Are you interested in joining the Wiggle team?

We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.

We love sports. We have a global focus and are growing fast. We aim to be the greatest sports retailer in the world. If that sounds interesting to you, take a look at our current openings...

Applications

We absolutely love to hear from you and learn what makes you want to work for Wiggle!

Please send your CV and Cover Letter to Jobs@wiggle.com

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Thank you for your interest in working for us.

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Our History

Wiggle started out as Butlers Cycles, a small independent bike shop established in Portsmouth, UK in 1920. In 1999, Butlers Cycles went online with the launch of wiggle.co.uk.

By focusing on providing unmatched value and great customer service, Wiggle rapidly took off in the UK and soon began expanding around the globe. We have now grown to become a global leader in the online retail of equipment for cycling, running and swimming, selling to over 70 countries in 10 languages and 14 currencies.

We occupy over 85,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and stock over 2 million items!

Wiggle Work and Play

At Wiggle we definitely understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work/life balance. We work hard, but our working environment is relaxed and we encourage staff to participate in sport.

We frequently train together in club activities such as our running and cycling clubs which operate during lunch or after work. We also participate in events together such as sportive rides and running races.

If you are focused on your work but care about having a healthy lifestyle, you will fit in at Wiggle!

WiggleCRC are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic Accounts Payable Assistant to Join the team in Portsmouth.

What will you be doing?

The Accounts Payable Clerk is responsible for entering supplier invoices into either REIM (Oracle Retail Invoice Management) for Goods for Resale (GFR) or into Oracle Fusion for Goods not for Resale (GNFR). The AP Clerk is responsible for adjusting any price or quantity discrepancies following an investigation by the buying and replenishment assistants. The role requires a good relationship to be formed with suppliers and with the Buying and Merchandising team, and with the wider business.

Accountabilities:

• Ensure all lines of invoices are entered accurately and swiftly
• Keep up to date with invoice entry for allocated suppliers
• Enter credit notes on a timely basis and match to debit memo / credit note requests, if applicable
• Process invoice or receipt write offs once requested by Replenisher or Buying assistant in line with defined process
• Ensuring strict adherence to Wiggle CRC processes
• File invoices in an organized and timely manner
• Answer supplier and B&M, and requisitioner queries on an ad-hoc basis
• Ad-hoc work as requested by management

Who are we looking for?

Someone who has a keen eye for detail, ideally from a similar background or looking for a step in to the world of finance.

• Experience of Oracle or other ERP system an advantage
• Moderate excel capability
• Good communication skills, both verbal and in writing
• Attention to detail
• Ability to see something through to a conclusion in a professional manner
• Ability to work alone or in a group

Job Title: Automation Test Engineer

Location: Portsmouth

Position type: Permanent

Wiggle CRC has an exciting opportunity for an Automation Test Engineer to join their IT department on a permanent basis! If you’re looking for a rewarding career with a vibrant company, please read on.

What will I be doing?

As a Mid Test Automation Engineer you will develop and maintain test automation with the goal of protecting live production services from technical changes. You will also support the development and release team in automating changes both at the release and development change level.

• Test Automation (C# primarily. Experience of Ruby/Watir/Selenium would be beneficial)
• To build and maintain full test coverage of platinum and gold level services
• Build automation in line with expected project changes
• Maintain a 100% automation pass rate when no identifiable defects are present
• Help to resolve the root cause for any test failures and handle appropriately to prevent the same failure in the next run
• Input into increasing width and depth of automation testing in line with prioritisation
• Help to incorporate all other BAU changes into the automation suites where it may have an impact
• Work towards reducing risk to live deployments to maintain an SLA of 1 failed deployment a month from missed software defects.

What experience would we like you to have?

• Great test automation testing skills, ideally in C#
• Great exploratory testing ability
• Good experience of working in Agile teams
• Ability to collaborate directly with developers and business stakeholders to define requirements

Beneficial skills:

• Experience of BDD approaches to software development
• Knowledge of cucumber and the gherkin syntax

Does this sound like the perfect next step for you? Great, please send your CV to jobs@wiggle.com!

