Staff Product Designer

eBay Inc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global ecommerce platform in Manchester seeks an experienced Product Designer to join their team. You will work collaboratively with engineers and product teams to address user experience challenges and ensure high-quality, authentic product experiences. The ideal candidate has strong product design experience, excellent communication skills, and knowledge of user research. This role offers competitive benefits and emphasizes a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Maternal and paternal leave

Paid sabbatical

Financial security programs

Qualifications

• Good experience of product design solving B2B or B2C user problems.
• Strong cross-functional team collaboration skills.
• Comfortable with user research and insights.
• Experience producing visual artifacts like prototypes and experience maps.
• Large organization and ecommerce experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and product teams in design activities.
• Understand user experience challenges and problem solving.
• Ensure experiences align with design systems and outputs.

Skills

Product design experience

Collaboration in cross-functional teams

User-centric design

Communication and storytelling skills

Figma proficiency

Job description

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader - we're changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We're committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts. Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work - every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet. Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers - and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all. Looking for a company that nurtures passion, courage, and creativity, providing the chance to contribute to forming the future of global commerce? Want to improve how millions of individuals purchase, trade, interact, and exchange globally? If you're interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting a bold and inclusive work environment, join eBay - a company you can be proud to be with. eBay Inc. stands as a global commerce powerhouse facilitating connections between numerous buyers and sellers internationally. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. eBay Marketplaces operates in 190 markets around the world.

What you'll be working on

• You will be a key member of the design team working collaboratively with engineers, product people and other designers.
• Our team is largely self organising, so you'll be keen on participating in a range of activities and workshops.
• You will play a key role in understanding user experience challenges and take an empathetic and collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Your work will focus on helping shoppers trust their product is authentic and high quality.
• You'll be keen to help build and guide our teams with a user‑centric approach to design and build.
• You’ll be comfortable managing your time and ensuring experiences stay in sync with design systems and final outputs.

Qualifications

• Good experience of working as a product designer, solving B2B or B2C user problems.
• Strong experience of collaborating within squads and teams, understanding how to thrive in a cross‑functional environment.
• Equally comfortable designing elegant interactions and interfaces, whilst keeping an eye on the overall user experience.
• Very comfortable talking to users. You're not a researcher but you won’t be afraid to work with the team to plan and conduct user research.
• Excellent communication skills and experience of storytelling to bring your insights to life.
• Experience of producing visual artefacts to build shared understanding of user problems, such as user experience maps, prototypes, flows and service‑design blueprints.
• Experience of planning and facilitating workshops, playing back output in a way which brings everyone on the journey.
• You understand that perfect is the enemy of good and will have experience focussing on solving specific problems with an MVP approach and a blend of high and low‑fi techniques.
• Large organisation experience is desirable.
• Experience of ecommerce and fashion is desirable.
• Experience of Figma is essential.
• Experience or curiosity about taking a lead role and mentoring younger designers is desirable.

Benefits

Benefits are a crucial part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs—including maternal and paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important. Here at eBay, we delight in crafting opportunities for others by uniting a diverse group of backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail].