User Experience Consultant & City Interaction Lab Supervisor

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

City Interaction Lab is a specialist HCI research facility operating within City St George’s, University of London. This 75m² facility was purpose-built for user testing, accessibility testing and design workshops, and is fully adaptable to accommodate novel and emerging technologies. The Lab team provides practical research support to academics within the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCID) and runs consultancy projects for external commercial clients. We are seeking a UX Consultant and Supervisor to aid in these activities.

Responsibilities

As a UX Consultant and Supervisor, your role will be varied and multi-faceted. You will be involved in promoting City Interaction Lab online and in person, including the running of networking events such as the annual HCID Conference. You will respond to enquiries from internal and external clients, support HCID research activities, plan and conduct consultancy projects (research, design, evaluation), coordinate Student Consultants to work alongside you, maintain the lab facilities and support others in their use.

Person Specification

The successful applicant will be an experienced, proactive, and entrepreneurial user experience practitioner with a desire to work within an academic context. They will be confident working with academic and commercial clients, networking and running user experience projects across varied platforms and industries. They will be comfortable maintaining and troubleshooting technology. They will be an effective communicator. Ideal applicants would demonstrate an inquisitive spirit with a passion for understanding and exploring new technologies.

Additional Information

Closing date: 13 April 2025 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on w/c 21 April 2025.

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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