#comejointheride

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Portsmouth

Position: Permanent

Wiggle CRC are looking for a Business Analyst to analyse, design and document solutions to meet the needs of business objectives. Fancy taking on the challenge? Great! Please read on…

What will you be doing?

As part of the Delivery team you will engage in the delivery of both strategic and small changes to the Wiggle systems. The scope of work incorporates all infrastructure, applications and customer-facing websites.

You will also…

• Work with business teams to identify, understand, prioritise and document business requirements, systems impacts and acceptance criteria.  Collate and analyse performance data to ensure informed decisions.
• Investigate operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.
• Assist in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems and identify options for consideration.
• Work iteratively with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance tests.
• Support the development team to write scenarios / user stories / acceptance tests, agree work packages / sprints and produce estimates.
• Identify any business readiness tasks required to support delivery.
• Verify and accept the delivered work packages ensuring the development fulfils the business requirements.  Provide support to the test team and business teams to complete functional and acceptance testing.
• Prepare the handover of products to the business and support teams through showcases and by documenting any business processes changes and producing user guides.
• Track and report on task progress.
• Take part in any ad hoc project work improving the performance of the business as and when required.
• Investigate, identify and present where appropriate, new technologies or processes that will enable the business units to deliver their strategic goals.

Who are we looking for?

• Demonstrate experience of working in a Business Analyst role, preferably within the retail industry, specifically ecommerce channels.
• This role will operate as part of a small team, so you must be willing to get involved in the full project life cycle and be passionate about ensuring delivery is of the highest quality. 
• Experience of working within an Agile / Scrum project environment is desirable.
• Ability to translate complex business problems and requirements into well written, concise user stories that can be read and understood by business owners, developers and testers alike.
• You will have a good eye for detail and be able to demonstrate the ability to produce clear, concise, well supported documentation.
• You will have experience of working on multiple projects concurrently and be able to manage the priorities within your workload.
• Experience of managing 3rd party suppliers would be beneficial.
• Ability to be flexible with work duties and hours as required by the team and business, and able to attend other sites for which travel may be required. A small amount of travel may be required.

Does this sound like your perfect next challenge? Great! We would love to hear from you. Please send your CV to jobs@wiggle.com.

#ComeJoinTheRide

About the role:

Reporting to the site Head of Operations and Facilities, with a dotted line into the Head of Payments & Profit Protection, you will be accountable for the management, resourcing and control of key operational areas including stock control, returns and supplier issues.  You will be responsible for developing strategic objectives for the departments which support delivery of the company and site objectives.

What you'll be doing:

The Customer Returns and Stock Protection Manager holds the strategic vision and drives changes within the departments to ensure objectives are met. This includes accountability for the development of effective business processes and procedures which deliver departmental and site KPIs, along with effective resource allocation and performance within each department. 

Dimensions:

• Drive robust and accurate stock and product inventory procedure completion through the Stock Control team.
• Ensure appropriate procedures are in place to identify and investigate shrinkage, effectively communicate findings and take appropriate actions to resolve issues identified.
• Develop best practice processes within the Customer Returns teams to drive consistency, business improvements and high standards of performance.
• Implement effective processes to identify and manage returns and supplier issues and effectively communicate outcomes through the appropriate channels.
• Record and report internal process failings which drive customer returns through mis-fulfilment. Share this data with business stakeholders to understand and implement necessary actions to eliminate.
• Work with the B&M team to provide BI on volume and value of warranty returned stock to assist with commercial negotiations of future business and shape supplier agreements
• Develop analytical reporting to highlight performance trends.
• Actively promote HS&E compliance and auditing, business and continuous improvement initiatives and site/business culture
• Ensure individual and team performance is effectively managed to engender high performance within the teams
• Work as part of the site leadership team to manage all key performance indicators on a weekly/monthly basis
• Manage budget requirements to ensure commercial delivery across the teams.
• Develop staff resourcing plans to meet business activity and requirements
• Monitor product standards and implementing quality-control initiatives with the suppliers
• Identify training needs and area of opportunity for staff improvements, and develop management capability within the department
• Attend operational meetings to exchange information with other departments and to be able to work collectively together
• Work with Operations management team to support other areas of the operation as and when required
• Take part in key projects to improve the day to day operation of the department

