Junior UX/UI Designer
Junior UX/UI Designer
Rate: £450 - £500 per day Umbrella
Hybrid role: <1 day per week on site in Corsham
***Live SC clearance required for this contract***
Contract duration: 3 months with likely extensions
The role:
Junior UX/UI Designer
As a Junior UX/UI Designer, you'll create simple, intuitive and accessible digital.mod page layouts using a predefined Figma component library. You'll collaborate with the Content Designer to ensure layouts support clear, user-focused content that aligns with GDS design principles.
Core Responsibilities
- Build intuitive page layouts using established Figma components and digital.mod design patterns.
- Apply GDS design principles to ensure pages remain simple, accessible and user-centred.
- Support improvements to user journeys through thoughtful layout and interaction design.
- Work closely with the Content Designer and developers to ensure designs support clear content and pass accessibility testing.
- Iterate layouts based on user testing, research insights and team feedback.
- Collaborate with researchers, developers and designers in an agile environment.
This junior hybrid role creates clear, user-centred content and simple, accessible digital pages for digital.mod. Working within a predefined Figma component library, they will select appropriate page layouts and write content into those components while following GDS content and design principles. They collaborate with researchers, designers and developers to improve user journeys and ensure pages are consistent, intuitive and easy to understand.
Core Responsibilities
Content Design
- Write and edit user-focused content aligned to GDS style and accessibility standards, ensuring complex information becomes simple and easy to understand.
- Follow approved templates, content patterns and tone-of-voice guidance to ensure consistency across digital.mod.
- Use research, data, and feedback to improve clarity and usability.
- Work closely with the UX/UI designer to ensure content fits naturally into the agreed page layouts and component patterns.
UX/UI Design
- Build intuitive page layouts using established Figma components and digital.mod design patterns.
- Apply GDS design principles to ensure pages are simple, accessible and user-centred.
- Support improvements to user journeys through structured layout decisions that enhance comprehension and usability.
- Collaborate with the content side of the role to ensure design supports clear communication.
Run user-testing sessions where required
Teamwork & Ways of Working
- Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team of researchers, developers and designers.
- Contribute to agile working practices by iterating content and designs based on user testing, insights and team feedback.
- Maintain a user-first mindset to ensure every page is simple, clear and fast for users.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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