Senior Product Designer | London, UK

Funding Circle; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Product Designer in the Product Design team
As a senior Product Designer, you will play a key role in shaping our exciting, nascent multi-product experience and our newly created design language.
The role sits within the Product Design team; part of the Product department, a group of talented Product Managers, Analysts and other Product Designers. Each with slightly different responsibilities, we are all committed to identifying problems, addressing opportunities and delivering smart solutions together. You will work closely and collaboratively, with Product Managers, Analysts and Engineers to create experiences that are undoubtedly intuitive, engaging and strategically driven.
We prioritise a lean, fast paced, iterative and data driven approach to design. We hope to speak with applicants who have an evident record in following similarly effective ways of working.
If you want to be part of a dynamic product org and make a positive impact on small business owners and the economy, through your skills as an experienced Product Designer, then we'd love to hear from you.
Please note, the minimum expectation for office attendance is two to three days per week in our central London office.

Who are we?
We're Funding Circle. We back small businesses to succeed.
At Funding Circle, we believe the world needs small businesses. That's why we've made it our mission to help them get the finance they need to grow.
With more than a decade of expertise under our belt, we've built a game-changer of a platform with cutting-edge data and technology that's reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get a decision, giving them access to competitive funding in a flash.
We know that good business is about good people. So we pride ourselves on providing meaningful, human support as well as fast, hassle free processes to deliver an unbeatable customer experience.

The role

• Autonomously lead end-to-end design projects from kickoff to QA
• Ensure user experience designs meet user needs and business goals
• Explore solutions and initial design ideas through diagrams, sketches and lo-fi collaterals
• Develop detailed designs, working through user flows, wireframes and eventually production UI for both web and native experiences.
• Create UI mocks, specifications files and interactive prototypes
• Work with, create and maintain design systems
• Plan and conduct user research and user testing
• Closely support engineers in building features and products off design proposals
• Proactively manage design process timelines
• Effectively pitch and win support for design proposals
• Identify and drive user experience improvements and design initiatives based on qualitative and quantitative insight

What we're looking for

• Ability to autonomously drive end-to-end design projects
• Mastery of iterative design processes (lean UX, design sprints) and user experience design methodologies
• Ability to conduct user testing and work with data tools (Ability to conduct user research - nice to have)
• Ability to create elegant and systematic product UI (Ability to write appealing UX copy - nice to have)
• Excellent understanding of UX and UI patterns in both responsive web and native experiences
• Ability to present designs, argue compellingly about design proposals and voice user experience considerations
• Proficiency in using Figma to produce UI deliverables and design systems
• Effective Figma prototyping skills
• A portfolio showing your high quality, thoughtful UX and UI work, preferably for products in use
• Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day

Why join us?

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We're proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.

We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.

A few highlights:

• Health: Private Medical Insurance through Aviva, Dental Insurance through Bupa, MediCash, access to free online therapy sessions and exclusive discounts with Hertility for reproductive health support.
• Wealth: Octopus Money Coach, free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
• Development: Dedicated annual learning allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
• Lifestyle: Wellhub (for fitness discounts), Electric Car Scheme and more!

And finally, we have award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.

Ready to make a difference? We'd love to hear from you.