UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer

About Summary:

Ellipse has established itself as a market leader in the collection, analysis and dissemination of data across several sports including Cricket, Tennis, Horse Racing and Football. We are now looking to enhance our suite of data driven products by adding a UI/UX Designer who can support the next stage of our growth strategy.

Job Description:

The business is looking to hire a mid-level designer who can take over day-to-day responsibility to provide UI and UX Design support to the Tennis team, ensuring that we develop consistent, user-friendly products based on our customers’ needs and competitive market intelligence while also supporting wider design initiatives and products across Ellipse. 

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Lead UI/UX Designer this role will initially focus on TennisViz’s customer facing products. This should include:

• Creating visually appealing, user-centred designs that align with the Ellipse Design system and each sport’s branding
• Working closely with Front End Engineers and Product Managers to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity design mockups using Figma/Adobe Creative Suite
• Using AI-powered tools to explore ideas, create designs and develop rapid prototypes
• Planning, organising and executing usability tests to inform design decisions.
• Creating user personas, journey maps, and other materials to communicate research findings.
• Developing and maintaining the Ellipse design system, style guides, and component libraries to ensure consistency across all digital products.

Requirements:

• Ability to manage competing priorities and make progress on multiple projects in parallel.
• Good communication skills to participate in team meetings to gather input, present designs, and discuss project progress.
• Ability to adapt design requirements based on feedback from cross-functional teams.
• Experience in analysing research data to identify patterns, trends and key insights is a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with key internal stakeholders and external clients
• A positive attitude and ambition to continue to learn and develop new skills to support rapid career progression
• At least 3 years experience in a similar design role
• A passion for sport, particularly horse racing and tennis, would be a plus but not essential

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid / Remote working
• Company pension scheme
• Eye Test Contribution
• Life Insurance
• Training and Development Opportunities

Equality and Diversity:

Ellipse is committed to building an open and inclusive culture that supports personal development and learning. Ellipse believes in the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment, training, development and promotion despite any differences based on individual grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment.

 

About Ellipse:

Ellipse is a leading sports data and analytics company comprising CricViz, FootballViz, Horse Racing, RugbyViz (Oval and Stuart Farmer Media Services) and TennisViz. Working with the world’s biggest broadcasters, professional teams and rights holders, we simplify complex data to engage a broad and diverse audience and tell better stories about the sports we love.

To apply, please send your CV to [email protected] with the subject “UI/UX Designer ”.  Please also include a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and a link to your portfolio.

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