Staff Product Designer

Runna; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fitness app company in London is seeking a talented Product Designer to join their team. You will work on designing innovative iOS, Android, and Apple Watch applications. The ideal candidate should have experience in mobile design, exceptional attention to detail, and a collaborative spirit. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing platform.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Runna subscriptions for you and friends

Strava membership

Private health insurance

Mental wellness support

Annual gear spending allowance

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Designer including mobile design.
• Strong understanding of UX and accessibility considerations.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design iOS, Android, and Apple Watch applications.
• Conduct user interviews and usability testing.
• Collaborate with engineers for design solutions.

Skills

Visual craft

User research

Exceptional attention to detail

Prototyping skills

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

React Native knowledge

Job description

We\'re putting together a talented team to build the #1 training platform for Runners

We help everyday runners become outstanding by building an incredible app providing world-class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you\'re improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon.

We’re growing extremely fast! In November 2023 we closed a $6.5M funding round led by JamJar with participation from Eka Ventures, Venrex and Creator Ventures. In 2024, we were selected by Apple as one of three global finalists for the 2024 iPhone App of the Year, reflecting the innovation and impact of what we’ve built and now in 2025 we have just been acquired by Strava!

Our ambition is huge: to become the go-to global leading training platform for millions of runners everywhere. We’re growing with purpose and looking for people who want to build something meaningful with lasting impact. With the recent acquisition by Strava accelerating our journey, now is a really magical time to join

The Team You\'ll Join

As a growing team of six, Product Design at Runna is still lean, giving you plenty of ownership and space to lead how we work. It’s early days with lots of greenfield to explore, and we’re building a world-class team of ambitious designers who share a love for creativity, craft and collaboration. With a close connection to our users, we’re on a mission to take Runna from the best running training app to one of the best apps in the world. This is a career-defining opportunity to work on an exceptional product loved by many.

What You’ll Be Doing

We are looking for a talented, creative and positive team player to join our highly-skilled Product and Engineering teams to help design our iOS, Android and Apple watch applications. This position is at the heart of the App team, working on the most impactful parts of our product.

• Work closely with founders, engineers, PMs and most importantly customers to help shape the future of Runna
• Solve complex design problems with simplicity and beautiful interfaces
• Prototype and use great storytelling to present the value of your ideas
• Conduct user interviews and usability testing that unlocks valuable feedback and insights to incorporate into your work
• Collaborate closely with engineers to handover design solutions beyond the flat visuals (interactions)
• Continue to iterate and help develop our new design system
• Influence and coach other designers in the team

What You’ll Bring To The Team:

• Staff/Lead experience as a Product Designer including experience with mobile design
• A design generalist: you bring visual craft, accessibility considerations, great interactions and deep understanding of UX
• Love speaking to users to understand their needs and solve problems effectively
• Understand how to use quantitative data to solve design problems
• Exceptional attention to detail that elevates designs to the next level (e.g. interaction, animations, haptics)
• Advanced Figma & prototyping skills (always learning and open to new tools)
• Comfortable taking initiative and collaborating in a fast-paced, iterative environment

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Worked with React Native teams before and understand its components and design implications
• Worked on smartwatch interface design
• An interest or background in fitness, running or health

Salary and Benefits

We’re offering a salary of £95,000 - £110,000 per year, depending on experience, plus participation in Strava\'s long-term incentive (stock) programs. Overview of our benefits are below:

We’re also committed to continually evolving our benefits to support you as we grow. Here is a brief overview what we currently offer in the UK

• Flexible working– we typically spend 3 days a week together in our Vauxhall office
• ️25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (which you can take whenever suits you)
• Runna subscriptions for you and 5 of your friends(get ready to be your friends fave person or save them for xmas presents!)
• Strava membership!
• Headspace membership
• Money every year to spend on gear, events and the gym!
• We\'ll give you a voucherto spend on our website so you can buy yourself new Runna kit (and will renew this every year on your work anniversary)
• Private health insurancewith Bupa and workplacepensionscheme
• Modern Health is a mental wellness platform and app that combines technology with professional support to improve mental well-being and reduce stress
• Carrot fertility support- this benefits provider can provide inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits to our global employee population and takes the burden off what we know can be a stressful process.

Please see more info on our amazing benefits here: Benefits at Runna

Our Interview Process:

Please note: Our aim is to keep the interview process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible, and will consist of the following stages:

1. Screening call with Emily, Talent Lead (~25 minutes video call)
2. Intro chat with Cleber, Head of Product Design (~30 minutes video call)
3. Take home design task (~2 hours to complete) For candidates with a strong portfolio and track record, we’re happy to swap the take-home task for a case study presentation
4. Design walkthrough and app critique (1 hour video call - presenting the design task above and doing a design critique on an app of your choice)
5. Meet the team (virtual or in-person chat with founders and rest of the team)

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to better accommodate you throughout the interview process - this can be from scheduling interviews around childcare commitments to accessibility requirements. We want you to show your best self in the process, so please speak to Emily!

How to Apply:

Please note, we are unable to accept any applications outside of Workable. If you have any questions regarding the status of your application, please email [e-mail]

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We’re unfortunately unable to sponsor for this role