Interaction Designer Edinburgh (Hybrid - 2 Days Per Week Onsite)
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + Benefits
Design digital journeys that are simple, accessible, and built for everyone.
We're looking for an Interaction Designer & Accessibility Specialist to join an innovative digital product team in Leith, Edinburgh. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the experiences that users rely on every day, ensuring services are intuitive, inclusive, and accessible from the outset.
You'll play a key role in designing user journeys, creating accessible interactions, and championing best practice across product, design, and engineering teams.
The Opportunity
Great digital services aren't just functional, they're effortless to use.
As an Interaction Designer, you'll design clear, intuitive experiences for users while leading accessibility across the product landscape. You'll work closely with Product Managers, User Researchers, Service Designers, Engineers, and stakeholders to create seamless journeys that work for everyone, including users with accessibility requirements.
You'll become the go-to accessibility expert within the team, helping ensure accessibility is embedded throughout the design and development process rather than treated as an afterthought.
What You'll Be Doing
- Designing and prototyping intuitive user journeys and digital interactions.
- Creating simple, accessible experiences for complex processes and services.
- Writing and refining user-focused content, including page copy, guidance, and error messaging.
- Testing designs with users and iterating based on evidence and feedback.
- Leading accessibility audits and identifying areas for improvement.
- Testing services using assistive technologies such as screen readers and keyboard-only navigation.
- Working closely with engineers to ensure accessible designs are implemented effectively.
- Measuring the impact of design improvements and accessibility enhancements.
- Maintaining accessibility documentation, audit records, and compliance standards.
- Contributing to and evolving a scalable design system and reusable design patterns.
- Coaching colleagues and promoting accessibility best practices across the organisation.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience delivering Interaction Design for digital products or services.
- A portfolio showcasing user-centred design work that has been tested, iterated, and successfully delivered.
- Experience using AI tools to support design exploration, prototyping, and workflow efficiency.
- Strong knowledge of WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
- Experience conducting accessibility audits and testing with assistive technologies.
- Knowledge of semantic HTML, accessible interaction patterns, and digital accessibility best practices.
- Strong experience with design tools such as Figma.
- Ability to create clear, concise content for digital user journeys.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- A collaborative mindset with the confidence to advocate for accessible design decisions.
Desirable Experience
- Experience designing complex forms, transactional services, or case management platforms.
- Familiarity with GOV.UK Design System or similar public-sector design standards.
- Experience supporting Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live delivery phases.
- IAAP certification or other accessibility-related qualifications.
- Experience working within government, public sector, financial services, or other regulated environments.
What's on Offer?
- Salary of up to £60,000
- Hybrid working with 2 days per week onsite in Leith, Edinburgh
- Opportunity to own accessibility and influence product direction
- Collaborative and mature product environment
- Exposure to large-scale digital transformation programmes
- Strong focus on user-centred design and continuous improvement
- Excellent opportunity to shape services used by a wide range of users
If you're passionate about creating intuitive digital experiences and ensuring accessibility is built into every stage of delivery, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now for immediate consideration.
