Barclays Jobs Near Me – UX Designer

About the job

UX Designer

As a Barclays UX Designer, you will work within a cross-functional team (UX researchers, UI designers, UX copywriters, product owners, solution architects, BAs and developers). You’ll help shape, plan and create solutions and experiences for customers across our digital products and channels. Taking required business outcomes you’ll design concepts and solutions that bring them to life, and create design specifications to gain business agreements.

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 constantly for a customer-centric approach whilst delivering on required business objectives
• Leading and executing the UCD process from start to finish including, as appropriate, the delivery of personas, user journeys, sketches, wireframes and interactive prototypes
• Identifying and implementing process improvements within the team and ensure all outputs adhere to relevant policies and standards e.g., channel, accessibility, brand, design language
• Facilitating and leading workshops, presentations and walkthrough sessions as required to explore business requirements, promote shared knowledge and stakeholder buy in
• 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 stakeholder and product owners to explore and understand their business outcomes and produce concepts and designs that deliver those outcomes
• Delivering designs for digital experiences, focused on user needs, for delivery within quality, time and cost constraints
• Keeping up-to-date and distribute knowledge on industry best practices, the latest thinking and trends in order to deliver fresh and relevant designs

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience working in a dedicated UX Design role including experience of designing for digital products, 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 of core digital technologies e.g., 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, including knowledge of methods and software (Rally/AGILE Central, JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience working in the financial sector and/or agency experience
• Knowledge of accessibility best-practice for digital products and services

Where will you be working?

Based in our Manchester office, which is in the heart of the city centre. Offering a modern working environment, with restaurants, bars and gyms just a stone’s throw away from the office.