Junior UX Designer (SC Cleared / SC Eligible) - Associate Consultant - Digital Excellence

About Capgemini Invent

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client’s challenges of today and tomorrow, informed and validated by science and data, superpowered by creativity and design, all underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your role

As a Junior User Experience Designer, you will join the growing Digital Excellence community, which shares knowledge and expertise. We are passionate about user-centred design, critical thinking, problem solving, and designing and building digital services and products. You will be part of a supportive UCD community and paired with a mentor who will invest in your development. Together you will expand your skills in this profession. Our User Experience Designers champion inclusive design practices throughout project lifecycles, ensuring solutions are accessible to as many users as possible. This includes engaging with diverse user research, applying accessibility guidelines and legislation, and advocating for inclusive design principles in deliverables. Working at Capgemini Invent offers opportunities to develop and grow, working with major clients in both public and private sectors. Our offices are in locations including London, Manchester and Glasgow. We offer hybrid working, but depending on your project you may need to travel to client locations.

What you’ll do

• Use different techniques to understand users and their needs, translating user stories and proposing user-focused, evidence-based design approaches.
• Design and prototype user interfaces aligned with user needs and business goals for public and private sector clients.
• Advocate for accessible and impactful services, ensuring solutions meet accessibility and inclusivity standards.
• Work in a fast-paced, evolving environment with an iterative method and flexible approach to enable rapid Agile delivery.
• Communicate across organizational and technical boundaries, making complex information simple and accessible for non-technical audiences.
• Explore how AI can enhance design processes.

Your profile

You will bring the below skills and experience:

• A keen interest in User Experience Design and User-Centred Design, with ongoing learning and industry awareness.
• SC (Security Check) Clearance.
• Experience of working with a wider User Centred Design team.
• An empathetic approach and ability to listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, translating them clearly for both audiences.
• Working knowledge of iterative design processes and UCD methodologies.
• Proficiency with design tools to prototype user interfaces at different fidelity levels to test and validate designs.
• Ability to build prototypes using code to create dynamic prototypes using HTML, CSS and JavaScript at a basic level (experience with GOV.UK Prototyping is desired).
• Figma and related design tools.
• Knowledge of Government Digital Service (GDS) service standards and GDS design principles.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and legislation, such as WCAG.
• Clear and effective communication of design decisions to present concepts to team members and stakeholders.

Ideally, you would also have:

• At least 1 year of experience in a User Experience Designer role or in a design-focused professional setting.
• A design portfolio showcasing your work.
• A love of learning and willingness to develop skills in parallel with client needs.
• Experience, understanding or interest in accessibility testing or inclusive design principles.
• Experience testing and auditing assistive technology (JAWS, Dragon, ZoomText) and accessibility features for Windows and macOS.
• Ability to analyse code for accessibility issues in HTML and CSS.

Need to know

At Capgemini we actively pursue inclusion as a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All, we foster environments where you can bring your whole self to work. We support work-life balance with hybrid working and flexible arrangements. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements. Employee wellbeing is important; we have Mental Health Champions across business areas and wellbeing apps like Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We focus on using tech to have a positive social impact, including reducing our carbon footprint and improving access to a digital world. Capgemini was named one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the tenth year. London, Manchester or Glasgow can be office bases, but you must be flexible regarding assignment location, as roles may involve periods away from home. We offer a remuneration package with flexible benefits options and a variable element based on grade and performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations accelerate their transition to a digital and sustainable world. It is a diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries, with a heritage of over 55 years. Capgemini unlocks the value of technology across the full range of business needs, delivering end-to-end services and solutions from strategy and design to engineering, fueled by capabilities in AI, cloud and data, and supported by an expansive partner ecosystem. The group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.