Service Designer

Job Location:

Milton Keynes, Remote/Hybrid

Department:
Service Design

Closing Date: 19 March 2026

Weekly

Working Hours:

37

Contract Type:
Permanent

Fixed Term

Contract:

End Date:
Not Applicable

Welsh Language:
Not Applicable

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As a Service Designer, you will take responsibility for defined work streams, leading design for less complex services and escalating exceptions where appropriate. You’ll translate problems into clear, measurable service outcomes, working closely with Product Managers to align on baselines, targets and organisational goals. Through hands on practice, coaching and collaboration, you’ll apply and refine your skills in blueprinting, journey mapping, prototyping and user testing.

You’ll build a strong understanding of how services operate end-to-end, connecting front stage user touchpoints with the backstage systems, processes and policies that support them. You’ll contribute to organisational insight by tagging and curating your work so it can be easily found and reused. As an active member of the Design community, you’ll share work early, participate in shared sessions and contribute to a culture of openness, learning and continuous improvement.

• Design user-centred services collaboratively within multi-disciplinary product teams, engaging the whole team in the design process and working from discovery through to live.
• Create clear service maps, journey maps and blueprints that show end-to-end experiences, exposing pain points, handoffs and opportunities for improvement.
• Work with user researchers to understand user needs and use evidence, research and analytics to inform design decisions and validate assumptions.
• Prototype and test service interactions at appropriate fidelities (from sketches to interactive prototypes) to validate ideas and learn quickly.
• Apply service design standards and principles, particularly the  Service Standard and The School of Good Services principles, to ensure quality and accessibility.
• Design and facilitate workshops using a variety of techniques to bring teams together, surface insights and drive outcomes.
• Champion accessibility and inclusion, ensuring designs meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards and work for users with diverse needs and lowest digital skills.
• Work effectively within Agile product teams, contributing to ceremonies, planning and delivery while balancing design rigour with speed.
• Communicate designs and decisions clearly to team members and stakeholders at all levels, adapting your approach for different audiences.
• Support and learn from colleagues, contributing to knowledge sharing within the Design community of practice.
• Keep up to date with developments in service design, sharing learning with the team and applying emerging practices appropriately.

• Education: A degree in Design, Service Design, Interaction Design or related field, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating service design capability.
• Professional experience: Some experience in service design, UX or related disciplines, with demonstrable understanding of user-centred design principles and service design fundamentals.
• Service design skills: Experience creating journey maps and service blueprints; ability to scope and design services based on user needs; competence with prototyping at different fidelities.
• Research & evidence: Ability to work with user researchers to understand needs; experience using research insights, data and analytics to inform design decisions.
• Collaboration: Strong collaborative approach, working effectively with Product, Engineering, Content, Research and Operations colleagues in multidisciplinary teams.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills with ability to explain ideas clearly to diverse audiences through presentations, diagrams, and workshops.
• Worksho…