Junior UX Designer

Employer: Energy Savings Trust

Location: Flexible within the UK. Home-based, blended or fully office based (from our offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh or London).

Working hours: Full-time

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Closing date: 13 July 2025

• Job description

  Who we are

  Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

  At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

  Here are some of the benefits we offer:

  • 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service

  • Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill

  • A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions

  • Flexibility in our ways of working – work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role

  • Two paid volunteering days per year – a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you

  Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

  The team

  • An exciting opportunity to join our Marketing, Digital, and Technology department during a period of growth that is driving our digital transformation.

  • Our team is made up of experts across our offices in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff Belfast and Suffolk.

  • Our approach places the end user at the core of our design and development processes, ensuring adherence to best practices in UX, CX, accessibility, usability, as well as data management, content creation, and software engineering.

  • As a centre of excellence within the organisation, we collaborate closely with colleagues and customers to deliver world-class digital products.

  The role  

  • As Junior UX Designer, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of our UX strategy across a range of digital products and services.

  • You’ll assist a talented team of digital professionals and work closely with stakeholders to ensure user needs are at the heart of everything we create. 

  • Your focus will be on supporting a consistent, user-centred design culture throughout the organisation - from early research and ideation to final product delivery and continuous improvement.

  • You’ll work closely with a team in establishing best-in-class UX processes, supporting user research and usability testing, growing a strong digital design system, and championing accessibility and inclusivity in all our digital interactions.

   What you’ll do  

  • Support the team in enhancing UX design standards, including accessibility best practices.

  • Help update and refine user-centered design principles and processes to ensure designs meet user needs and expectations.

  • Assist in creating wireframes, user journeys and interactive prototypes to visualise and test design concepts.

  • Support the development of user personas and storyboards to improve user experiences.

  • Assist in planning and conducting usability testing and research, gathering and analysing user feedback to inform design decisions.

  • Work with stakeholders to define user-centric, end-to-end service designs and refine visual and interactive elements of digital products.

  • Contribute to the corporate digital design system and maintain design documentation.

  • Stay up to date with UX trends and best practices to enhance skills and contribute to the team's capabilities.

  What you’ll bring  

  • Demonstrated experience in UX design and conducting user research to inform design decisions.

  • A willingness to grow your understanding of user-centered design principles and usability testing to create intuitive and user-friendly digital experiences.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail to identify and address design challenges effectively.

  • Ability to collaborate effectively within a team and communicate design ideas clearly to stakeholders and team members.

  • Passion for designing accessible digital experiences and an appetite to gain greater knowledge of web accessibility standards.

  • Eagerness to stay up to date with UX trends and best practices, and adapt to new tools and methodologies to enhance skills and contribute to the team's capabilities.

  For more information, please see job description above. 

  Applications close 23:59, 13 July 2025. Interviews are intended to be held w/c 21 July 2025. 

  To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

  Please click 'apply online' via our recruitment portal. We will ask for your personal details, work history and a supporting statement. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

  In your supporting statement please explain how you meet the essential areas in the job description. Applications submitted via email or without a supporting statement will not be considered.

  Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.  

  If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with recruitment@est.org.uk or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you. 

  Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

  We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

  Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

  Diversity and inclusion
  Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

  
  We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

  We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role.  Find out more here.

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