UX Graduate

Start Date: September 

Duration of Programme: 2 years

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Closing dates for applications: 18th March 2024. Apply now to be considered for an assessment centre on 11th April 2024. 

Requirements: BA, Masters or equivalent in User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction Design, Visual Design, Psychology, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Product Design, Digital Media or similar. You’ll also need to demonstrate a passion for a career in UX.

Location: Hatfield and London. We also operate in a hybrid way of working, so there will be a mix of remote working and time in the office depending on the placement and business needs.

We’re looking for innovative and passionate graduates who can build towards our mission: changing the way the world shops for good with our incredible technology. If you are highly-motivated, innovative and embrace every opportunity to develop, the Ocado Group graduate programme could be a great fit for you! 

About us

Ocado Group is a technology-led, global software and robotics platform business with a strong retail heritage. As a pioneer in the online grocery market, we partner with some of the world’s largest forward-thinking retailers across the globe (including Kroger, Sobeys, Coles, AEON, Lotte, Alcampo, Groupe Casino and ICA, joining our UK partner Morrisons and the Ocado/M&S joint venture) and together we are transforming the global grocery landscape. We continue to invest significantly in our technology and people in order to deliver for our current clients and forge exciting new partnerships. At the heart of our success lies our technological know-how and unparalleled IP. You can find more about the Ocado Group story here.

UX Graduate Programme 

Our graduate rotation scheme is designed to give you first-hand experience of all aspects of UX. Want to know where you’ll thrive the most? Here’s your chance to learn.

Ocado Technology is putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We develop innovative software and systems that power Ocado.com, the world’s largest online-only grocery retailer as well as the global ‘Ocado Smart Platform’. With everything from websites to fully autonomous warehouses that we design in-house, our employees need to be specialists in a wide range of technologies to help drive our business - we’re looking for the next generation of UX specialists and future pioneers!

Over four six-month placements, you’ll work in UX teams across the Ocado Technology, gaining knowledge and insight into UX Research and UX Design.

Here are some examples of the placements you could be working in on the scheme:

• Ecommerce: Putting yourself in the shoes of online grocery shoppers to help design the future of online grocery. Working on native mobile and tablet apps as well as web responsive interfaces and voice. 
• Warehouse / Customer Fulfilment Centre Systems: Help design the systems being used to ship thousands of grocery items every day. The team build interfaces for a variety of devices and use cases, focusing on the relation between physical tasks and digital interfaces.
• Logistics / Supply Chain: Planning the journey of perishable goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption and everything in between is a critical part of running the end-to-end operation.  The teams provides our retailers with innovative logistic planning and stock management tools that run the logistics and supply chain operations of the platform.
• Automated storage: We provide user experiences for the engineering interfaces that keep our automated warehouses running smoothly, day in, day out. Our tools help engineers to find and resolve problems quickly and efficiently. Our work with engineers and robotics helps to create the future of warehouse automation.

What we look for

We need analytical, tenacious and inquisitive people who can create positive outcomes in a challenging, fast-paced environment and who are looking to join a truly innovative, fast-growing, FTSE 100 business. You have or are expecting a degree, BSc, BA, Masters or equivalent in User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction Design, Visual Design, Psychology, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Product Design, Digital Media or similar. You’ll also need to demonstrate a passion for a career in UX.

Our Technology UX Graduate scheme suits high achievers with creative minds, who are keen to grow their visual awareness, UX skills and technical aptitude to help design accessible, user centred solutions that meet commercial goals and deliver an amazing user experience.

We’re a very diverse group of people, with over 80+ UXers (and counting) coming from all horizons with different perspectives, and we run regular community meetings to showcase our work and learn from others.  There will be plenty of opportunities to work on a variety of projects with other designers, researchers, product managers, product analysts, data scientists and engineering teams.

We advocate a value-led culture to get our teams working at their very best and to help create a collaborative working environment that our people love. Our core values of Trust, Autonomy, Craftsmanship, Collaboration and Learn Fast help drive our innovative culture.

We’re all about innovation and refusing to accept the status quo, so if you’re keen to push the limits of your learning – and our technology – we want to hear from you!

Your development

We also have the Future Leaders Programme (FLP), designed to equip you with the essential soft skills to craft a career that works for you when you’re ready to roll off into the business. Attending the FLP will help you tap into the culture and values that drive us forward as well as provide opportunities to connect and grow partnerships with your wider cohort across all of our schemes. Through the combination of this programme and your rotations across the business, you will grow the skills that accelerate your career at Ocado Group.

Application process

Our application process consists of four stages that allow you to showcase your abilities in different environments.

• Online Application
• Online Tests
• Video Interview
• Virtual Assessment Centre

Benefits

Listed below are some of the most popular benefits that our employees enjoy.

• 15% discount and free delivery for all employees at ocado.com
• Hybrid working - where the roles allow it, our teams work together in the office, two to three coordinated days a week
• 25 days annual leave (plus optional to buy more)
• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station
• Generous pension and share schemes
• Private medical insurance
• Variety of discounts with other retailers including discounted gym passes, cinema and gadget deals 

Equal OpportunitiesOcado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status. Find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at Ocado here.

Be Bold, Be Unique, Be Brilliant, Be You

About Ocado Group

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we’re developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world!

Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business.   As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we’re looking for the Everyday Pioneers to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.

Changing the way the world shops, for good.