UX/UI Designer

Metrea Mission Data’s goal is to provide software solutions to the toughest problems in national security; these span across a range of domains including environmental issues, cyber security and map-based situational awareness. We are experts in leveraging data; combining vast amounts of disparate data sets to provide valuable insights for our customers.

Metrea is an international business with offices in the USA, Europe and the Far East . Within the UK we have offices in Lincoln, Oxford and London.

Metrea Mission Data is now seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to help drive the development of a new geospatial awareness solution that will have impacts across a wide variety of areas including narcotics trafficking and fighting wildfires.

As the UX/UI Designer you will be responsible for :

• Work ing closely with the product team to translate requirements into data-driven and intuitive designs. 
• User research, creating wireframes and prototypes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and iterating on designs based on feedback 
• Maintain ing UX/UI consistency across products 
• Bring ing clarity to complex, data-heavy applications and streamline workflows to a modern standards
  
  

What we are looking for? 

Our ideal candidate for this role would be someone with:

• A strong portfolio that shows your work, process and results
• Proactive work ethic and curiosity in problem solving
• Experi e nce working with a design system / UI framework
• Vocal advocate for design and end-user experience to key stakeholders
• A deep passion for personal development with a drive to be constantly learning and furthering your professional knowledge
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to work independently whilst planning, prioritising and managing your design workload
• Great interpersonal skills, able to confidently communicate with others, conveying design content clearly and articulately to non-design team members.
• Agile experience in a Software Development environment. This experience could come from any job role that uses Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Figma & Azure Dev-ops
  
  

Nice to have

• Experience designing, building and maintaining UI components within a UI framework
• Previous military experience especially military aviation experience
• Worked on similar products involving mission planning or management systems
• Experience designing, building and maintaining UI components within a UI framework
  
  

Where will you be based?

This is a hybrid role. Ideally, the candidate would be based on-site with the team in Harwell for a minimum of 2 days per week. Additional visits to the customer site or to MMD offices may be required from time to time.

What we offer

We Provide Several Company Benefits Including

• Private Health Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• A generous leave allowance (30 days plus public holidays off).
• Company Pension (5% Matched).
• Company Bonus Scheme (Percentage of Salary, 50% on business performance and 50% on personal objectives ).
• Annual training allowance and training days (£1500 per annum).
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Support to Reserve service.
• Gympass access.
• Electric Vehicle and Cycle2Work salary sacrifice schemes.
  
  

What We Require For The Role

• Undergo UK government security vetting.
• Sign the Official Secrets Act.
  
  

If you are passionate about people, products and problem solving and the above has piqued your interest then we would love to hear from you.