Head of Interface Design - Interaction, UCD, UI(Digital Agency)

Head of Interface Design - Interaction, UCD, UI (Digital Agency)
London (with some travel, potentially international, required)
£60,000 - £80,000 Plus Bonus, Healthcare, Pension

Know your scenarios from your personas? Have a great eye for interface design and a passion for great brands? Then this is the job for you.

Our client is a small consultancy with a large global capability. Working with blue chip and government clients, they deliver a range of services from strategy and research to user centred design. The next 12 months will see them embark on their next phase of development and growth and as such, they are now looking to recruit a Head of Interface Design.

This role would suit a senior-level candidate with a good grounding in interface/interaction design, looking for a step up with an agency that boasts O2, NSPCC, American Express and Zurich, amongst its clients.

As the Head of Interface Design you'll be the face of the company - selling the design side of the company and taking ownership of the interaction design department's growth and direction.

This role isn't pure marketing. You'll need to have the vision of how the client's site will look coupled with the ability to take the lead on how it functions, ensuring it operates how the user wants it to. Agency experience and a strong character and personality are pre-requisites, as are exceptional client-facing abilities that will prove you're a good sales asset for the business.

As the Head of Interface Design you will:

- Be the team leader responsible for managing and developing the interaction design team
- Get involved in public speaking, presenting tutorials and seminars at conferences or at client sites
- Take design briefs, create scope and budgets, and deliver end work
- Consult with clients
- Develop the company's brand design capability
- Write and present reports

To be considered for this position you must have experience of:

- Working for a digital agency or consultancy
- Leading creative website and cross platform development
- Working on interaction design projects, focusing on UCD (user-centred design) and IA (information architecture)
- Personas, user case scenarios, best practise UI design, Visio, Axure, brand integration and accessibility

As the Head of Interface Design you'll also need to be unflappable in the face of challenging projects and clients, able to mentor and guide the team, and a champion of IA, UCD, rapid prototyping and great design. Superb communication skills and a high level of productivity are also key.

To apply for the role of Head of Interface Design (Interaction, UCD, UI (Digital Agency), please simply send your CV and a covering letter via the button shown. If your skills and experience meet with any of our client's requirements and/or needs, we will provide our clients with your full details so that they can consider whether you may be suitable for the vacancy advertised. Your details, as submitted by you, will only be used in conjunction with this vacancy. By submitting your CV and cover letter to us, you give express consent to us using your details for this purpose.

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This vacancy is being advertised by Web Recruit Ltd. The services advertised by Web Recruit Ltd are those of an Employment Agency.