Who we're looking for:

A dynamic and forward-thinking individual, who is a driver of performance improvement. with experience in dealing with extremely high volumes of stock.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Warehousing, logistics and people management experience is mandatory
• Working in a fast pace environment and can effectively prioritise
• Able to develop strategic plans to target underperforming areas
• Strong levels of attention to detail and planning
• Can think strategically and support broader business objectives
• Good knowledge of HS&E methods and monitoring
• Analytical and a creative thinker in driving innovative and productive change
• Commercial acumen especially in delivery exceptional service to our customers
• Strong systems knowledge especially in desk top systems and WMS
• Excellent attention to detail and investigation processes

Why work for us:

We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.

What’s in it for you?

If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you:

Excellent career progression opportunities, 25 days annual leave, Staff discount, 5% pension contribution, company sporting events and a smart casual dress code.

What’s next?

Are we the saddle to your bicycle? Well if so, come join the team and send over your CV to our Talent Team Jobs@wiggle.com. Why not stand out and send us your wiggly cover letter with your application.

#ComeJoinTheRide

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Title: Customer Service Advisor - Japanese Speaking

As a Japanese Speaking customer service advisor, you will be representing Wiggle, assisting and advising our Japanese and English customers via Live Chat, Email and Phone with the highest degree of courtesy and professionalism to resolve issues

What will I be doing?

Working as part of the customer service team you will be responsible for helping maintaining Wiggle’s global service levels across all media and contact types. Supporting our Japanese and English customers via contact sources of pre-sale, during-sale and after-sale queries related to all products, brands and services.

• Ensure customer queries are answered promptly and completely via both Chat and Email
• Monitoring, responding and resolving customer queries on Social media
• Monitoring and responding to customers reviews across various platforms
• Calling customers when they request a call back service to answer their queries / resolve any issues
• Ensure that all communications with customers are conducted in a professional and courteous manner
• Offering alternative solutions where appropriate with the objective of ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Any other Customer service related task

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal in Japanese and English
• Strong attention to detail and aiming for excellence in delivery
• Experience of working in a fast-paced office environment as part of a professional team
• Ability to manage and coordinate changing priorities, have high standards and be capable of multi-tasking
• Self-motivated and confident decision maker with the ability to nail actions and a positive ‘can do’ attitude

Does this sound like the perfect next challenge for you? Please send your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com 

#comejointheride!

Job Title: Brand Manager

Location: Portsmouth

Position: Permanent

Wiggle CRC have an exciting opportunity for a House Brand Manager to join the team… Are you looking for your next challenge? Great, please read on…

What will you be doing?

• Own the tone of voice and brand guidelines, ensuring that all brand activity reflects the brand positioning.
• Lead the Wiggle Trade Plan and CRC flat plan for dhb.
• Support the marketing manager with the delivery and measurement of multi-channel marketing communications in line with the dhb marketing activity planner.
• Lead the creative execution of seasonal photoshoots, working closely with the dhb and Fohn design teams. Manage the delivery of all marketing assets
• Providing the International Country Managers marketing assets for activity in key international territories.
• Assist with the strategy for dhb social media channels and manage content creation.
• Support the marketing team in the PR activation plan, taking responsibility for campaign toolkits and product training.
• Own the dhb product pages for Wiggle and CRC. Use insight to optimise these seasonally.
• Use copywriting skills to create engaging, informative and persuasive product page and blog content.
• Work with ABM to conduct on-going competitor analysis and market reviews to provide insight to the business to support product development and brand communications.
• Understand the dhb consumer; support the dhb marketing team in building consumer and customer understanding; champion this insight into the brand planning and brand communications, ensuring that the consumer is at the heart of all marketing activity.
• Work closely with the WiggleCRC insight teams to understand, monitor and measure change in customer behaviour.

