design pair, the UX designer blends creativity with a deep knowledge of best-practices and design patterns that can be woven into the creative vision, and later developed in to tangible and deployable solutions that are robust and technically and legally compliant.

Key accountabilities

• Take creative direction,  brand principles and design vision and develop these faithfully  into user experiences across multiple digital interfaces.

• Develop wireframes and interactive design prototypes to bring the vision to life.

• Work closely with UI designers , managers and SW developers to ensure the vision is delivered.

• Ensure design solutions are intuitive and user centric

• Ensure design solutions meet usability, accessibility and legal requirements

• Liaise and co-ordinate with creative operations , programme management and business operations teams to ensure content delivery timing can be supported.

• Stakeholder management across interdependent design functions

SKILLS:

Critical capabilities

• Excellent UX design process experience gained in agency and corporate settings

• Demonstrable experience of delivering UX solutions

• Understanding of legal, accessibility and usability standards and requirements.

• Automotive design experience preferable.

• Experience of user research methodologies that influence user centric design.

• Experience of usability testing.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to present complex information to all levels within the business

• Comfortable working across different cultures, geography and time zones.

• Able to adapt to a fast-paced design environment.

• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe etc.