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Senior UX Designer (ICT_TECH 102/104)

Willis Towers Watson
Full-time
On-site
United Kingdom
Description

We are looking for a strong UX Designer to join our growing engineering organization headquartered in Reigate (currently entirely remote) and developing a wide range of market-leading InsurTech solutions. 


You will join us at an exciting time as we evolve our portfolio from desktop/on-premise toward Cloud/SaaS, evolving existing products to adopt new technologies and modern UX, as well as developing brand-new, groundbreaking solutions. 


As a UX Designer, you will be involved in the design and development of a range of products, as part of the growing UX team. Working closely with Product Managers, Scrum teams, consultants and users, you will help consistent with our overall UX strategy. You will be involved in research, definition and creation of high resolution prototypes to support the UX team, as well as contributing to UX requirements / cross-product outputs and evolving the visual design of our products. Strong visual design skills and strong prototyping in Figma /  XD are essential, and working knowledge of CSS and UI implementation is a benefit.


The current UX team is enthusiastic, involved and comprises a very strong overall skillset. In this role, the candidate must supplement the skillset of the existing UX team by working alongside them and semi-autonomously, as well as being immersed in an educational environment, learning and applying best practice.


Location : Reigate/London


The role: 


Driving Engineering excellence isn't just about developing great UX; it's also about promoting engineering methods that promote high quality. You'll contribute to teams in reflecting on what went well and what we could have done better, and then turning those reflections into learning activities. You will be proud of the solutions you and your team come up with. You will actively promote collaborative ways of working in a cross-functional product team. 



  • Your responsibilities will be to:Help define the user experience and strategic evolution of several intertwined product suites to push the boundaries of Insurtech 

  • Work with users, product owners, technical product managers, SMEs and users to perform UX research and convert business requirements for products or features into visual and interaction definitions (e.g. wireframes, personas, user journeys) and designs (wireframes, prototypes, requirements), and iterate these designs in an agile context considering technical limitations and user feedback.

  • Define UX requirements at user story level, bearing in mind technology and project constraints, and conforming with a set of corporate branding guidelines

  • Review the deliverables produced by the development teams and provide feedback as appropriate on the quality and usability of the UX implementation

  • Contribute to the evolution of the UX function within the organization, working with the Head of UX and other UX designers to roll out processes, patterns, best practices and tools in line with developments in the UX industry