The UK Chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association is a not-for-profit organisation that brings together UK professionals from the design, technology and research communities who share a vision of creating compelling technology that meets users' needs and abilities.

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Membership gives you free entry to monthly UK UPA events enabling you to network with your peers in the industry and more.

Event news

Getting Ready for UPA Conference 2011: How to write a winning proposal

UK UPA is running a side event on Wednesday 8th September where you can hear from a panel on how to plan and write a winning proposal.

UX Book Fair - Thursday 23rd September

The UK UPA is holding a “Book Fair” as its September event – sponsored by Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. Following on from the very successful July event, we are holding another evening of short presentations and networking. This time we will have a specific theme of books and publishing. And there will of course be the regular food and drink to help with networking.

Latest job postings

Usability Specialist, Newcastle, £50k - £62k

Leading UK Software House seeking a Senior Usability Specialist (permanent role) based in Newcastle.

Usability Specialist (Gaming), London, £50k - £62k

World Leading Gaming organisation seeking a Senior Usability Specialist (permanent role) based in central London.

User Experience Designer, London, £35-40k

One of the largest websites in the UK is seeking a fantastic User Experience Designer to join their already expanding team. Your role will be to design and develop engaging and intuitive user interfaces, and you will have an array of knowledge and experience in usability testing

User Experience Architect-Leading Quality High Street Retailer

If you would be truly excited by the opportunity to influence the customer experience of one of the UK’s most successful and well known online retail sites read on:

User Experience Architect/London/£35k-£50k

Exciting digital agency seeks a mid weight-senior User Experience Architect to join their tight it team. You will be an all round UX who will offer my client a new wave of exciting energy and passion. Instead of just producing great UX you will also be defining and expanding their UX offerings.

Producer: Digital Media and User Experience – Central Brighton, World-Class Clients

Are you a digital media producer who can manage and co-ordinate a project team so that it delivers a great result on a demanding assignment? Can you deal with clients who expect outstanding work? Are you ambitious and looking to develop your career? If that is you, then please read on.

Senior User Experience Architect - 6 Month Contract – London – Bank - £500-£600 per day

A major European Investment House with a global reach is seeking to grow its FX
(and then other products) business within an aggressive timespan with
substantial investment in trading systems.

Nokia: Consumer Insight and Research Manager – South East Asia Pacific (SEAP), Singapore

Would you like to play a key role in transforming the whole marketing team to become more consumer oriented at Nokia?

Nokia: UX Designer - London (competitive salary and benefits package)

Nokia are hiring for both PERMANENT and FREELANCE User Experience Designers to join our Services UX Design team in our London Design Studio.

Interaction Designer, Intel, London

Do you have a deep passion for UI design and enjoy creating wireframes and prototypes? The MeeGo User Experience team is looking for an experienced designer who has been working in an interaction design role for the past few years with at least one year of mobile UI experience.

Entry-level User Experience Designers - London

Are you looking to join a small but perfectly formed design studio, where we follow a proper user-centred design process to create delightful experiences? Head is looking for two new entry level UX designers to join our team in London and be involved in research and design for some of our wonderful clients.

Lead User Experience, London, £55,000-£65,000

Lead User Experience Architect required for an independent arm of one of NMA top interactive agency. You will play an important role in expanding and growing the UX team, you will also mentor, manage and lead a small UX team.

Mid Weight User Experience Architect/London/£40,000 (+, -)

Top User Experience Architect required for an independent arm of one of NMA
top interactive agency. You will be reporting directly to the lead/head of UX and will be responsible for understanding, supporting and pulling together client,
business and user requirements.

Head of User Experience / Product Designer (Sheffield)

With over $2B in revenue, Autodesk is ranked the 5th largest software company in the World and is a World leader in design innovation technologies for the manufacturing, architecture, construction, media and entertainment industries. This is an exciting opportunity within the PSEB Division (Simulation Products).

Senior User Researcher - Betfair - Hammersmith - £50-70K + 10% Bonus + Benefits

Betfair has an immediate and urgent requirement for Senior Researchers to be responsible for ensuring that Betfair develops aesthetically compelling and functionally intuitive interfaces, by ensuring that we adopt a User-Centred Design approach.

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