Senior interaction designer
Grade G7
What interaction designers do
An interaction designer works out the best way to let users interact with services, in terms of both overall flow and at the level of individual design elements.
Role responsibilities
A senior interaction designer is an experienced designer who works with minimal support and can influence and mentor others.
At this role level, you will:
work with service managers and programme directors to develop design concepts potentially have responsibility across complex services help set direction and embed good practice within teams make important decisions based on research and understand how this research impacts others
In the Department for Education you will:
- lead on the design and prototyping of user interfaces that align with user needs and business requirements
- collaborate with UCD professionals, including researchers, service designers, and content designers, to turn insights into functional and engaging designs
- use data and evidence to refine and improve designs, making informed decisions based on testing and user feedback
- advocate for user needs throughout the design process, ensuring solutions are accessible, inclusive, and solve complete user problems
- communicate design solutions effectively to stakeholders, contributing to the overall vision for the service
- coach and mentor junior designers, facilitate design crits, and ensure services are meeting design standards as a service assessor
Skills you need
It is essential that you can demonstrate the following experience in your application and at the interview:
- expertise in designing and testing complex user interfaces, using advanced prototyping techniques to validate and refine designs
- skilled in using data, research, and testing feedback to drive informed, user-centred design decisions
- strong communicator with the ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, encourage collaboration, and facilitate alignment across teams
- expert knowledge in accessible and inclusive design principles, ensuring products are usable for all users
- experienced in agile working practices, adapting to iterative feedback and prioritising tasks based on user and business needs
- be familiar with using, and contributing to, design systems and have experience designing government or similar products
It is desirable if you can demonstrate the following:
- be able to prototype in code using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- strong analytical skills to identify and address issues within service designs, improving reliability and usability
- ability to evaluate and measure design impact against organisational KPIs and objectives