Barclays Careers Near Me – UX Designer

About the job

UX Designer

As a Barclays UX Designer, you will be innovating, creating and shaping the user experience for both new and existing bank applications. You will have the opportunity to engage in research and statistical analysis to understand the needs of our users. Working as a UX Designer here at Barclays, you get the chance to use your creative skills to create accessible and usable designs that can be experienced via any channel or device.

Barclays is one of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

Hybrid Working

We are currently operating in a hybrid working environment, meaning that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

• Pushing for a customer centric approach whilst delivering on required business objectives
• Leading and executing the UCD (User Centered Design) process from start to finish including the delivery of personas and user journeys
• Identifying and implementing process improvements within the team
• Facilitating and leading workshops, presentations and walkthrough sessions as required to explore business requirements
• Ensuring all outputs adhere to all relevant policies and standards e.g. channel, accessibility, brand, design language
• Gathering in-depth insights into user’s needs and motivations and organise content and information across our digital products to deliver a positive experience
• Working closely with stakeholders and product owners to explore and understand their business outcomes and produce concepts and designs
• Delivering designs for digital experiences, focused on user needs, for delivery within agreed quality, time and cost constraints

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in a UX Design role with experience of designing for digital products and for complex systems across web experiences and/or mobile applications
• Clear and articulate language skills and written communication abilities
• Academic background or professional qualification in a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Solid knowledge and understanding of core digital technologies such as, or similar to, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Android and iOS

Skills That Will Help You In The Role

• Experience working in an agile environment
• An understanding of methods and software (Rally/AGILE Central, JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience working in the financial sector and/or agency experience
• Understanding of accessibility best-practise for digital products and services

Where will you be working?

You will be based in Radbroke, Knutsford. The Barclays Technology Campus just outside Manchester is our tech command centre and a vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. The campus is set in a 64 acre self-contained site, in a beautiful green environment and it offers unrivalled facilities for work and for play. We have an onsite gym, as well as outdoor tennis, football and cricket areas, as well as onsite restaurant and coffee shops.