Senior Product Designer

The Senior Product Designer will work closely with Product teams to define problems and validate solutions through iterative design processes. They will play a key role in redesigning a core application to enhance parental engagement for schools.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product teams to define problems, generate hypotheses, and validate solutions through iterative design processes.
• Design and prototype wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity UI mockups to communicate design ideas effectively.
• Explore AI-enhanced tooling to accelerate design exploration to rapidly generate and test ideas.
• Create intuitive, visually appealing, and accessible user interfaces for our users.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of user needs, business objectives, and the education sector to create impactful design solutions.
• Plan, conduct and analyse both quantitative and qualitative user research to make data-driven design decisions.
• Translate complex workflows and requirements into simple, effective, and scalable user experiences.
• Effectively communicate design rationale, process, and decisions to stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Maintain and evolve the design system to ensure consistency and efficiency across products.
• Continuously seek improvement opportunities and share learnings

Requirements

• Strong experience in user-centered design processes, from research to final execution.
• Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional teams including engineering, product management, and marketing.
• Strong decision-making skills, adaptability, and the ability to influence teams.
• A proactive approach to learning and applying new design methodologies.
• A curious and collaborative mindset, able to think on your feet, likes to move fast.

Key Skills

• Strong experience in user-centered design processes, from research to final execution.
• Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional teams including engineering, product management, and marketing.
• Strong decision-making skills, adaptability, and the ability to influence teams.
• A proactive approach to learning and applying new design methodologies.
• A curious and collaborative mindset, able to think on your feet, likes to move fast.

Benefits

• The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday.
• A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more!
• 32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas
• Life Assurance paid out at 3x annual salary
• Comprehensive wellness benefit provided by AIG Smart Health, which provides a 24/7 virtual GP service, Mental health support, Counselling, and personalised Health Checks
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Salary sacrifice Pension provided by Scottish Widows
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
• 5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life!
• Access to services such as Calm and Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching)
• All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you
• Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
• Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
• Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year