Design Jobs in Lancashire

Join the UK's No1 Trade Kitchen Supplier Howdens are recruiting Kitchen Sales Designers who thrive in a fast-paced, sales environment. We're looking for commercially minded individuals who can build strong relationships, influence buying decisions and exceed sales targets. We can offer you a successful career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, and you don't need previous design experience. We'll provide you with comprehensive design and sales training to create exceptional kitchens for our trade customers and their clients. What we can offer you: - Competitive salary, brilliant bonuses and outstanding depot incentives - Kitchen Sales Designer training programme - Excellent pension plan with up to 12% company contribution - Up to 32 days annual leave, including bank holidays. - Holiday entitlement rises with service - Generous staff discount on Howdens products - Buy-as-you-earn share scheme - 40 hour working week - No evening, Sunday or Bank Holiday working - Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family - A strong team culture that genuinely sets us apart What we are looking for: - Results driven with experience of reaching sales targets and KPI - Ability to build trusted relationships with our trade customers and their client - Excellent communication skills, able to convey your ideas clearly and effectively - Full UK Driving license with access to your own vehicle for home visits - Strong attention to detail and an eye for design - CAD skills are preferred, but not essential as you will receive training What you will be doing: - Driving sales performance and profit by achieving your depot targets - Building strong customer relationships through professional design support - Delivering exceptional customer service throughout the project - Conducting home visits to measure, assess and understand your client's needs - Negotiating prices confidently while protecting margin and design integrity - Planning and creating inspirational and practical designs utilising your strong product knowledge to advise customers and resolve queries throughout the process What it's like to work here: - We take pride in getting things right first time for our customers - Everyone pulls their weight and supports each other as one team - It's a busy depot, so we keep things simple, work fast and get the job done - We all play a part in the depot's success and share in the team bonus - We build trust by doing what we say we will, every day How to apply: If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, then we are keen to hear from you. About Howdens: Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens - and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For. Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We're working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email (url removed) with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you. Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding. INDKSD

Join the UK's No1 Trade Kitchen Supplier Howdens are recruiting Kitchen Sales Designers who thrive in a fast-paced, sales environment. We're looking for commercially minded individuals who can build strong relationships, influence buying decisions and exceed sales targets. We can offer you a successful career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, and you don't need previous design experience. We'll provide you with comprehensive design and sales training to create exceptional kitchens for our trade customers and their clients. What we can offer you: - Competitive salary, brilliant bonuses and outstanding depot incentives - Kitchen Sales Designer training programme - Excellent pension plan with up to 12% company contribution - Up to 32 days annual leave, including bank holidays. - Holiday entitlement rises with service - Generous staff discount on Howdens products - Buy-as-you-earn share scheme - 40 hour working week - No evening, Sunday or Bank Holiday working - Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family - A strong team culture that genuinely sets us apart What we are looking for: - Results driven with experience of reaching sales targets and KPI - Ability to build trusted relationships with our trade customers and their client - Excellent communication skills, able to convey your ideas clearly and effectively - Full UK Driving license with access to your own vehicle for home visits - Strong attention to detail and an eye for design - CAD skills are preferred, but not essential as you will receive training What you will be doing: - Driving sales performance and profit by achieving your depot targets - Building strong customer relationships through professional design support - Delivering exceptional customer service throughout the project - Conducting home visits to measure, assess and understand your client's needs - Negotiating prices confidently while protecting margin and design integrity - Planning and creating inspirational and practical designs utilising your strong product knowledge to advise customers and resolve queries throughout the process What it's like to work here: - We take pride in getting things right first time for our customers - Everyone pulls their weight and supports each other as one team - It's a busy depot, so we keep things simple, work fast and get the job done - We all play a part in the depot's success and share in the team bonus - We build trust by doing what we say we will, every day How to apply: If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, then we are keen to hear from you. About Howdens: Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens - and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For. Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We're working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email (url removed) with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you. Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding. INDKSD