What experience would we like you to have?

• A curiosity to understand consumers and customers, and a passion to meet their needs.
• A passion for developing brand marketing campaigns, particularly in digital.
• Experience in creating social media content.
• Understands the importance of brand strategy and guidelines.
• Copywriting experience, with a proven ability to write engaging content in an adopted brand tone of voice.
• Supports information gathering and has an ability to analyse information to create insights.
• A genuine passion for sport.

Does this sound like the perfect opportunity for you? Great, we'd love to hear from you. Please send your CV to jobs@wiggle.com

#ComeJoinTheRide

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Title: Swedish Translator

Wiggle CRC have an exciting opportunity for a Swedish Translator to join the family! Fancy taking on the challenge? Please read on…

What will I be doing?

You will be working as part of the translation team and provide support for the customer service team when/if necessary. As a WiggleCRC translator, you will be responsible for translating everything for your local TLD: website interface, marketing and digital content, technical products, help pages.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Translate website contents, product descriptions and marketing and digital contents
• Understand and learn WiggleCRC products
• Make sure the Translation Memory (TM) is organised and up-to-date
• Make sure the glossary/termbase is organised and up-to-date
• Assist the customer service team with incoming email and phone queries from customers
• Any translation and communication in any other foreign language as required by WiggleCRC
   

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Native standard of Swedish as well as English
• Degree in translation or equivalent experience
• Deep understanding and excellent command of CAT tool
• Post-editing skill will be an advantage
• Creative writing skill will be an advantage

Does this sound like the perfect next challenge for you? Please send your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com 

#comejointheride!

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Title: Translator (Italian)

The Translator will be assisting the Translation, Marketing and Customer Service teams with all related translation and communication matters.

What will I be doing?

Translator will be working as part of the translation team and provide support for the customer service team when/if necessary. As a WiggleCRC translator, you will be responsible for translating everything for your local TLD: website interface, marketing and digital content, technical products, help pages.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Translate website contents, product descriptions and marketing and digital contents
• Understand and learn WiggleCRC products
• Make sure the Translation Memory (TM) is organised and up-to-date
• Make sure the glossary/termbase is organised and up-to-date
• Assist the customer service team with incoming email and phone queries from customers
• Any translation and communication in any other foreign language as required by WiggleCRC

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Native standard of Italian as well as English
• Degree in translation or equivalent experience
• Deep understanding and excellent command of CAT tool
• Post-editing skill will be an advantage
• Creative writing skill will be an advantage

What’s next?

Are we the saddle to your bicycle? If so, we would love to hear from you, email your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com
Why not stand out from the crowd and send us your wiggly cover letter to give us a better idea of who you are and why you want to join the team…

#ComeJoinTheRide

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Title: Junior Buyer

Are you customer driven and passionate about sports? If so, we have the #dreamjob for you! WiggleCRC are looking for a Junior Buyer to join the family…

What will I be doing?

You will develop a good understanding of the Wiggle customer, and the product category overall market.  A good knowledge of negotiation skills are essential to obtain the best possible cost prices, and supplier terms to enable Wiggle to offer the best prices to the customer.  The Junior Buyer must operate within the agreed Merchandisers Range Framework to keep the range width and depth appropriate, with a balanced attribute product listing.  The Junior Buyer is accountable for setting up items with the appropriate level of data, to enable customers to identify the right product, and to allow accurate range analysis.

As well as this you will be…

·         Negotiating lowest industry cost prices

·         Maintaining balanced number of Suppliers / Brands

·         Testing new products with managed risk

·         Supplier Terms / Deals negotiations

·         On Boarding new Suppliers, Brands and Products

·         Exiting poor selling / non profitable Suppliers, Brands and Products

·         New product / Brand trialling

·         Communicating relevant details to the wider business (Marketing / International)

What experience would we like you to have?

