Senior UI UX Designer

Job Description

Job Title: UI/UX Designer/Programmer (Senior)
 

Location: Kildare, W23 X3PH
 

-         Candidates must be willing to work from this location.
 

-         Blended offsite/onsite working arrangement.
 

Contract Duration: 12 months with further extensions
 

No Of Positions: 1
 

Attendance Pattern:
 

·         Working within the island of Ireland is mandatory.
 

·         Minimum attendance of two days per week at the office.
 

·         Full-time, Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day (excluding breaks), between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
 

·         Excludes public holidays observed in the Republic of Ireland.
 

Mandatory Requirements (Pass/Fail)
 

ü  Experience Level: The candidate must have more than 7 years of relevant UI/UX Designer/Programmer experience at a senior level.
 

ü  Availability: The candidate must be available to commence work from 3rd November 2025.
 

ü  English Language Proficiency: The candidate must be fluent in both spoken and written English.
 

Key Deliverable:
 

The following non-exhaustive list of Key Deliverables are applicable to this Role.
 

·         Implement Design Governance and maintenance of Design Guidelines and principles to facilitate the Department's vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experience for digital products.
 

·         Apply UX design best practices to identify design problems and devise elegant solutions with intuitive user experiences.
 

·         Working effectively with Business Analysts/Product Owner and other project stakeholders to deliver optimal user experience solutions.
 

·         Drive a user experience from start-to-finish that delivers results and provides simple and elegant products that meet the needs of the customer.
 

·         Model workflows and plan tasks for UX design projects.
 

·         Working with the Fisheries Design system and ensuring it is aligned with gov.ie and DAFM standards.
 

·         Design and deliver wireframes, mock-ups and proofs of concepts (POCs) for internal and external facing systems in both web and mobile app environments.
 

·         Provide the development team with leadership and guidance in the application of UX design features.
 

Requirements

Key Experience/Competencies/Skillsets:
 

The following Experience/Competencies/Skillsets are applicable to this Role.
 

·         Website accessibility
 

·         UI/UX and design
 

·         Content design
 

·         User research
 

·         Prototyping tools
 

·         XML, HTML, XHTM & HTML5
 

·         Responsiveness Design using mobile frameworks for smartphones & tablets
 

·         Experience and expertise in the role of implementing and maintaining Design Governance and Design Principles at a strategic level in a large Public or Private Sector organization.