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Senior User Experience (UX) Designer
BBC
Salford, , United Kingdom
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Job Introduction
We design the BBC'samazing digital experiences, from apps to websites, fromiPlayer to CBeebies.
Our ace team of UX designers, architects and researchers collaborate closely withproduct, editorial and technical teams from across the BBC. Together we createelegant, delightful (not to mention award-winning) digital experiences on mobile,tablet, desktop and TV across 10 digital products: BBC Homepage, Search, News,Sport, Weather, Knowledge & Learning, CBeebies, CBBC, iPlayer and Radio & Music.
Role Responsibility
• Be the voice of UX in project teams, explaining your design rationale to developers,editorial staff and product managers.
• Collaborate with other members of UX&D to get to the heart of what our usersneed, creating sketches, concepts, user journeys, wireframes and navigationalprototypes.
• Inspire and encourage UX&D colleagues to create coherent user experiencesacross multiple screens.
• Lead the development of the visual and interaction elements of BBC userexperiences, refining them towards a polished design, considering typography,iconography, layout and brand identity along the way.
• Line manage, mentor and develop colleagues, inspiring them to new creativeheights.
• Art direct the work of other designers and inspire them with your own work.
• Work with people across UX&D to make sure were making the most of the BBCsGlobal Experience Language.
• Instigate projects and prioritise your own workload.
• Guide the work of external agencies and freelancers to learn new things, see newperspectives and create new ideas.
• Help organise formal user research and proactively try out ideas and designs withpeople on the street to make sure were meeting real user needs.
• Do all this with a view to achieving a single, seamless service on all screens acrossall BBC products.
The Ideal Candidate
Your portfolio'sfull of consistently great work across different screens, be theymobile, connected TV, tablet or desktop. Now you're ready to take all thatexperience and expertise and use it to inspire others.
Yes, you can craft delightful designs. But you know improving user experiences isn'tjust about grafting away at the drawing board. You take a broader view - approaching design conceptually and thinking about the whole experience acrossmultiple screens.
You might tend towards wireframes, user flows and personas. Or layout, colour andtypography. And maybe you've got something special up your sleeve, like you're atop illustrator, motion graphic designer or prototype builder. Our team'smade up ofa diverse range of people, skills and experience, so we'dlove to hear about you andyours.
Whether you learned your skills on a design degree or on the job, you're comfortable using them to explain design concepts to anyone, no matter how senioror inexperienced. And you know how to balance what the user needs with what'sreally achievable.You're enthusiastic, curious and full of ideas.
You keep up to speed with the latestdesign trends and technology developments. And youre constantly fascinated bywhat people really need, and how we can create the right experience to give it tothem.