Who we are:

Nimble Approach are a rapidly growing Product & Tech consultancy who deliver value and enhance organisations. We pride ourselves on delivering great projects to multiple clients in different industries including Education, Government, Betting & Gaming, Utilities, Fintech, Manufacturing, Healthcare and more, so there is lots of opportunity to try out new things!

We believe in delivering value at pace and enhancing the organisations that we work with. This would not be possible without our amazing Nimble specialists who leave their mark everywhere they go. Our projects are diverse and different, just like our ways of working and our people. One of our key focusses is maintaining a strong culture of pragmatic, skilled, egoless people who collaborate to get things done and have lots of fun along the way.

We currently have offices in Sheffield (our HQ), Leeds & Manchester, however, a lot of us work remotely. We prefer for everyone to work however is best for them – all we ask is that people go into the office a few times a month and for team / client meetings when required.

The role:

We are on the look-out for talented UX / Interaction Designer's to join our UCD team (we are open to both Mid and Senior applicants).

Our UCD team is growing so we are looking for passionate, pragmatic and flexible people to enhance our design capabilities. We have a number of projects coming up that will need someone who is able to be an advocate for good user-centred design, can be a champion of accessible and inclusive products and services

What we are looking for:

• High level of user interface design experience, including interaction design, responsive design and accessible / inclusive design (WCAG 2.1 compliant)
• Good communicator at all levels
• A user-centred design mindset
• Willing to challenge, and be challenged
• A keen eye for detail
• A problem solver and design thinker
• A team player, who is also autonomous and reflective in their work

Your responsibilities:

• Wireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping
• Facilitating workshops, such as journey mapping, design critiques and co-design sessions
• Working with user needs to generate journey maps and user flows
  
• Defining consistent and effective patterns of interface components and working with user research to test these for usability and accessibility
  
• Documenting design decisions
  
• Experience working iteratively
  
• Strategic thinking of how best to use design to help solve problems for clients
  
• Help develop our User Centred Design communities of practice
  

Useful but not necessary:

• An understanding of front-end development or creating code snippets for design components
  
• Experience working with testers to ensure a high level of quality
  
• A good understanding of the importance of Information Architecture and how to create a product taxonomy
  
• Designing for native apps, eg iPhone / Android
  

Tools:

• Prototyping tools, such as Figma or equivalent
• Miro for remote collaborative working and workshopping
• Jira and Confluence for planning, tracking and documenting work

Our Design Community:

You’ll be part of the design community in Nimble, which is made up of a diverse group of researchers and designers. We are neurodiversity-friendly and prioritise good mental health and professional support in order to nurture and grow the community.

Our design approach is to first understand what’s needed and demystify complex problem spaces to guide us to create actionable and effective solutions. The quality of our work is paramount, we collaborate to deliver the best outcome.

Working at Nimble you will have the benefit and opportunity to work with clients from different industries and sectors, both in the UK and globally. To support our growth we need a strong user centric approach to deliver the maximum impact for all the products/services we create.

What we offer:

• Private healthcare for you and a family member through Westfield Health

• Multiple Qualified Mental Health First Aider’s with regular 1-1’s available

• £2k champion fund to spend as you wish on your own L&D

• Referral scheme (£3,000) for every successful applicant

• Dedicated time to spend on your L&D, including time to complete courses and qualifications

• Flat organisational structure with lots of career progression opportunities

• Laptop and any practicable equipment provided (either a Mac or Windows)

• Regular Nimble Socials (both virtual & physical) including Escape rooms, Gin tasting, Lunches, Award nights, Bowling, Bouldering and more!

• Relaxed and fun working environment

• Engaging and collaborative communities to be involved in

• A chance to be involved in company OKRs and shape how we will be in the future

• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays

• Company pension (with employer contributions)

If you think this sounds of interest, please apply with your CV and your portfolio.

 (Unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship for permanent candidates at this moment in time, so you must UK based)

Equal Opportunities Statement:

At Nimble Approach, we strongly believe that discrimination and victimisation is unacceptable. It is our duty to ensure that no employee or job applicant receives less favourable facilities or treatment (either directly or indirectly) in recruitment or employment on grounds of age, disability, gender / gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation (the protected characteristics).

Our aim is that our workforce will be truly representative of society and each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We want everyone at Nimble and those applying to join us to feel safe, supported and encouraged so if we can make any adjustments to help with your application or you require any assistance please reach out to us on people@nimbleapproach.com and we are happy to help.