WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR We are looking for an experienced SENIOR USER INTERFACE DESIGNER to join our team and drive the creative direction within the business and projects. You should understand 'big picture' strategic thinking and be able to help conceptualise, problem solve and manage stakeholder conversations during the initial sales process; client design workshops; and throughout the creative process, ensuring that all our designs talk back to the client’s business requirements and project objectives. At Bluegrass we love and use Figma as our design tool, and we need you to have deep experience with Figma. Creating beautiful, modern and highly creative UI designs is the primary skill we need from you, as we do have strong UX experience within the team to assist with the UX process. You will be supported by and will work closely with our Head of Product and Solutions Director. REQUIRED SKILLS Minimum of 4+ years’ experience working within a similar creative software development environment or a product development team A degree and/or design related qualifications Proven experience leading design workshops, where you interact with clients and unpack project requirements and business problems Experience supporting the sales process and new business 'pitching' where you talk clients through the "design process" Experience architecting and structuring Figma projects Experience creating beautiful, modern and highly creative UI designs, for both Websites and Mobile App projects, within Figma Good interpersonal and communication skills to lead clients through the creative process ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS Experience working with the "Jobs to be Done Framework" , which is an approach to developing products Experience using and understanding Google’s Material Design system Experience implementing a Design System Experience working with Adobe XD Ability to create professional case studies, branding videos and showreels Experience creating and designing corporate branding, logos and CI guidelines Ability to write code (HTML / CSS) KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Some of the main responsibilities for this position will now be covered in detail, to give you an idea of the depth of the role and expectations thereof: Interact with clients and scope project requirements and business problems and propose solutions Assist the sales process with creative pitches to help win new business Lead design workshops, ideally using the "Jobs to be Done Framework" , where you gather project requirements directly from the client stakeholder, Master and use Figma as yur primary design tool Create UX wireframes/prototypes using Figma Present both UX prototypes and UI Designs to clients in a clear and professional manner, explaining how we’ve solved and achieved the project objectives Passionately stay abreast of new design trends, concepts and designing for digital, web and mobile experiences and explore these trends actively on a regular basis. Master designing for Mobile App development and understand the design implications to cater for various types of screen sizes and orientations Understand the importance of Design Systems and make recommendations to how Bluegrass can become more efficient in this area Master Google’s Material Design system and employ its guidelines, components, and tools that support the best practices of user interface design Provide design estimates that can be used to create accurate project cost estimates and project timelines Accurately track your time logs daily using Bluegrass tools and standards Assist the marketing team to create website content; social media and case study content to showcase our work Assist with Award entry submissions Conceptualise and input into our Bluegrass branding videos and showreels #J-18808-Ljbffr