The Lead Product Designer will own the design and user experience for the customer journey while leading, mentoring, and managing a team of product designers. Key duties include overseeing design leadership, fostering user-centric design practices, and driving the development and maintenance of the design system.
Responsibilities
- Design Leadership & Team Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of product designers, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous design excellence
- User-Centric Design: Develop a deep understanding of our users' needs, behaviours, and pain points through user research, feedback analysis, and data-driven insights to inform design decisions and measure the impact of design changes
- Web/Mobile App Design: Lead the design process for our applications, including but not limited to wireframing, prototyping, visual design, and interaction design
- UX/UI Optimisation: Continuously optimize the user experience and interface of our apps to ensure usability, accessibility, and engagement
- Collaboration: Champion design thinking within the organization, helping teams focus on the holistic customer experience including product managers, developers, marketers, and stakeholders to align design goals with business objectives
- Design System: Lead the development and maintenance of our design systems, patterns, and frameworks that support a cohesive brand and experience
- Creating and maintaining design documentation, including style guides, component libraries, and usage guidelines
- Prototyping and Testing: Create interactive prototypes and conduct usability testing to gather feedback and validate design solutions
- Stakeholder Management: Presenting design concepts and progress updates to stakeholders at various levels
- Stay Updated: Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web design and UX/UI to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantage
Requirements
- Proven experience (5+ years) working as a Product Designer or similar role, with prior experience in a leadership or mentorship capacity
- A background in financial services, particularly within DIY investment platforms or similar digital product environments
- Deep understanding of the fintech industry and competitive landscape
- Strong portfolio showcasing a range of projects with a focus on user-centred design principles, best practices, and responsive design solutions both on web and mobile
- Demonstrated experience building, implementing, and evolving design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency across digital products
- Proficiency in creating high-fidelity prototypes using tools such as Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or similar
- Proficiency in creating micro animations/interactions using tools such as Rive or Lottie
- Solid understanding of front-end development technologies and iOS/Android HIGs to effectively collaborate with developers
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and best practices
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and design sprints
Benefits
- Flexible ways of working to support employees in doing their best work
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
Key Skills
About Moneyfarm
Moneyfarm is an award-winning pan-European digital wealth manager with 167,000 active investors and more than £5.5 billion in total assets on the platform. Launched in 2012 and headquartered in the UK, Moneyfarm has a vision to help more people improve their financial wellbeing by making personal investing simple and accessible through technology. We do this by offering investment solutions that are designed to meet a wide range of needs and goals, backed by our smart technology and the expertise of our dedicated consultants. We are regulated by the FCA and backed by Allianz Asset Management, M&G plc, Cabot Square Capital, Poste Italiane S.p.A and United Ventures.
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