Senior Product Designer
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Job Summary
Location: UK (GMT timezone)
Department: Product Design
Employment Type: FTC
Contract Length: 3 months (with potential for extension)
About YLD:
Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition and we know our success only happens when they succeed. Were a team of curious talented people and were committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work grow and stay.
Were a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering product design and data. Our teams are based across London Lisbon and Porto and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.
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About the role:
Were looking for a very experienced hands-on Digital Product Designer with proven good UX /UI knowledge to join one of our clients Product Design team.
As a Product Designer youll be part of a client team shaping innovative user-centric products. We expect you to be curious passionate and driven with a strong eye for detail and a deep understanding of design principles. Youll be skilled at solving complex problems through thoughtful design creating intuitive and visually compelling experiences.
Youll be an effective communicator able to articulate your decisions clearly and a collaborative team player. You and your team will work in a fast-paced iterative environment consistently delivering high-quality design outcomes that elevate the product and delight users.
Youll have the following skills and experience:
- Vast experience in UX Design Product Strategy UI / Interaction Design;
- Experience working with prototyping and usability testing;
- Experience with Design Systems at scale;
- Very well versed working with Figma;
- Experience with animation and incorporating it into UI is very much welcomed;
- Experience working with or good knowledge of implementing web accessibility would also be a big bonus;
- Experience working with NHS / GDS Design systems very welcome
- Coding skills/ability would be a benefit but is in no way essential.
Requirements
You should apply if you are:
- Happy to collaborate with both more senior and junior people to establish a design language;
- Enjoy transforming complex concepts into simple and easy-to-use experiences;
- Happily participate in all aspects of product design: Research Sketching Wireframing UI Design Prototyping User Testing etc;
- Love working with other experienced designers and learning from them as well as sharing your own knowledge.
- Love working alongside front-end developers and being a part of a cross-functional team;
- When needed happy and comfortable being the only product designer on a team shaping the product vision and visual direction of any project you work on.
- Believe that product design and engineering are closely connected and work best when collaborating together;
- Care about accessibility and creating products that are inclusive to all people;
- Be very hands-on;
- Feel comfortable with moving at a fast pace with your team;
- Believe that learning and self-development never end;
- Want to bring your drive passion and experience to our work and processes;
- Be comfortable working either in a remote environment or surrounded by your colleagues in the office.
- Have great stakeholder management skills and be able to help guide and support the client to success.
What wed like to see from you:
- A portfolio (PDF presentation or website) demonstrating critical thinking creativity visual design and Design System experience;
- CV outlining any professional experience and creative training/education incl. any kind of official UX / UI training that you may have;
- All written documents must be sent in English.
Benefits
The chance to work with a forward-thinking ethical and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business.
Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:
- 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
- Portfolio Review with two of our Senior Designers (1h30)
We live and breathe our values and know you will too:
- Growing every day
- Including everyone
- Relationships built on honesty and ethics
- Inspiring solutions
- Winning together
Were an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation pregnancy or maternity age marital status or disability. We also offer a remote-first working environment with flexible working and worklife balance as standard for all employees.
Key Skills
- InVision
- Interaction Design
- Ux
- Usability
- Visual Design
- Design Thinking
- Zeplin
- User Research
- UI
- IOS
- Figma
- Sketch
About Company
Were a software engineering and design consultancy helping your team succeed by fostering a progressive culture of learning.
