Senior UX/UI Designer
United Kingdom, Remote / London, UK
Kraken Technologies UK 🦑 – Design /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.
We’re a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation, creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences, our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone.
It’s a really exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future.
Our team
All technology is written and maintained by a multi-discipline engineering team of around 300 people globally. Our engineers work in ‘super teams’ which are focused on key areas of our platform as well as other innovative products. This also includes server-side, client-side and mobile engineers working closely with UX experts, copywriters and designers.
We're looking for a Senior UX/UI Designer who is passionate about designing simple, elegant user experiences, and using human-centred design as a source of inspiration to solve complex problems on behalf of our current customers. You'll be joining our design team, to help bring clarity and consistency to Kraken Technology's products...
What you'll do
- Work day-to-day in a cross-functional team with different stakeholders (developers, PMs, users, clients) when designing new features and products
- You’ll be contributing to building and maintaining our Design system, its library, documentation and patterns
- Collaborate on other projects across the company such as; improving the user experience and interface of different areas of our support site and helping with design requests and conducting UX audits of Kraken partner journeys
- Work on User research, UX and UI end-to-end
- Share designs for feedback early & often and offer design feedback to other team members
- Plan and facilitate workshops, user interviews, usability testing and discovery activities to understand how we can best meet our energy specialists’ needs
- Confidently delegate smaller tasks and projects to more junior designers, to better prioritise your time
- Refining and adding to our design process documentation, onboarding materials and trying out new design processes with the team where possible
- Communicate with both technical and non-technical colleagues, successfully defining roadmaps for projects with big picture strategy
What you'll need
- At least 4 years of professional experience designing digital products
- Experience working with Design Systems and component libraries
- High proficiency with Figma - It is our main design tool
- Design processes, knowing what steps are needed and which ones can be skipped based on the specific project or problem you are working on
- The ability to clearly communicate and motivate design decisions to team members and stakeholders
- Experience working with teams composed of designers, PMs, Front-End and Back-End developers
- Attention to detail when designing, being precise and ensuring something is done well rather than fast but poorly
- The ability to focus on user needs and knowing how to improve usability/UX
- A focus on accessibility and inclusion when designing components, interfaces and interactions
- Considering front-end frameworks (Bootstrap, React…), HTML and CSS to be able to communicate your designs with devs and find workarounds when feasibility issues occur
- Participating in project stand-up meetings with developers
- Usage of project management software like Asana or Jira, knowledge of the agile process and organising work with tasks
- Knowledge of web accessibility and designing for accessibility
- Using analytics tools (Google Analytics, Hotjar…)
- Performing user interviews and user testing
You'll also need to a have at least a basic understanding of/experience with:
Some of the things you'll love
- 💜 Your new team: working as part of the Kraken design team with other passionate and super friendly UX/UI Designers
- 💖 The wider Tech team: everyone you’ll meet is friendly, kind, collaborative and knowledgeable
- 💚 The Operations team: the wonderful people from the Ops team (aka our users) are always available for user interviews, testing sessions, contextual inquiries and sharing feedback on our designs
- 📚 Level-up days: everyone in the team can pick a full day every month to dedicate to learning something new and making use of our learning resources
- 🍿 Design talks: share something cool that you know, do or learned with the rest of the team, or simply sit back with some popcorns and enjoy
- 🧖♂️ Spa-days: one day every month where you can work on something small and fun or quick wins for our users outside of your daily tasks (and get a free lunch from Deliveroo)
- 🎯 Team socials: we have team socials regularly (both remote and in person, previous activities have included jewellery making, drink and paint nights, VR games to name a few) as well as occasional team lunches!
- 📝 Regular 1-1s: you’ll have bi-weekly 1-1s with your manager to discuss and monitor your personal goals and growth and team and company goals
- ✨ … the list goes on, why not join the team and find out for yourself?
Why else you'll love about us
- Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
- Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we we're voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people
- Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits
We would prefer someone who can work in our London office but will consider remote candidates. However, you do need to be able to work in the UK.
We're very excited to be growing our team. We're looking for skills and experience to help shape and define the future of not only our team, but the wider business at a global scale. If you're reading this and grinning, please apply! There are huge challenges to tackle, and we need amazing people who are keen to get stuck in.
If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.
Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!
Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
