Senior Product Designer

YLD.com; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A remote-first consultancy is looking for a skilled Digital Product Designer to join their Product Design team. The ideal candidate has proven expertise in UX/UI design and a passion for creating user-centric solutions. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams to develop innovative products and ensuring design outcomes align with user needs. Applicants should have strong communication skills and experience with tools like Figma and InVision, enjoying a fast-paced environment. This role offers a chance to develop skills in a dynamic workplace.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Flexible working environment

Opportunity to grow and develop skills

Qualifications

• Vast experience in UX Design and Product Strategy.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design skills and process.
• Collaborative mindset with great stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Shape innovative user-centric products as part of the design team.
• Communicate design decisions clearly and effectively.
• Participate in product design aspects: research, wireframing, and user testing.

Skills

UX Design

Product Strategy

UI / Interaction Design

Prototyping and Usability Testing

Figma

Animation

Web Accessibility

Education

Official UX / UI training

Tools

InVision

Zeplin

Sketch

Job description

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. We're a team of curious talented people and we're committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work grow and stay.

We're a remote-first consultancy specializing 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.

About the role

We're 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 you'll 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. You'll be skilled at solving complex problems through thoughtful design creating intuitive and visually compelling experiences.

You'll 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.

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

• 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 we 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

We're 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 work-life balance as standard for all employees.

Key Skills

InVision, Interaction Design, UX, Usability, Visual Design, Design Thinking, Zeplin, User Research, UI, iOS, Figma, Sketch

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1