Product Designer

We are seeking a Product Designer who will play a crucial role in shaping the user experience of our product. As a Product Designer, you will collaborate closely with our Product Manager and engineering team to create intuitive, visually appealing designs that meet both user and business needs. You will be a core member of an agile product delivery quad.

This position requires a deep understanding of the design process from research and ideation to rapid prototyping and iteration. We are looking for someone who can balance data-driven insights with strong design principles, and who thrives in a collaborative, agile environment.

This is a hybrid role, with 3 days a week in the Old Street office.

What will you be doing?

Key Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with Product Management to Design User-Centered Solutions
   • Translate user needs and business objectives into intuitive digital experiences.
   • Work with engineering to ensure designs align with product goals.
2. Conduct User Research & Testing
   • Plan and execute user interviews, usability tests, and other research activities.
   • Join customer sessions.
   • Incorporate feedback and data to validate assumptions and refine product features.
3. Iterate Rapidly in a Cross-Functional Environment
   • Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather feedback, iterate on designs, and deliver improvements in short cycles.
   • Participate in agile processes to ensure timely and efficient delivery of design assets.
4. Balance UX & Visual Design
   • Combine a strong understanding of user experience principles with an eye for clean, modern interfaces.
   • Create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and design systems that elevate the overall product experience.
5. Provide Design Specifications & Assets
   • Prepare detailed design documentation, interactive prototypes, and style guides for engineering handoff.
   • Collaborate with developers to ensure accurate implementation of the final design.
6. Maintain & Evolve Our Design System
   • Contribute to a cohesive library of design components, patterns, and guidelines.
   • Advocate for consistency, accessibility, and scalability across the product suite.
7. Measure, Learn & Optimize
   • Use both qualitative feedback and quantitative metrics to evaluate design performance and inform iterations.
   • Continuously refine user flows and interface elements to increase satisfaction and engagement.

About You

1. Experience: 5+ years in product design, UX/UI design, or a related field.
2. Portfolio: Demonstrable track record of successful user-centric product solutions, including examples of both the design process and final outcomes. Experience of working on a B2B product would be preferred but not required.
3. Tools: Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD).
4. Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills and experience partnering with cross-functional, agile delivery teams.
5. User Research: Familiarity with both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
6. Agile Mindset: Comfortable working in an iterative environment, iterating quickly on feedback and data.
7. Technical Knowledge (Bonus): Understanding of front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to facilitate better collaboration with engineers.

About Us

We’re a friendly bunch. Motivated, positive and social; we’re all different, but these traits tie us together. We work closely as a team and genuinely value each other’s opinions. Most of all, we try and learn as much as we can from one another, through knowledge sharing and healthy debate.

Our diverse backgrounds and interests make our engineering culture unique. We are parents, polyglots (in both spoken and programming languages), cyclists, musicians and so much more.

What We Offer

You will have the opportunity to be part of something impactful, large-scale, and meaningful. Most importantly, you’ll work for a company with a strong purpose, with an ambitious and supportive team embarking on a journey most start-ups can only dream of!

Benefits Include

1. Competitive salary and equity in the company
2. 25 days a year off (plus public holidays!)
3. Private healthcare, Ride2Work, pension scheme

At Blink, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and diverse culture where our people feel they truly belong. We value and respect individual differences, so all applications will receive fair and equal consideration without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or age.

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