Senior UI/UX Designer - Boots - London

Job Title: Senior UI Designer 

About the opportunity

• We’re looking for a Product Designer to join our growing User Experience (UX) team at Boots. As a Product Designer your role is essential to researching and designing best in class user experiences for future digital products and services at Boots.
• You’ll span the breadth of the user centred product design process, from initial research and concepts, right through to detailed designs and handover to the development team. You’ll work closely with UX Leads, Product Managers, Scrum Teams, Digital Experience and Optimisation Teams to ensure successful communication of insights and designs.
• Please provide a portfolio or sample of work with your application, that showcases your approach to design and problem solving.

About the role

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, engineers, and other designers to define and execute the UX and product design strategy.
• Support our user research team in achieving their objectives by providing design expertise and insights.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate and validate design concepts.
• Develop user flows, journey maps, and information architectures to guide the development of intuitive user experiences.
• Iterate on designs based on user feedback, stakeholder input, and usability findings.
• Work closely with developers to ensure the implementation of designs aligns with the intended user experience.
• Advocate for user-centered design principles and best practices throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Demonstrate proficiency in design systems and brand guidelines, ensuring consistency and alignment with the company's visual identity.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging design technologies to continuously improve our design process and output.
• Contribute to design critiques and peer reviews, offering constructive feedback and insights to fellow designers.
• Create native, platform-specific designs following Apple Human Interface Guidelines and Google Material Design principles.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in design, HCI, Interaction Design, or a related field. Master's degree is a plus.
• 2-5 years of professional experience in UX and product design, preferably in a B2C environment.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of UX design projects, including wireframes, prototypes, and final designs, ideally showcasing launched mobile applications (iOS and Android).
• Proficient in tools such as Figma and Zeplin.
• Solid understanding of user-centred design principles and methodologies.
• Experience with user research techniques, usability testing, and user behaviour analysis.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale.
• Confident storyteller with experience of presenting your work to senior leadership.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to changing project requirements.
• Proactive, self-motivated, collaborative, and curious to learn.
• Knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, etc.), micro- interactions or motion design  are a plus