Product Design Lead
6 days left
- Recruiter
- EC1 Partners
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £100k - £115k
- Posted
- 14 Jan 2023
- Closes
- 13 Feb 2023
- Ref
- 18460381
- Job Function
- Other
- Industry Sector
- Finance - General
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
Responsibilities
In these roles, you will:
What it takes:
If you believe your experience meets the criteria of a Product Design Lead, please apply with a copy of your CV.
In these roles, you will:
- Manage a new team of product designers, helping to build the future of client experience.
- Design, document and develop Design ways of working in an Agile Product construct
- Work closely with product managers, stakeholders and delivery teams to solve problems and reduce friction for our users.
- Advocate at a senior level for simple, modern design and adherence to design conventions and best practices (e.g., responsive, accessibility)
- Drive the uptake of the latest design tools and thinking - including the implementation & build of a new design system
- Take a hands-on approach - mentoring new designers, improving designs and getting stuck in when needed with a founder's mentality.
- Advanced knowledge of user-centred design principles, visual design, user behaviour, interactions.
What it takes:
- Strong leadership and coaching skills and have demonstrated leading a group of designers
- Previous experience in building a design team from scratch and knowing what it takes to create a high performing team
- Strong UX/UI design, ideally with experience in asset management, FinTech or finance.
- Strong collaborator, facilitator, and communicator.
- Deep understanding of platform and device requirements such as form factors, screen resolutions, pixel density and aspect ratios.
- Advanced knowledge of the latest UI/UX design practices and concepts for mobile platforms.
- Strong knowledge of design / UX applications and collaboration tools such as Invision, Visio, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch.
- An outstanding portfolio of work samples demonstrating your experience.
- Someone who can think outside the box and have fun!
If you believe your experience meets the criteria of a Product Design Lead, please apply with a copy of your CV.