IC Creative – We’re looking for a new UX Recruiter to join our team!

Join Us! IC Creative are looking to expand our team of User Experience recruiters. Headquartered in Reading, we are accessible for those based in the Thames Valley area or those looking to relocate outside of the city.

We are looking for someone to focus on the lively contracts market - someone with similar sector experience, ideally with a knowledge of User Experience, User Interface, Interaction Design and Usability recruitment. Those with experience in a similar field - Digital Design, Web Design/ Development, Creative markets - could also be really interesting for us.

This role would suit you if you have 1-3 years within UX / Digital recruitment and are looking for something new. Perhaps you have held a resourcer role and are looking for a step up. Perhaps you are just looking for a change of scene.

We have an excellent client base, traditionally across the UK and Europe but increasingly across Asia and the US as well. We work with a number of large technology firms, e-commerce companies, design and UX agencies, and big names in mobile communication and design. We also benefit from operating as one arm of the very established IC Group - technical and electronics recruitment specialists. So, we have access to numerous clients you may not expect!

We would appeal to anyone looking for a friendly, supportive environment. Whilst we do have targets and goals, we believe in positive mentorship rather than strict KPI driven work processes. We would rather see you hit your targets because you're happy to come into work and want to excel yourself on a daily basis than because you spent fifty hours on the phone last week. You will see what we mean when you come in for an interview.

We really are lovely folk, definitely not your typical recruiter types - although we can put on suits and venture into London to wine and dine clients when we need to!

Your role will revolve around:

• Liaising with clients, ascertaining their business needs
• Business development activities
• Resourcing for established roles
• Managing the full recruitment cycle from send out to offer accept and aftercare
• Attending meetings, conferences, etc
• Contracts focus - previous experience on this side of things will be preferred

Alongside your basic salary you can expect a very generous commission structure, flexible benefits, free parking, free fruit, drinks and snacks, and lovely surroundings (like seriously, we have Shetland ponies out the front). Salary £20-30k plus commission.

To apply, please send your CV and covering email to Sam Emmett

The Next Big Thing: Your Thoughts

Last week we posted about The Next Big Thing – what we will look back on in twelve months and think “Ah yes! That characterises 2014”.

Here are the top replies we received by email and as comments on LinkedIn:

• A further acceleration towards minimalism – less text, colours, navigation
• Wearable design, and thus -
• New types of interfaces requiring new design innovations/solutions
• A change in colour schemes – from pop brights to subtler, dreamier colour palettes
• Easy fill online forms – improving usability and conversion rates

And, those which will be seen to continue from last year:

• Flat Design
• Tiles
• Blur
• Parallax scrolling

Let me know if I’ve missed anything, or if you have other ideas about where UI design is going next!

 

You can email me here 

The Next Big Thing

Now we’re over the holiday period and well into 2014, I wonder what the new UI design trends of the year will turn out to be? What will we be looking back on in our ‘Rundown of This Year’s Design Trends’ articles? Which ones are we going to want to forget, in years to come…? (I’m still a sucker for skeuomorphism but I’m aware it’s less than cool now!)

Without being a designer myself, I occupy a birds-eye vantage point – looking in on hundreds of portfolios a month. I see constant flux in what’s hot and what’s not, what gets pushed to the front of portfolios and what get relegated to the back – what helps to win awards and what has become a bit ‘meh’.

All I know is whenever I’m confronted with something new, I think “wow this couldn’t get any better” – but then six months down the line it does. I’m sure you’re the same – looking back through your work from months, or years back (mostly comprising of blood, sweat and tears) and realising how soon it has become outdated or cluttered.

I wonder, too, if changes in design mentality are the conscious decision of one or two genius designers which then catch on, or a ripple effect reaction to the type of products and platforms in vogue at the time? Are trends fabricated and perpetuated by designers, and the rest of us (the user base) merely pawns to the changing tides? Or, with the constant iterations and usability studies refining and re-assessing interactions – are the users the real creators?

Perhaps any designers out there could give me a sneak peek into the next big thing for the coming year? I’d love to know!

 

Please feel free to contact me at Sam Emmett.

UX Crash Course

Hi all.....

I came across this article earlier today and found it a very useful read.  A good read for those looking to get into the UX space and equally good for those just topping up knowledge.

http://thehipperelement.com/post/75476711614/ux-crash-course-31-fundamentals

Hope you enjoy it!

Please feel free to contact me sukhi.kang@ic-creative.co.uk