Role: UI/UX Designer, [PIAS]
Reporting to: IT Development Manager, [PIAS]
Location: London
www.pias.com www.integralmusic.com
What we do
[PIAS] has a longstanding history of serving the independent music community.
The company was founded in 1983 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot and is one of the largest independent and privately-owned music companies in the world.
Headquartered in London and Brussels with 16 offices around the world and 300 employees. [Integral] is the music distribution and services division of [PIAS] and operates across our offices around the globe to develop, build and leverage on local partnerships to increase exposure and routes to market for the repertoire, labels and artists we work alongside.
Our Mission:
To be at the very heart of the independent music ecosystem
To relentlessly and passionately discover, promote, market, sell and distribute the music of independent labels and artists.
To spread awareness of the music we champion with passion, integrity and care. To help it encounter audiences and build success.
To strive to deliver value to our repertoire and customer partners and continuously challenge ourselves to improve.
The Role
Reporting to the Development Manager, the UI/UX designer will be responsible for the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design of our Portal. You will ensure that all elements of the online user experience are optimised for improved usability, usefulness, and exceptional visual design.
The successful candidate will evidence a passion for delivering adaptive and creative solutions to UI/UX design problems by staying up to date with best practices and emerging trends in user experience design and user interface technology.
Here you’ll get to:
- Investigate user experience design requirements for our business critical portal.
- Develop and conceptualise a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the PIAS brand.
- Produce high-quality UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, and prototypes.
- Design UI elements and tools such as navigation menus, search boxes, tabs, and widgets for our digital assets.
- Test UI elements such as CTAs, banners, page layouts, page designs, page flows, and target links for landing pages.
- Collaborate with the Product owner, Tech Lead and SMEs to ensure the creation and delivery of tailored experiences for internal & external customers.
- Provide advice and guidance on the implementation of UX research methodologies and testing activities in order to analyse and predict user behavior.
- Define and implement style standards on typography and graphic design within brand guidelines.
- Help develop a library of dynamic, reusable UI components to help speed time to delivery.
- Liaise with team members, management, and clients to ensure UI/UX deliverables are completed to a high standard.
- Identify risks and form appropriate contingency plans.
- Keep up-to-date with industry and UI/UX trends and developments.
- Write progress reports and deliver presentations to the relevant stakeholders.
Candidates will have:
- A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years UI/UX design experience for digital products or services.
- A portfolio of professional UI/UX design work for both web and mobile platforms.
- Working knowledge of the following technologies and software: Sketch, InVision, Visio, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, Design Systems, and
- Adobe Creative Suite.
- A team player but can work independently too.
- Highly creative
- Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.
- Relevant certification may be required.
It would be music to our ears if you also had:
- Knowledge of the Music or relevant media industry
- Enthusiasm and willingness to learn on the job.
- Data oriented personality and a people person.
- Ability to mentor and educate.
- Several years of experience in delivering ground breaking, disruptive solutions in fast paced industries.
- Experience with backlog creation and management in common tools (Confluence, Jira, etc.)
- Prior experience working with a Product Owner in an Agile Transformation environment
- Ability to manage stakeholders and their expectations
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver on a common goal
- Interpersonal skills and ability to develop relationships with team members and customers
- Knowledge of how to define the technical roadmap
- Outstanding communication, presentation, active listening and leadership skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- High level understanding of technologies such as visualisation tools like Tableau/Looker etc, and/or Low code development tools like Outsystems/Retool/Mendix etc.
