Product Designer

DEPOP; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Product Designer for their Ads team, responsible for creating user-centered ad experiences that enhance seller visibility and engagement. The role involves collaboration across teams to deliver impactful design solutions. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in UX/UI design and proficiency in design tools like Figma and Sketch. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of e-commerce advertising.

Benefits

Health + Mental Wellbeing

25 days annual leave

Flexible hybrid working

Life Insurance

Pension matching up to 6%

Qualifications

• Experience designing user experiences for Web, iOS, and Android.
• Demonstrated experience with end-to-end product design (UX & UI).
• Portfolio showcasing high-quality UX and UI work.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end experiences for ads products.
• Partner with teams to understand seller and buyer needs.
• Continuously iterate and improve existing ad flows.

Skills

User Experience

User Interface

Prototyping

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Protopie

Job description

We're looking for a Product Designer to join Depop's Ads team.

In this role, you'll be instrumental in bringing our north-star vision for ads to life - delivering a seamless, user-centred experience that increases visibility, engagement, and sales for sellers, while ensuring relevance and value for buyers. You'll also play a vital role in helping sellers grow, sustain, and scale their businesses on Depop.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about seller growth, monetisation strategies, and e-commerce advertising. You'll help shape and enhance our ads ecosystem, working on boosted listings, Boost Shop, and new propositions. We're looking for someone adaptable across domains, a fast learner, and skilled at designing complex journeys and systems. This is a unique opportunity to redefine how Depop empowers sellers by making ad products intuitive, impactful, and seamlessly integrated into the buying and selling experience.

You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (Product, Engineering, Data, Research, and Marketing) to create solutions that balance commercial goals with outstanding user experiences.

Responsibilities

1. Design end-to-end experiences for ads products, including boosted listings, Boost Shop, and new features.
2. Partner with Product, Research, and Data teams to deeply understand seller and buyer needs, turning insights into actionable design.
3. Create thoughtful design solutions that balance monetisation impact with a frictionless, user-friendly experience.
4. Continuously iterate and improve existing ad flows based on testing, research, and performance data.
5. Champion high-quality craft, UI consistency, and system thinking across products.
6. Contribute to defining the Ads team's design strategy and roadmap in alignment with Depop's broader goals.

Requirements

1. Experience designing user experiences for the Web, iOS and Android.
2. A good understanding of mobile and desktop UX and UI patterns.
3. Demonstrated experience with end-to-end product design (UX & UI).
4. Proficiency in UX / UI tools (Figma, Sketch, Zeplin, Abstract, etc.).
5. Effective prototyping skills (Figma, Protopie, Principle or equivalent).
6. A portfolio showing high-quality, thoughtful UX and UI work.
7. Ability to translate user research, user testing and data insight to design directives.
8. Ability to tell compelling arguments about your design proposals.
9. Ability to facilitate and run cross-functional workshops.
10. Experience working on a design and product strategy to determine the team's and product direction.

Good to have (but not essential)

1. Proven ability to solve complex interaction design challenges and excellent visual design skills.
2. A strong grasp of industry standards for in-app communications.
3. Ability to design flows and experiences that simplify and distil down complex actions into usable interfaces.
4. An understanding of e-commerce and/or marketplace dynamics, and platform to user, user to user, and user to platform interactions.

Additional information

Health + Mental Wellbeing: PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa, Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Mental Health First Aiders.

Work/Life Balance: 25 days annual leave, up to 5 days carry-over, quarterly company-wide day off, impact hours for volunteering, paid sabbatical after 5 years, flexible hybrid working, dog-friendly offices, work abroad options.

Family Life: 18 weeks paid parental leave, IVF leave, shared parental leave, emergency parent/carer leave.

Learn + Grow: Conference budgets, learning subscriptions, mentorship programs.

Your Future: Life Insurance, pension matching up to 6%, free UK shipping on Depop sales, milestone rewards.