Job title: Senior UX Designer
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Pay interval: Daily
Pay rate: GBP £700.00
Job published: 04/02/2026
Job ID: 90963

Job Description

Senior User Experience Designer

Duration: 6 Months

Location: London & remote (hybrid)

Rate: £700 per day

Start: ASAP

IR35 Status: Inside

 

A Senior User Experience Designer is required for our Government client to lead the design of usable, accessible and inclusive government services.

You will be required to lead analysis of complex user needs and service problems, translating insight into clear, evidence-based design direction

Provide expert design leadership and assurance, shaping patterns, standards and approaches across services

Identify and address systemic usability and accessibility issues, influencing others to improve service quality

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders, clearly communicating design rationale and outcomes

 

 

Skills and Experience required:

Possess previous experience as a Senior User Experience Designer within a government/public sector environment

As the Senior User Experience Designer you will speak on behalf of the technical teams and facilitate relationships with indirect stakeholders

Have an understanding of governance and how it works and what governance is required

Able to apply strategy using patterns, standards, policies and roadmaps and vision statements

Able to translate organisational goals into usable, accessible and inclusive design solutions. Proficient in designing services and interactions with managed levels of risk and complexity, using well understood patterns and standards appropriately.

Be able to understand trends and practices outside the team and can consider the patterns and interactions on a larger scale.

 

If this role is of interest, please email your CV to joanne.stanley@certes.co.uk