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We design it. Do you like looking at a problem from every angle? Do you enjoy pulling apart the pieces of a bigger picture and putting them back together - experimenting with solutions and new concepts as you go? We’re looking for someone who loves ambiguity & thrives on painting a picture of the future that helps others see what is possible. Someone with experience building delightful, user friendly, engaging experiences, thinking about the whole user journey together with cross functional teams. This role suits someone hands-on, a few years into their career, with some experience using design facilitation skills to create a safe space for great collaborative design to happen.\nWe value colleagues who have learned as much from failures as from successes and are humble enough to share their learnings without reservations. People who think deeply and have a point of view on everything from workshops to prototypes to work-life balance but are also able to listen to and encourage others to make their own contributions. As you grow with us, you will have real scope to shape your own role within the team.\nOur design team is a wonderful mix of researchers, UI, UX and service designers working together with developers to create unique experiences that solve people’s real problems. This is a fast-expanding team within a more established agency, where you’d have the rare opportunity to follow your work across both ends of the design diamond. Unlike most agencies, we don’t stop at innovation, proof-of-concept and early-stage engagements - we have the cross functional teams to deliver the amazing experiences we conceive. We work very closely with our clients in intense, user-focused, prototype driven sprints that grow into long-term relationships.\nWe don’t just design. We have impact.\nSo - does this sound like you?\nExperience and qualifications\n5+ years’ experience working as a Product, Service or UX designer within an agency, design studio, gov or in-house product environment\nKnowledge of and experience of applying design thinking methodology\nA portfolio of discovery to concept prototypes\nExperience contributing to the planning and facilitation of workshops\nA strategic mindset - you see the bigger picture where others see a single feature\nCan articulate the thinking behind your design decisions, showing impact over artefacts\nExperience working within cross-functional teams\nUnderstanding of how to align and prioritise business need with user needs\nAwesome hands-on skills producing prototypes and design artefacts - sketches, story-boards, user journeys, system maps, blueprints, etc\nCreativity around methodology - you know there’s no one single “right way!”\nAbility and willingness to carry out qualitative research & user testing, solo or with team\nComfortable helping scope projects - defining artefacts and milestones\nWork as one with the team to build consensus with senior stakeholders - turning constraints into advantage\nA big plus: experience using, experimenting with or designing solutions with AI\nAbout Softwire\nSoftwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy. From enterprise to government, we help visionary organisations turn strategic ambitions into results at scale. Our practices cover AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering advanced CX and experience design.\nSoftwire was founded on one simple idea: be the outstanding place to work for smart, passionate technologists who want to make an impact. Attract the best, create a culture where people thrive, and offer our customers access to capabilities that are truly market leading.\nAnd it seems to be working - We were recently voted number 1 company to work for in the UK at the Best Company awards; we employ outstanding people across all capabilities (typical destinations after Softwire include Google, DeepMind, start-up founder, algorithmic trading, and AI research roles); and we have helped our clients deliver some of the hardest, most interesting tech programmes, across private and public sectors.\nA big part of this is our culture and values and we are looking for people who share our core beliefs about what makes a great place to work:\nThat if a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly\nThat work should be fulfilling but can also be fun\nThat kindness matters and should be extended to employees and clients alike\nThat by being trusting and trustworthy as an organisation and as individuals we can dispense with tedious bureaucracy and rules\nWhat We Offer\nSoftwire operates transparent pay scales and a profit share scheme based on role and overall company performance\nBase salary is based on experience in role and ranges from £58,100 - £65,600\nYou can expect to receive an average of £6,500 in profit share depending on your experience and company performance\nPension: Additional 5% of salary\nAdditional benefits\n25 days annual leave (with the option to buy 10 and sell 5)\n3.5 days additional days off for company-wide morale activities\nAIG income protection\nTravel card loan scheme\nZero emission car scheme\nCycle to work scheme\nEnhanced maternity/paternity pay\nTime off for charitable activities\nSabbatical available on request\nPayroll charity donations\nHeadspace plus\nFree annual eye test\nLong service awards\nFlexible working options and patterns (Flexible Working: The role is suitable for people who want to work 4dpw)\n(Hybrid Working: Generally able to work at least 2dpw from home)\nWorking at Softwire\nHere at Softwire, we are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team. 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