Senior UX Designer (Visual UI Design)

Asda are recruiting for a talented User Experience / Web Designer to join Asda's User Experience team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team who can offer you a great working environment and flexible working. Not only will you be given the opportunity to progress in one of the world's largest company, but you will also receive an in-depth training plan to take you to the next level.

You'll be working on projects across multiple platforms, websites and colleague-facing software. It's an exciting opportunity to work closely with strategic partners and Walmart International team members in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Bulgaria and India.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with user experience architects, business and product management teams to convert project requirements into high-quality user interactions and interface design.
• Working within corporate brand guidelines to create online guidelines and templates to use across multiple channels and sites.
• Creating new designs for user interfaces across new and existing functionality.
• Adopting best practice in usability and user interface design and providing design guidelines to the wider business teams.
• Presenting to business stakeholders.
• Creating and working with design templates to create and maintain a scalable and consistent web site
• Creating accurate, clear specifications for HTML development
• Providing visual QA comments to and consultation with HTML, Engineering, and Product Management teams.

What you'll need:

• A proven track record in a similar role
• Demonstrable knowledge of website interface and interaction design
• Experience of eCommerce is an advantage but not essential.
• A strong aesthetic sense and excellent attention to detail.
• A command of typography, colour, composition, hierarchy, and an understanding of how to balance these design elements to develop optimal user interface design solutions.
• A good understanding of effective usability and interface design techniques and best practices
• Ability to produce multiple differing concepts for a project
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently without sacrificing a consistently high level of attention to detail
• Proficiency in Sketch, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Suite; Photoshop & Illustrator in particular. Knowledge of inVision an advantage.
• A good working knowledge of platform constraints, browsers and accessibility guidelines.
• Good time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Front-end development experience not essential but an advantage.

Desired Qualifications / Experience

• Relevant Bachelors / Masters + relevant commercial experience OR 4+ years relevant experience.
• Experience designing for responsive web, android and iOS mobile apps.
• Sound understanding and knowledge of visual accessibility compliance.
• Expertise using Sketch / Zeplin / Photoshop / inVision.
• Knowledge & experience of eCommerce an advantage.

Asda benefits

• Excellent salary, car allowance, bonus and pension
• FUN environment
• Flexible working
• A strong commitment to personal development and training
• Free parking in the centre of Leeds
• Great culture
• Staff discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• And tonnes more...

This role is open to Flexible working / Part Time / Job Share

If you have any questions on the role, then please contact clare.tempest@asda.co.uk