Senior Interaction Designer
Version 1 · Belfast, Northern Ireland ·
Company DescriptionVersion 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape.
We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. We're an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do: UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 3300+ strong, 350/300m revenue business 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW We're a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it's deeply embedded within our DNA.
Invest in us and we'll invest in you!. Job DescriptionAs a Senior Interaction Designer, you will design how users interact with digital services—defining flows, behaviours, and interface patterns that enable intuitive, accessible experiences.
Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, you will translate user needs and service requirements into clear interaction models, ensuring that services are usable, consistent, and aligned with modern design standards. You will play a key role in bridging design and engineering—ensuring that interactions are not only well designed, but also technically feasible and implemented to a high standard.
Design detailed interaction patterns, user flows, and interface behaviours for complex digital servicesCreate high-fidelity prototypes to communicate interaction logic, validate design decisions, and support deliveryDefine micro-interactions, system states, validation patterns, and edge cases to ensure robust user experiencesApply and extend design systems, including the GOV.UK Design System, contributing reusable components and patternsCollaborate closely with engineers to ensure designs are implemented accurately and meet accessibility and performance requirementsEnsure all designs meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards and responsive design principlesWork closely with user researchers and UX designers to iterate interactions based on evidence and feedbackContribute to end-to-end service design, ensuring interactions align across journeys and touchpointsMaintain consistency across products through contribution to shared component libraries and design standardsDocument interaction specifications clearly to support development and handoverYou will also need to be eligible for SC Clearance meaning 5 years continuous UK residencyQualificationsStrong experience designing interactions for complex digital products and services in Agile environmentsExpertise in creating high-fidelity prototypes and interaction models using tools such as Figma (including components and variants)Proven ability to design scalable, reusable patterns within design systemsExperience working with, or alongside, the GOV.UK Design System or similar established design systemsStrong understanding of interaction design principles, including usability, feedback, and system behaviourFamiliarity with modern front-end approaches, including component-based development and JavaScript frameworksStrong knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2) and practical application in interface designAbility to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams, particularly with developers and researchersStrong communication skills, with the ability to explain and justify interaction design decisions to a range of stakeholdersAdditional InformationAt Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profitsStrong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programmeFlexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balanceFinancial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount schemeEmployee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.
24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policiesEducational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red HatReward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards.
Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. And many more exciting benefits... drop us a note to find out more.
Version 1 is an equal opportunities employerWe are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact Ashley. Smith@version1.com at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.#LI-AS1 #LI-HybridSummaryType: Full-timeFunction: ConsultingExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Information Technology And Services