·         Ideally working within sports retail

·         Understanding of product knowledge

·         Ability to prioritise and has strong attention to detail

·         Customer focused

Does this sound like your #dreamjob? Great! Please contact that Talent Acquisition team for more information, or apply now!

#comejointheride!

Title: Online Marketing Manager, UK

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Wiggle CRC are looking for a PPC focused Online Marketing Manager to join the Wiggle CRC family! Are you looking for your next challenge for 2019? Great, we have the perfect opportunity for you…

What will I be doing?

This is a key role in driving the growth of Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles websites across the UK. Working for the top tri sports retailer in Britain, and a major international player, this role will have responsibility for maximising profitability through the growth of sessions, revenue and market share across a variety of online sales promotion channels inhouse, including Paid Search, Google Shopping, Affiliates and Remarketing.                                             

You will also…

• Execute paid search, shopping, affiliate and remarketing campaigns for WiggleCRC
• Create, own and deliver an online marketing plan
• Maximise sales and profitability by identifying opportunities to achieve revenue growth and efficiency targets as well as drive new customers
• Build and optimise paid search, including shopping, campaigns for WiggleCRC
• Develop and optimise affiliate programs
• Regular analysis of campaign performance against targets and report back to the team / wider business
• Support the other English language accounts when required

What experience would we like you to have?

• 1+ year paid search experience
• Experience in using Online Marketing platforms (such Google Analytics, Google Adwords)
• Understand how search engines work and interact with websites
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Budget management
• Analytical approach to interpreting and manipulating data
• Attention to detail in recognising campaign and data accuracy
• Ability to make decisions in line with commercial goals of business
• Retail or e-commerce experience desirable 
• Some experience of bid management tools a plus
• An interest and knowledge in tri-sports are also desirable

Does this sound like your next challenge for 2019? Great, please email your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com

#comejointheride!

Job Title: Senior Developer

Location: Portsmouth

Position type: Permanent

Wiggle CRC are looking for a Senior Developer with strong leadership skills to join the IT team. Fancy taking on the challenge? Please read on….

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Developer you will design, create, test and document new and existing software components from supplied specifications. Project change may require the introduction of new Wiggle systems, enhancements to existing systems and integration with 3rd party systems.  You will lead a small squad of 3-4 developers within the backend development team.

Who are we looking for?

• Experience of leading development teams to deliver software change and being responsible for delivery of collaborative package of work
• Development frameworks: Microsoft .Net 4.x with C#
• Web Technologies: Microsoft MVC 5, HTML5 and CSS, JavaScript and frameworks
• Testing Frameworks: NUnit, Moq or equivalent
• Data & SOA: Microsoft SQL Server 2012+, No SQL DB's (Raven, Redis or equivalent), ORM's, nServiceBus or equivalent
• Industry experience of using best practices for code design (SOLID, design patterns) 
• Awareness of API first design on platforms such as Mulesoft
• Experience of developing on Azure PaaS would be beneficial
• Competent in working in an agile environment, for example Scrum
• Previous experience of working in a retail or eCommerce business on customer facing or back office systems would be advantageous  

Why work for us?

We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.

What’s in it for you?

If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you:
Excellent career progression opportunities, 25 days annual leave, Staff discount, 5% pension contribution, company sporting events, smart casual dress code and a brilliant company culture.

What’s next?

Are we the saddle to your bicycle? If so, we would love to hear from you, please email your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com 

Why not stand out from the crowd and send us your wiggly cover letter to give us a better idea of who you are and why you want to join the team…

#ComeJoinTheRide

Title: Systems Administrator

Location: Portsmouth

Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

WiggleCRC are looking for a passionate Systems Administrator to join the IT department!

The Systems Administrator is responsible for the technical support & maintenance of the Wintel Server environment, monitoring and scripting within the LINUX sphere, daily monitoring and health checks, patching, virtualisation technology platforms, shared storage, backup/DR environments, internal project consultancy and managing data networking.

