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"The details are not the details. They make the design."
— Charles Eames
Product Designer - 6 Month Contract
Horizontal Digital • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
The Product Designer will take end-to-end design ownership, representing design throughout the agile delivery cycle from discovery to release. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to create intuitive user experiences for a mobile banking app.
Responsibilities
- End-to-end design ownership: represent design across the entire agile delivery cycle — from discovery to release
- User-centered thinking: translate customer needs and business goals into intuitive journeys, flows, and screens
- Design system mastery: confidently design within an established system, extend it where necessary, and ensure consistency across all outputs
- Rapid prototyping & iteration: use wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs to test, learn, and refine quickly
- Sprint contribution: participate in sprint planning, design and code reviews, defining acceptance criteria, and reducing defects before production
- Collaboration: work side-by-side with developers, testers, and product owners to bring designs to life and maintain quality
- Quality definition: help establish and uphold definitions of done, design qa standards, and accessibility considerations
- Data & feedback: leverage analytics, usability testing, and stakeholder feedback to inform and improve designs
Requirements
- 3–5 years in product design, ideally with experience in financial services or other regulated industries
- Strong blend of UX (user journeys, information architecture, usability) and UI (visual design, layout, interaction patterns)
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality design work at speed in agile environments
- Skilled in modern design tools (Figma, Sketch, Miro, InVision, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Suite) and familiar with prototyping tools
- Experience creating and managing components and patterns at scale
- Able to work effectively in cross-functional squads, contributing to ceremonies and aligning with sprint goals
- Strong body of work showing both process and outcomes, with examples of mobile app projects
- Clear, confident communicator able to explain design decisions and gain buy-in
Key Skills
- UX design
- UI design
- Agile methodologies
- Design tools (Figma, Sketch, Miro, InVision, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Suite)
- Design system management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Communication
About Horizontal Digital
Horizontal Digital is an experience forward consultancy that invests in understanding the needs, wants and ambitions of customers through the data they provide — data that is unlocked across every digital experience and engagement. We use this data to meet customers in the right moment, at the right time, on the right channel. And we amplify these moments with precise strategies, technologies and creative approaches to maximize their value. Founded in 2003, we are a certified Minority Business Enterprise that proudly invests in diversity and growth of our in-house talent as well as our local communities through charitable and on-site volunteer efforts. Horizontal Digital is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with offices in Dubai, London, Riyadh, Vadodara, Jaipur, Bengaluru, and Kuala Lumpur.
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