Senior UX Designer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewThe Design team is part of the Avigilon Alta department, which represents a unique group of products within Motorola Solutions. Avigilon Alta is a complete cloud-based security solution that future-proofs your video security and access control with innovative capabilities and intelligent analytics.
The Avigilon Alta team injects intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organisations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect people, business, and reputation in real-time.
The Avigilon Alta department consistently works on state-of-the-art solutions to meet the needs of our customers across various verticals. We develop both hardware and software products as part of our complete cloud-based security solution.
Job Description

We are looking for a Senior UX Designer who has at least 5+ years experience who would like to join our design team in Uxbridge, UK. You will be joining an awesome design team that is currently 5 people strong. It includes 2 UX designers, 1 UX researcher, 2 Visual designers with one head of design. You will get the opportunity to work alongside some highly experienced industry professionals in a small but fast growing team, working closely with VD designers and engineers to follow up on the complete design process. You will be given the opportunity to become responsible for designing and developing a key part of the product from day one. As a senior designer, you will need to manage and prioritize workload in fast pace work environment.

It is important that you master a wide range of design tools and techniques, and that you’re able to develop wireframes, interactive prototypes, as well as manage and develop our current design library and processes. Even though you’re not expected to be a graphic designer, it is an advantage if you have a solid understanding of layout, compositions, colors, and typography to be able to deliver designs of high graphical quality that tell stories clearly.

You must be able to understand, structure, and convey complex information in an easily understandable and user-friendly way. It’s also an advantage if you have some experience with Figma Make, Adobe suite and such to create interactive prototypes, educational videos and more. Know how to use AI tools available to most designers today. However, what’s most important is that you’re passionate about creating great user experiences on screen.

We think you could be a good fit if you are:

• Interested in and have a good understanding of technology.

• A holistic thinker and problem solver for complex problems.

• A fast learner and enjoy challenging yourself with new things.

• Understand the "why" behind a project, not just the "how."

• A constructive person with positive and open mindset for feedback.

• A self-motivated and structured person who knows how to build a system around workflow.
   

Portfolio and Experience:

• A strong portfolio showcasing relevant visual design work (both individual and collaborative), demonstrating skills and experience through case studies.

• Sufficient experience to be considered a senior UX designer (5+ years experience)

Basic Requirements

Desirable experience and skills

• Master’s degree in interaction design, UX design, or other equivalent subjects..

• Experience in designing Web, iOS and Android interfaces.

• Mastery of complex site mapping, user flows, and data organization, especially for enterprise or data-heavy applications.

• Advanced wireframing and prototype skills. (Figma, Sketch, Invision, Illustration, etc)

• Knowledge of partnering with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, UX researchers, and marketers.

• Able to translate complex user insights into actionable design solutions that deliver measurable value to our customers. With the help of AI as a tool in your design process not just the end-product for which you are designing.

• Elevate design craft and champion user-centered design principles throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Able to take a feature or product from initial discovery and research through to high-fidelity flows to hand-off to the Visual design team.​

• The ability to present to and influence non-design stakeholders (CEOs, Engineering Leads, Marketing) and manage them properly. This includes "selling" a design vision and negotiating trade-offs.

• Seniors are expected to take vague, "messy" problems and create structure and clarity.​

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and reward package 

• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays  

• Attractive Pension Scheme

• Free Private Medical Insurance

• Flexible working options 

• Life Assurance  

• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities

• Employee Health and wellbeing support EAP, Wellbeing guidance etc.

• Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives including support for vounteering days
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Travel Requirements10-25%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced

Referral Payment PlanYes

CompanyAva Security Limited

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.