What do the team currently support?

• The Supports and maintains over 300 servers, both physical and virtual.
• Manages support for over 50 network assets, including switches, routers, APs, load-balancers and WAFs.
• Supports infrastructure for 4 offices, 3 data centres and 2 warehouses.
• 24/7/365 support of company websites both .NET and ATG-based.
• Support Azure cloud-based DR solution.

What will I be doing?

• Provide advanced technical support for all Wintel and LINUX systems across the business.
• Provide advanced technical support for collaborative technology, including email and unified communication systems.
• Provide advanced technical support for virtualization and shared storage environments.
• Provide support for LAN/WAN MPLS data network, and manage technology partners.
• Ensure change control and other processes and procedures are followed and that configuration documentation is completed when systems are deployed or modified.
• Review and authorise production environment implementations and deployments.

What experience would we like you to have?

• Wintel and/or LINUX operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / 2008 r2 / 2012 / 2016, CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu.
• Authentication and directory services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, GPO management)
• Windows/LINUX automation (scripting, imaging, installation, management, SCCM)
• Antivirus/malware and patch management technologies, such as WSUS.
• TCP/IP networking LAN/WAN (DNS, DHCP, RAS, VPN) MPLS.
• Collaborative technologies, such as Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, SharePoint, Citrix.
• Virtualization concepts and functional working skills with various virtualization technologies such as VMware and Cloud-based technology, such as Azure.
• Highly effective interpersonal and organizational skills.

   If this sounds like the next challenge for you, please email your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com

   #comejointheride

Test Engineer

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: competitive

Job Purpose:

WiggleCRC has an exciting opportunity for a Test Engineer to join their IT department on a permanent basis! If you’re looking for a rewarding career with a vibrant company, please read on.

What will I be doing?

As a Mid QA Engineer you will assist the QA team in delivering on all aspects of quality in the delivery of our applications. The role will be focused on business change, the change may require either the introduction of new Wiggle systems, enhancements to existing systems and integration with 3rd party systems. Within a small development team, the role will require supporting other engineers (QA and development) and business users in all matters of quality assurance.

• Test Automation (C# primarily. Experience of Ruby/Watir would be beneficial)
• Manual testing of software changes and defect fixes
• Working with the business to define requirements
• Keeping test notes and test related documentation up to date
• Working on larger strategic projects, in order to deliver large scale operational improvements. Typical team mix of junior, mid and senior developers and QA's, reporting to Lead QA.
• Being an integral part of standard business change projects.
• Day to day change projects of small to medium size, required to support for the ongoing development of the company
• Delivering short timescale business change (around 2 weeks or less).
• Develop communication skills not just with peers and other members of development team but right across project teams (PM's, BA's) and wider business functions (users).
• Grow knowledge of best practices for test design and approaches. Take responsibility for utilising senior members of the team in order to attain this knowledge, and personal investigation into new ideas as well as established best practices.

What experience would we like you to have?

• At least 2 years of industry experience in the field of QA, with demonstrable skills in following areas:
• Writing efficient automation tests directly in a coding language (C# preferable, Ruby experience is also beneficial) and reviewing automation test results
• Excellent manual feature testing skills
• Exploratory testing
• Experience of working in Agile team
• Collaborating with developers and business stakeholders to define application requirements

Beneficial skills:

• Experience of BDD approaches to software development
• Knowledge of cucumber and the gherkin syntax

Does this sound like the perfect next challenge for you? Please send your CV to Jobs@wiggle.com 

#comejointheride!

Title: UX Designer

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competetive 

Are you an experienced UX designer with a big vision looking for progression in 2019? If so, Wiggle CRC has the perfect opportunity for you…

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic UX Designer who is passionate about improving the user experience by understanding and empathising with the people we are designing for. We’re looking for someone who approaches work with curiosity and a high degree of attention to detail. 

What will I be doing?

