Senior Digital / UI Designer (with UX capability)

Overview

Aquent is excited to partner with a leading education provider, a renowned institution in the higher education sector, seeking a visionary talent to make a significant impact on their digital presence. This unique contract opportunity allows you to leverage an established brand ecosystem and mature design system to elevate key digital touchpoints and solve practical UX challenges for future concepts. Join a team where your design expertise will directly shape the user experience for a vast audience, driving engagement and innovation across their digital landscape.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Digital / UI Designer with strong UX capabilities to join a dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will lead the visual refresh of core digital assets, bringing new digital experiences to life. You’ll be embedded within an agile squad, collaborating closely with front-end and CMS developers, and influencing the digital landscape of a leading institution. While foundational user research and Information Architecture updates will be provided by dedicated partner teams, your expertise will be crucial in seamlessly integrating visual layouts into the new IA, conducting essential usability testing, and pioneering creative concepts for future digital deliverables. This is your chance to blend strong visual design with practical UX problem-solving, making a tangible difference for a vast user base.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the redesign of high-visibility web pages, meticulously applying existing brand guidelines and design system components to ensure a cohesive and elevated user experience.
• Adapt design patterns and content layouts to flawlessly align with incoming Information Architecture refreshes, enhancing navigability and user understanding.
• Engage in wireframing, prototyping, and conceptualizing groundbreaking digital solutions for complex requirements that extend beyond the current design system scope.
• Work daily within an integrated agile squad, partnering with CMS developers, front-end engineers, and product stakeholders to guarantee technical feasibility and impeccable execution of designs.
• Validate your design decisions through rigorous usability testing and effectively articulate your design rationale to diverse stakeholder groups, using data and insights to guide conversations.

Must-Have Qualifications

• An exceptional UI/Digital Portfolio showcasing clean, high-impact web pages and robust component systems.
• Practical experience in wireframing, defining user flows, establishing layout hierarchy, and conducting usability testing.
• Proficiency in working efficiently within mature UI kits and the ability to contribute valuable component enhancements to a design system.
• Comfort and experience working alongside CMS and front-end developers within an integrated squad environment.
• Excellent communication skills to present ideas clearly, gather constructive feedback, and confidently defend design decisions with data-driven insights to diverse stakeholders.