Job Title: Junior UX / UI Web Designer
Location: Shrewsbury
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Job type: Permanent, Full time
Croud is a digital marketing agency with a unique business model, recently named Campaign’s Global Performance Marketing Agency of the Year.
At Croud, we pride ourselves on providing career development opportunities for all our members, with a special focus on training and developing talent at entry-level.
The Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Junior UX/UI Web Designer to join our CRO team.
This is an entry level position for a highly intelligent, charismatic and creative thinking individual who is passionate about UX/UI/Web Design and has a keen interest in learning how to identify, and influence, user behaviour across different digital touchpoints and industries.
About You:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to aid in the development of the Conversion Rate Optimisation channel at Croud and take a pivotal role in the delivery of outstanding results for our clients. Through developing our UX research capabilities and outputs, as well as in sharing the responsibility for formulating creative responses to a variety of design briefs, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects across a wide variety of client websites that target everything from small on site changes via A/B testing to full landing page production.
The successful candidate will be keen to learn, want to strive for success and have a desire to question everything. An analytical mind-set coupled with a creative flair is a must for this role along with the willingness to take a risk.
The overall purpose of this role is to help support the agency’s client optimisation strategy and to develop the CRO service. Aiding in the delivery for current client programmes, a large part of the role will be to develop and/or identify opportunities to increase conversions for our broad client portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions for issues identified on our clients digital platforms from desktop to mobile
- Participate in internal workshop sessions where creative thinking and ideas are welcome to solve potentially complex problems
- Aiding in the development of the “Design Process” at Croud
Creating user flows, journey maps and use cases - Developing UI mockups and wireframes for elements (such as buttons, menus, navigation, modals, etc.) and full page redesigns
- Identifying and troubleshooting UX problems through aiding in the planning, briefing and coordinating of user research – to gather a deep understanding of user/audience needs and behaviours
- Aiding in the development and training of Network resource to aid in the delivery of digital assets
- Have a hands-on approach with the process of research, prototyping, development and testing
- Ability to communicate with clients and stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback
Personal Specification:
- Experience working with Adobe XD
- Knowledge / experience of any of the following: Adobe Creative Suite / Sketch / Figma / Azure / Balsamiq will be beneficial
- An understanding of customer centered design principles and values across web with a portfolio that demonstrates this
- A willingness to learn and grow, humbly and quickly whilst responding positively to feedback
- Proactive can-do attitude with a flair for problem solving
- Up to date with the latest design trends, tech and software
- Good team spirit
- Project management skills and relationship building
The Company Offers:
On completion of the three month probation period every employee is eligible for the following benefits:
- 25 days holiday a year
- Annual performance bonus
- Sale commission
Recruitment referrals bonus - Gym membership contributions
Ride to Work scheme - Rail card
- Season Ticket loan
- Free fruit, breakfast cereals and tea & coffee
- Free home office chair and screen
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Share option scheme
- Life and income protection
- Medical cash plan
- Agile Working Policy
Standard hours are from 9.00am to 5.30pm, there’s flexibility if agreed in advance with your line managers (it may also be necessary on occasions to work outside of these hours).
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Graphic Designer, Junior User Experience Developer, Web Designer, Adobe Designer, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,UX Designer, UI Developer, JavaScript, UX Developer, Visual Designer, Front End Web Developer, HTML, CSS, Web Design.
