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Register Your Interest - UX Industrial Placement
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a UX Industrial Placement to join our UX team in our Bristol office. As a member of our UX team, you will gain hands-on experience in the fast-paced world of digital product design. You’ll be involved in real projects where your contributions will help shape the user experience and have commercial impact. Our UX team is looking for a motivated individual who is ready to learn, collaborate, and make a real difference to our customers experience.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Work side-by-side with UX designers and researchers who will mentor and guide you through your placement.
- Learn how to use research and design tools. At Unite Students we use Figma, Adobe and Userlytics.
- Engage in a variety of UX processes including wireframing, user testing, and iterative design.
- Collaborate with designers and product managers to address usability issues and improve user interfaces.
- Assisting with planning and executing UX research studies and user-testing, including speaking with students.
- Maintain detailed and organised documentation of research sessions, activities, findings, and recommendations for presentations and the research repository.
What We’re Looking for in You
- Passionate about UX Design with a good creative eye. Ideally with digital design experience.
- Working towards a relevant undergraduate degree and seeking a 12-month placement before returning to your final year of study.
- You have a desire to learn and take initiative in exploring new tools and techniques.
- Someone who is self-reliant, eager to learn and enjoy solving problems.
- Great communication skills.
- A collaborative spirit, excited to work with several departments and teams.
Industrial Placements at Unite Students
Kick-start your career with us, where your individuality is celebrated, and your growth is our priority. Our tailored learning programme, featuring workshops and skills sessions, is designed to equip you with the tools and confidence to succeed. We provide a collaborative, inclusive environment filled with opportunities to learn, contribute, and make a difference.
Room for Everyone
We’re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we’re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for 2 success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what’s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.
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Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and commitment
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About Unite Students
Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and commitment
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