Graduate User Experience Designer (Available 2027)

About the Role

Graduate User Experience Designer at Arup. You will collaborate at the intersection of technology, data, and the built environment, delivering digital advisory and strategy consulting, data and AI solutions, software development, geospatial analytics, cloud engineering, cyber security and technology consulting. You will support major projects led by other disciplines and partner with public and private sector clients across various industries to solve complex challenges and create a lasting impact through digital innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct and support user and stakeholder interviews and research activities to understand needs, challenges, and opportunities, and contribute to turning findings into meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to understand user, business, and operational needs and contribute to the design of user-centered digital services and solutions.
• Analyze and map user journeys, business processes, services, and information flows to help identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support workshops and collaborative problem-solving sessions with clients and project teams.
• Develop project deliverables such as research summaries, journey maps, process maps, user stories, wireframes, prototypes, presentations, and reports.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems or Design, or similar related major.
• Familiarity with user journey mapping, workshop planning and co-facilitation, usability testing, information architecture, and agile delivery approaches.
• Familiarity with Figma, Miro, or similar collaboration and prototyping tools.
• Awareness of UI and interaction design principles is beneficial.
• Skills in user and stakeholder research, qualitative interviewing, and synthesis of findings into actionable insights.
• Ability to define user and business needs, map processes and services, develop user stories and requirements, and communicate ideas through wireframes, prototypes, or other visual artifacts.
• Knowledge of design thinking principles and a user-centered approach to problem solving.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsored work authorization.
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role.
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.
• Passion for sustainable development and creating a better world.
• Critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

Advert Closing Date: 12th November 2026

Early application is recommended as this role may close ahead of the advertised closing date due to high applicant volume.