Freelance Senior Product Designer

Red Badger; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital consultancy in the UK is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join their team. In this role, you will deliver value throughout the product design process, balancing business objectives with design excellence. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative digital solutions, mentor junior designers, and facilitate workshops. The position is primarily remote with a requirement for in-person attendance at the office and client sites when necessary. Join us to make an impact in the digital product space.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product design.
• Strong understanding of branding and UX.
• Ability to visualize and communicate design vision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver value from ideation to implementation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams on product design.
• Mentor junior designers and uphold design principles.

Skills

Branding knowledge

Lean design practices

User experience

Communication

Workshop facilitation

Mentoring

Outcome-focused mindset

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Product Designer, you deliver value from ideation to implementation. You have a strong understanding of branding, Lean design practices and UX. You have a meticulous eye for detail, with the ability to visualise and communicate the "big picture" product vision. You are able to draw on your experience and knowledge of best practices to create innovative digital solutions. You are pragmatic, and understand the need to balance business requirements with design excellence to achieve our clients' goals. You are a people person. As a trusted consultant and experienced designer, you develop a rapport with your clients and help them through the product development process. You are an integral part of the product team at Red Badger, and work in client-facing cross-functional teams building digital products. You work closely with your team to be a champion of user needs, brand and the product vision so your team can deliver the right thing in the right way. You take great pride in creating innovative products. You mentor more junior members of the design guild and are actively involved in cultivating Red Badger design principles. You are a great storyteller and a communicator. You can facilitate workshops confidently and plan discovery and innovation activities. You know the importance of an outcome-focused mindset, and use your craft to produce designs at various levels of fidelity to bring the vision to life. You are comfortable working closely with Product and Technology teams to build the thing right, iterating fast and often. You must be comfortable with a hybrid working environment. Our default working practice will be UK based remote working, but we continue to see in-person working as an important part of how we work (ie. not optional), and expect Badgers to be available to attend the office and/or client site with suitable notice. As a consultancy, our remote / in person balance will change depending on the nature of the work, and the clients we are working with.