We put users at the heart of what we do, and you’ll be creating engaging digital experiences that are loved by our customers and deliver real business growth. The role will see you working in a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment, to design and improve the customer journey by creating conceptual sketches, wireframes and prototypes and assisting in user research. We are flexible depending on what type of work you are doing. Some of our UX Designers tools include Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma, InVision, Marvel, Zepplin, Axure and Balsamiq

Responsibilities

• Help to define and improve the interface and experience of Wiggle and CRC
• Propose and design UX improvements which can impact multiple areas of the sites
• Design features that fit within the larger experience and flows
• Create deliverables (wireframes, mockups, prototypes, flows etc) to communicate ideas
• Suggest and vet design tools and workflow improvements
• Collaborate with team members across the business and advocate for users and a User Centred Design process
• Stay informed and share latest on UX/UI techniques, tools and patterns
• Understand responsive design and best practices
• Knowledge and understanding of design systems theory and practice
• Assist UX researcher to conduct research and evaluate and incorporate feedback from UX research into deliverables.

What experience would we like you to have?

• We are looking for a UX Designer with a solid understanding of UX best practice and web standards, and who has experience working in an Agile project environment.
• We are looking for self-motivated, creative people with strong communications skills that can drive real change for our customers.
• 2+ years previous experience in a UX role.
• Experience of responsive web design
• Ability to digest research findings and illustrate innovative solutions
• A passion for usability and accessibility standards
• Proficient in prototyping tools such as Axure/Adobe XD/InVision/Marvel etc
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of various user-centric design methods
• Experience of refining solutions through testing and iteration.
• Experience of atomic design

Fancy taking on the challenge? Great! Please send your CV to jobs@wiggle.com

#comejointheride 

Title: UX Researcher

Location: Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Are you an experienced UX Researcher with a big vision looking for progression in 2019? If so, Wiggle CRC has the perfect opportunity for you…

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic UX Designer with an emphasis on research who is passionate about improving the user experience by understanding and empathising with the people we are designing for. We’re looking for someone who approaches work with curiosity and a high degree of attention to detail. 

What will I be doing?

We put users at the heart of what we do, and you’ll be creating engaging digital experiences that are loved by our customers and deliver real business growth. The role will see you working in a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment, to research and understand user problems by developing and crafting user personas, goal and task analysis, user scenarios, conceptual sketches, wireframes and prototypes.

Responsibilities:

• Undertaking user research for both Wiggle and CRC. You will understand a wide range of research methods, when to use them and how to apply them correctly. This will include, usability testing, user interviews, surveys, and competitor analysis. 
• Analysing and synthesizing research data.
• Translate research findings into actionable recommendations in conjunction with UX Designer.
• Challenges assumptions, ensure UX Designers and the Product team action findings from users.
• Plan, design and conduct usability tests and user interviews. Effectively undertake associated tasks such as participant recruitment, schedule, producing test materials, setting up test environments, and analysing and delivering findings.
• Create research deliverables such as personas, customer journey maps,  etc.
• Share relevant user research findings and recommendations with the team
• Lead progressive, iterative research across agile sprints
• Participate in project discovery, Help to generate ideas for features and improvements.

Tools

We are flexible depending on what type of work you are doing. Some of our UX Designers tools include Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma, InVision, Marvel, Zepplin, Axure and Balsamiq

What experience would we like you to have?

• We are looking for a UX Designer with a solid understanding of UX best practice and web standards, and who has experience working in an Agile project environment.
• We are looking for self-motivated, creative people with strong communications skills that can drive real change for our customers.
• 2+ years previous experience in a UX role.
• Experience of responsive web design
• Ability to digest research findings and illustrate innovative solutions
• A passion for usability and accessibility standards
• Proficient in prototyping tools such as Axure/Adobe XD/InVision/Marvel etc
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of various user-centric design methods
• Experience of refining solutions through testing and iteration.

Fancy taking on the challenge? Great! Please apply now by sending your CV to jobs@wiggle.com

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