About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. At HMRC, we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who works for us, and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make an exciting career at HMRC accessible to you. Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we encourage applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. Job description HMRC is looking for a Lead Interaction Designer to help shape and strengthen interaction design across major programmes and services. You'll work within User-centred Design in the Chief Technology and Design Office, supporting teams and senior leaders to design accessible, usable services that meet real user needs and align with the Government Service Standard. This is a leadership role for an experienced interaction designer with strong design judgement, organisational awareness and the ability to lead through influence. While the role is grounded in interaction design expertise, it is not hands-on delivery. Instead, you'll help create the conditions for high-quality interaction design to happen consistently across programmes and teams You'll support senior designers through complex challenges and escalations, help shape programme and organisational design direction, and work with stakeholders across disciplines to improve the quality, consistency and effectiveness of design across HMRC. You'll: - Shape and strengthen interaction design across major programmes and services. - Support teams and senior stakeholders to make better design decisions in complex delivery environments. - Create the conditions for high-quality, accessible and user-centred design to happen consistently at scale. - Lead on complex design challenges, escalations and areas of design risk. - Support and guide senior designers, helping them grow in confidence, judgement and leadership. - Help shape interaction design practice across HMRC, including standards, patterns, tools and ways of working. - Work collaboratively across disciplines and professions to improve the quality and consistency of service delivery. Interaction designers in HMRC are part of the Government Digital and Data Profession, please visit our GDAD pages for more information. Person specification Your responsibilities will include: - Providing leadership and direction for interaction design across programmes, services or portfolios of work. - Helping teams and stakeholders resolve complex design challenges and risks. - Assuring the quality of interaction design across teams, helping services meet user needs, accessibility requirements and the Government Service Standard. - Supporting and guiding Senior Interaction Designers through complex delivery challenges. - Working with Heads of Profession, Design Leads and senior stakeholders to shape programme and organisational design direction. - Helping multidisciplinary teams work effectively across design, research and delivery disciplines. - Shaping and improving interaction design practice across HMRC, including standards, patterns, tools, guidance and ways of working. - Building strong relationships with stakeholders and delivery leaders, helping them understand design constraints, trade-offs and opportunities. - Supporting assessment readiness, design assurance and governance activities across programmes and services. - Contributing to workforce planning, recruitment and capability development within the interaction design profession. Essential Criteria You will already have extensive experience and understanding of: - Leading interaction design across large, complex or mission-critical services, helping multidisciplinary teams deliver accessible, user-centred and effective digital services. - Providing leadership, direction and support to designers and teams, including managing, mentoring and developing senior designers through complex delivery challenges. - Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making and helping organisations balance user needs, accessibility, technical constraints and delivery priorities. - Deep expertise in interaction design practice, including designing accessible, user-centred services and applying core design approaches such as prototyping, journey mapping, iterative design and working with modern web technologies. - Designing inclusive and accessible services, and using research, evidence and feedback to shape, test and improve design decisions. - Design assurance and influencing through design, including reviewing work, improving quality and consistency across programmes and services, and clearly communicating decisions, challenging assumptions and supporting teams to work through complexity and ambiguity. Further Location Information Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application. Office closures For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations. If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it's important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time. These sites are: - Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle - Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford - Trinity Bridge House, Salford - moving to an alternative office in Manchester/ Salford You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage. Leeds Locations Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance. Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: - Interaction designers in HMRC are part of the Government Digital and Data profession. As part of the selection process you'll be assessed against the following skills linked to the Lead Interaction Design role: - Design Communication - Designing Strategically - Designing Together - Leading Design. Benefits Alongside your salary of £71,725, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £20,778 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window). HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs. We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days. - Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary. - Family friendly policies. - Personal support. - Coaching and development. To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service Things you need to know Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills. How to Apply As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following: - A name-blind CV including your job history, responsibilities, skills, accomplishments, relevant qualifications and training. - A 1250-word Personal Statement that demonstrates how you meet the Essential Criteria, providing evidence where possible and what personal attributes you believe you can bring to the role. The STAR method may help you structure your statement. . click apply for full job details

Join the UK's No1 Trade Kitchen Supplier Howdens are recruiting Kitchen Sales Designers who thrive in a fast-paced, sales environment. We're looking for commercially minded individuals who can build strong relationships, influence buying decisions and exceed sales targets. We can offer you a successful career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, and you don't need previous design experience. We'll provide you with comprehensive design and sales training to create exceptional kitchens for our trade customers and their clients. What we can offer you: - Competitive salary, brilliant bonuses and outstanding depot incentives - Kitchen Sales Designer training programme - Excellent pension plan with up to 12% company contribution - Up to 32 days annual leave, including bank holidays. - Holiday entitlement rises with service - Generous staff discount on Howdens products - Buy-as-you-earn share scheme - 40 hour working week - No evening, Sunday or Bank Holiday working - Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family - A strong team culture that genuinely sets us apart What we are looking for: - Results driven with experience of reaching sales targets and KPI - Ability to build trusted relationships with our trade customers and their client - Excellent communication skills, able to convey your ideas clearly and effectively - Full UK Driving license with access to your own vehicle for home visits - Strong attention to detail and an eye for design - CAD skills are preferred, but not essential as you will receive training What you will be doing: - Driving sales performance and profit by achieving your depot targets - Building strong customer relationships through professional design support - Delivering exceptional customer service throughout the project - Conducting home visits to measure, assess and understand your client's needs - Negotiating prices confidently while protecting margin and design integrity - Planning and creating inspirational and practical designs utilising your strong product knowledge to advise customers and resolve queries throughout the process What it's like to work here: - We take pride in getting things right first time for our customers - Everyone pulls their weight and supports each other as one team - It's a busy depot, so we keep things simple, work fast and get the job done - We all play a part in the depot's success and share in the team bonus - We build trust by doing what we say we will, every day How to apply: If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, then we are keen to hear from you. About Howdens: Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens - and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For. Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We're working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email (url removed) with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you. Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding. INDKSD

