Service Designer

Exception
◆Salary X-Ray?Indicative range based on survey data, not a guarantee for this role.£45kExpand ▾
From the 2026 Salary(+) Report
£45k
median base salary
Based on 109 respondents
mid roles in United Kingdom (UK)
At Exception, we craft exciting digital futures, accelerating clients’ digital journeys by introducing innovative products, creating unique digital experiences, and providing robust IT platforms, swiftly.
Role Overview:As a Service Designer, you’ll join a dedicated team focused on creating impactful digital products and services. If you’re passionate about user-centred design and systems thinking, this opportunity is for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Champion the design, development, and testing of service solutions.
- Conduct requirement gathering sessions to understand and translate client needs.
- Drive rapid delivery projects in an Agile environment, ensuring timely, high-quality solutions.
Project Involvement:You’ll work on varied projects across the public sector, financial services, criminal justice, and aviation & transportation industries. Recent achievements include a world-first migration of Niche RMS to Azure, delivering facial AI PoCs, and a greenfield digital transformation for a government organisation.
Ideal Candidate:
- Experienced in creating service design artefacts (user journeys, personas, blueprints).
- Familiar with agile and waterfall methodologies.
- Able to visualise complex services simply for diverse audiences.
- Possesses a curious, inquisitive mindset.
- Comfortable in cross-functional teams with researchers, designers, analysts, product owners, and developers.
- Strong in managing competing priorities and stakeholder relationships.
- Advocates for user-centric design, translating user stories into effective service proposals.
- Haven’t ticked all the boxes? No problem. As long as you answer yes to some, then we’d still love to hear from you!