Innovation, Technology and Transformation - Customer Experience & UX Designer - Open to flexible working

Job description

At EY, technology is embedded in the solutions and services we provide to our clients and underpins everything that we do – we create value through developing transformational solutions across tax, risk, strategy, finance, law, people and operations.

 

Our clients are turning to us to understand how they can gain business value in their people function from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital reality and blockchain. We use modern techniques and approaches to solving new and existing business challenges, learning from contemporaries in the technology world.

   

People Advisory Services (PAS) integrates all of our people-related offerings and services into a single global sub-service line of over 10,000 people delivering over $1.4bn in revenue, through solving our clients’ biggest workforce challenges.

 

Our Innovation, Transformation and Technology (ITT) team in PAS focusses on incubating new business ideas and experiments into fully realised client solutions and services.

 

The opportunity  

   

We are looking for an accomplished UI/UX Designer/Developer to join the Innovation, Technology & Transformation (ITT) team in our People Advisory Services (PAS) business. 

    

The UI/UX Designer/Developer will be responsible for creating exciting, engaging client experiences that add value in the innovation lifecycle in the creation of prototypes and MVPs. Working in our ITT team together with our business leads and clients, you will be working as part of an agile delivery team to ensure end solutions meet the needs of users, product owners and our clients.

 

Our Innovation team has strong links with other advanced technology and innovation teams in EY both in the UK and worldwide and offers excellent career potential in joining a rapidly growing team.

      

#OpenToFlexibleWorking

 

 

   

Your key responsibilities

   

This role will involve working on the delivery of innovative technology projects, services and prototypes. Key responsibilities include:

 

Responsibilities will include:

 

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Designing and developing interactive prototypes of web and mobile features using HTML, CSS and Javascript

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Collaborating with back-end developers on various tools/services

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Evaluating the user experience (UX/UI) effectiveness of existing assets and services and suggesting continuous improvements 

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Working with visual designers to incorporate common brand identity into the solutions

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Translating high-level business requirements into intuitive, attractive and functional design experiences

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Designing and leading user research and usability testing of tools and services

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Defining and documenting personas and user stories

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Defining interaction models, user task flows and user interface (UI) specifications for product (tool and service) design

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Communicating scenarios, end-to-end experiences, interaction models and screen designs to other team members

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Developing and maintaining design wireframes and specifications

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Champion and drive design best practice within the ITT team

Skills and attributes for success

 

ITT is a new team (a bit like a start-up) inside EY (a large corporate) with varying cultures across the different business areas, and a network structure rather than a straightforward hierarchy. So the following are key to the success in this role:

·  Entrepreneurial attitude - comfortable building something new
·  Self-starter personality, who enjoys making things happen
·  Creative though practical problem solver, who sees the opportunity in every hurdle
·  Confidence and competence to manage senior stakeholders on leadership level
·  Ability to create structure where needed, while comfortable with constant change

 

The ideal candidate will have

 

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A proven track record of UX/UI design and front-end development 

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4+ years as a front-end developer

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3+ years as a UI/UX designer

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Hands-on experience in writing and maintaining highly reusable Javascript , HTML and CSS code

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Proficiency in designing interfaces and building clickable prototypes using: Sketch , InVision etc

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Proficiency using: Version Control (any) , Chrome Developer Tools , Twitter Bootstrap , Sass, JQuery

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Experience using data visualisation frameworks such as D3.js (desired but not mandatory)

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Testing frameworks and tools ( Karma, Mocha, Jest )

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Ability to understand the limitations related to our tech stack and business model and provide technical advice wherever necessary

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Experience of working in cross-functional agile product teams

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Is familiar with Agile methods, their advantages and limitations, and the difficulties of applying these in a corporate setting

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A professional approach to time, costs and deadlines

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Empathy – the ability to think as a user and champion the user

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Strong facilitation skills

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Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences

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Managed stakeholders up to and including leadership level

What we look for

 

We know that the above described combination of experience is rare. So if you are driven by the opportunity, possess the attributes of success, bring significant amount of relevant experience to the role and see yourself succeeding in the key responsibilities as above, we would like to hear from you.

 

 

What working at EY offers

 

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

 

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Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

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Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

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The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

 

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build abetter working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities andcreativefreedom to make things better.Whenever you join, however long you stay, theexceptionalEY experience lasts a lifetime.And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

 

 

 

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

 

Build your legacy with us.

 

Apply now.