Design Manager - High Security Electronic Security Systems Location Blackburn - Hybrid Salary Competitive + Benefits The Role We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead the design and technical governance of high-security electronic security systems for critical infrastructure click apply for full job details

Job Description We are looking for a Senior UX Researcher at AJ Bell to help shape the future of our D2C (Direct-to-consumer) experience. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our products by helping AJ Bell better understand our customers and make smarter, insight-driven decisions that enhance their experience. Reporting to the UX Research Lead, you will lead complex, higher-risk, and strategically significant research across our D2C proposition, working closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and other stakeholders to uncover meaningful insight and shape decision-making. Working within an established UX Research function, you will contribute to a growing body of customer understanding while helping to raise the quality, consistency and impact of research through your expertise and judgement. You will also collaborate with other insight and research specialists across AJ Bell, helping ensure that different perspectives on customer behaviour, needs, and opportunities inform better decisions across the business. This role combines hands-on research delivery with the opportunity to influence thinking, improve understanding of customer needs, and contribute to the continued maturity of UX Research at AJ Bell. Key responsibilities - Lead end-to-end UX research across complex or higher-risk problem spaces within our D2C proposition. - Translate product, customer, and business challenges into clear and effective research approaches. - Design and deliver qualitative and mixed-method research using the most appropriate methods for the context and research objectives. - Work closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and other stakeholders to ensure customer insight meaningfully informs decisions. - Support colleagues in planning and conducting research where additional expertise or guidance is beneficial. - Communicate research findings clearly and credibly, articulating evidence, implications, risks, opportunities, and trade-offs. - Contribute research outputs to our research repository and help build a transparent, reusable understanding of customer needs and behaviours over time. - Promote high standards of research quality, ethics, and customer-centred thinking through day-to-day practice and collaboration. About you - Significant experience planning and delivering UX research end-to-end within product, service, or digital environments. - Strong qualitative research skills, with a proven ability to tackle complex or ambiguous research challenges. - Experience selecting and applying appropriate research methods based on the needs of the problem rather than a preferred methodology. - Excellent synthesis and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate evidence into clear and actionable insight. - Confident working with stakeholders and influencing decisions through customer understanding and evidence. - Strong judgement when operating in uncertain, complex, or higher-risk research contexts. - Experience working within regulated, complex, or customer-facing industries would be beneficial but is not essential. - Familiarity with modern research tools and platforms, including remote research and usability testing solutions. About AJ Bell At AJ Bell, we believe investing should feel good. Whether you're looking for an ISA, pension or dealing account, whether you want to invest with the help of a financial adviser or do it yourself, we have easy-to-use solutions to suit people from all walks of life. We're one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, trusted by everyone from professional financial advisers to first-time investors. Today, over 762,000 customers trust us to manage more than £121.5 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures. We're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work in 2025 and 2026, a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture. What we offer - 26 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays - 7% Pension with matched contributions - Discretionary bonus scheme - Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE) - Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare - Free onsite gym - Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria) - Travel and bike loan schemes - Employee Assistance Programme Life at AJ Bell - Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties - Learning and development opportunities tailored to you - Casual dress code - Friendly, supportive team environment Our ways of working We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office. For new starters, there's an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships. Inclusion & diversity We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.

Technical Sales Director Designate (global markets) Competitive salary with bonus Lancashire Full-Time A rare opportunity to step into, or operate at Director level, with a clear path to take full responsibility for the company s worldwide business within 4 - 5 years. Whether you re an established Director or a senior leader ready to step up, this role offers the chance to take real ownership of a global commercial function. Working alongside the current Sales Director, you ll quickly take on strategic and operational responsibility as you progress towards full leadership. You ll shape and deliver a global sales strategy, driving revenue growth, expanding international markets, and strengthening key accounts. Alongside this, you ll lead and develop a high-performing team, represent the business globally, and stay close to customers with a practical, solutions-focused approach supporting product application and resolving challenges where needed. We re looking for someone with strong commercial instinct, proven sales leadership, and the ability to influence at all levels. You must have a practical engineering / technical background, ideally gained through hands-on experience with the ability to problem solve, together with a strategic mindset, the confidence to operate in a fast-paced global environment, and the drive to step fully into a senior leadership role. Apply Now! Direct applications only. We respectfully request no contact from recruitment agencies.