UX Designer

UX Designer

Please note this role is based in Northern Ireland

Location: Belfast, Hybrid (2 days in office)

Full time, Permanent 

Life at Everquote

Come join us at EverQuote, a leading online insurance marketplace. We're on a mission to help consumers better protect life's most important assets: their families, property and future. 

Our design team focuses on delivering the best experience possible for shoppers, agents and all our internal and external partners across all of our products and markets. We’re currently invested in ensuring a fast and easy way to shop for insurance, as well as optimising our agent-facing experience to help carriers work smart and fast to provide the best deals.

We’re looking for a UX Designer who can join our small and energetic team who take care of the consumer marketplace. In this role you’ll learn and grow through mentoring and support, as well as have the room to use your curiosity and self starting nature to crack on.  

What you’ll do

• Work on projects across consumer facing experiences, our insurance marketplace - delivering high quality solutions that help connect consumers with insurance providers
• Understand both Everquote business needs and our end user needs to ensure we’re creating high-impact solutions
• Conduct user research and usability testing to understand and validate ideas, continually  using insights from both qualitative and quantitative sources to inform design decisions
• Ideate through sketching, mock-ups, storyboards & prototypes - delivering  high-fidelity designs for our e-commerce user journeys  
• Co-create with Product, Engineering & Data Insights teams across all stages of the product development lifecycle 
• Support the evolution of our design system to ensure we continue to grow in an efficient, scalable and consistent way
•  Believe in a culture of feedback and actively seek out feedback on your work and approaches 
• Be an active figure in our design community, collaborating in our design routines, contributing to our culture of continuous learning and improvement

Who we are looking for

Essential Qualifications:

• 1 to 2  years experience designing digital user experiences
• Education in Graphic Design, Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Business or related disciplines
• Some experience designing across the product development lifecycle, from concept through launch and beyond
• Competency in core design and prototyping tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing  e-commerce user experiences, with demonstrable focus on visual and interaction design
• Competency conducting and synthesising user research 
• Experience with user behaviour analytics, and tools such as Google Analytics, Amplitude, Hotjar etc.
• Experience designing internal utility tools for business users
• Awareness of information architecture, systems design and design systems
• Experience working in an agile product development team

Not sure if you fit the bill?

We still encourage you to apply even if you don’t match the job description perfectly. You never know how your background might align with what we are looking for. We look forward to hearing from you.

Interview Steps 

1. Telephone screen (Hiring Manager)
2. Design - Case Study
3. Working in a team - Interview 
4. Culture - Interview

Applications will only be considered when accompanied with a portfolio. 

Why EverQuote

At EverQuote NI we work with the latest and greatest technologies, we offer incredible learning and development opportunities, we value the diversity of our people and invest in outstanding career progression and flexibility and work/life balance.

• Our company is profitable & established. 
• We encourage creative thinking and independent responsibilities
• Growth mindset culture regularly seeks to reflect and improve.
• This role offers a highly unique learning and development opportunity
• We encourage creative thinking and independent responsibilities
• Lunch catering to the office, fully-stocked kitchen, company outings to local restaurants, day trips, and more
• Very competitive salary
• Performance based bonus plan
• Flexible work environment
• 30 days annual leave plus 6 stats. 
• Group Benefit Scheme - Private Healthcare, Dental and Optical insurance for you and your family
• Enhanced parental leave
• CSR and Social Events

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

EverQuote NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants.  This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender, (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age of disability.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.  However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants should note EverQuote NI complete background checks on all candidates offered a position.  Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from working with EverQuote NI Limited.