Senior UX Designer

BlueOptima

3mo ago

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Job
Full-time
Mid & Senior Level
Design
London

Requirements

Qualifications:
Bridge the gap between research insights and user-driven solutions.
Build high-quality solutions to known user problems
Handoff clear and documented solutions to enable developers to understand what problem they are solving for the users.
Identify opportunities to enhance our user’s experiences to get a job done
Test solutions to verify usability and ability to solve a user’s problem
Drive initiatives to help users adopt new habits and behaviours to achieve their goals
Lead our weekly design critiques
Set up knowledge-sharing processes that promote collaboration and training (i.e. Facilitate brainstorming meetings, design and run workshops, etc.)
Follow and identify key industry and technology trends.
What You Need to Succeed at BlueOptima:
4+ years of experience working as a Product Designer or UX Designer.
Good communication skills, understanding of storytelling and presentation techniques
Experience in influencing and advocating for the user/customer to non-design audiences, such as Product or Technology Managers.
Understanding of end-to-end design process, from ideation to launch and ability to collaborate with engineers to troubleshoot any technical issues that arise, ensuring that the product meets performance and quality standards
Proven experience mapping user journeys, identifying pain points and opportunities, and delivering optimal solutions for users.
A proactive, empathic, and data-driven approach to problems and opportunities.
Experience using prototyping and collaboration tools such as Figma
Ability to validate hypotheses, evaluate deliverables' impact, and iterate based on objectives and data insights.
Experience designing and running user research and testing sessions
Ability to take ownership, creatively solve problems, and proactively contribute to the objectives of the business
Experience with workshop facilitation and design sprints.

Responsibilities

The UX team is responsible for creating human-centred experiences by anticipating user needs and exceeding their expectations in design, quality, and efficiency to set industry standards within software team analytics.
You will work hand-to-hand in a diverse team with members around our offices. We are looking for a talented designer with great communication skills who will focus on end-to-end experience and who will drive collaboration with the product and engineering teams to deliver the best experiences to our users.
As Designers in BlueOptima, we are the product design experts and are user advocates. We drive for innovation, create holistic experiences, and increase the product’s value by bringing the outside into the design.

FAQs

What is the main focus of the Senior UX Designer role at BlueOptima?

The main focus of the Senior UX Designer role at BlueOptima is to transform user experiences for the company's flagship product, Developer Analytics, by crafting a strategic direction for user experience, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving innovation in the B2B SaaS landscape.

What qualifications are required for this position?

The role requires at least 4+ years of experience working as a Product Designer or UX Designer, good communication skills, experience mapping user journeys, a proactive and data-driven approach, familiarity with prototyping tools like Figma, and experience in conducting user research and testing sessions.

Who will the Senior UX Designer collaborate with in the company?

The Senior UX Designer will collaborate closely with the Customer Facing Teams, Engineering, Product Management, and other members of the UX team to ensure a holistic approach to user experience.

What are some key responsibilities of this role?

Key responsibilities include bridging the gap between research insights and solutions, identifying opportunities to enhance user experiences, validating hypotheses, leading design critiques, and facilitating knowledge-sharing processes within the team.

What tools or methodologies will the Senior UX Designer be expected to use?

The Senior UX Designer will be expected to use prototyping and collaboration tools such as Figma, employ workshop facilitation, and design sprints, and adopt a user-centric design process from ideation to launch.

What is the company's culture like?

BlueOptima promotes a creative, innovative, and welcoming culture that encourages rapid career growth, personal success stories, and collaboration across a diverse global team.

What benefits does BlueOptima offer to its employees?

Benefits include 32 days of holidays, hybrid working options, flexible long-distance work, high-quality equipment, office snacks, a cycle-to-work scheme, 12 weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave, and a pet-friendly office.

What is the salary range for the Senior UX Designer position?

The salary range for the Senior UX Designer position is £65,000 to £75,000 annually.

How does the company support employee training and development?

BlueOptima offers training programs and Personal Development Plans for each employee to facilitate their growth and enhance their contributions to the company.

How does BlueOptima foster user advocacy within the team?

The UX team members at BlueOptima are seen as product design experts who drive for innovation, create user-centered experiences, and advocate for the user’s needs, which aligns with the company's mission to enhance software development capabilities.

BlueOptima

Better, Leaner, Faster, Safer Software Delivery.

Technology

Industry

201-500

Employees

2006

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

BlueOptima's analytics platform empowers software developers and their companies to create better software in the most time and cost-efficient way. The first solution of its kind, BlueOptima provides insight based on the world’s only objective software developer productivity metrics: Actual Coding Effort. It’s a breakthrough for software development. BlueOptima's SaaS platform facilitates analysis of productivity, together with quality, in enterprise software development, in terms of individuals, teams, tasks, projects, divisions, and outsourced suppliers. Understanding variations in performance across an enterprise empowers managers to optimize efficiency. BlueOptima is proven to identify savings of up to 20% of software budgets. BlueOptima’s further offerings around benchmarking and recruiting allow organizations to cost-optimize as early as possible in software initiatives.