About Camden

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. Because we’re not just home to the UK’s fastest-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

 

What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved 

Working as part of multidisciplinary teams and reporting to the Experience Design Lead, the role of the Lead UX Designer is to lead a small team of UX Designers in creating design solutions that meet and exceed user needs and business expectations.

You’ll specialise in user research and will be responsible for supporting all UX and content designers to carry out research. You will also plan and lead user research to solve complex product problems.

You’ll be an expert in testing, iterating and improving digital products and services and will work with many different communities, understanding what will best serve our users. 

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All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
 

As a Lead User Experience Designer, you’ll be an expert in planning and leading user research, with strong abilities in user experience, interaction design and user centred design principles.

 

You’ll have experience managing, leading or mentoring other designers, and feel confident advocating for best practice. 

 

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

 

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details. 

 

Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.         

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias. 

 

Asking for Adjustments 

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.