Senior product designer (6 month FTC, possibility to make permanent)
Job Opportunity: Senior Product Designer at Crown and Co.
We’re looking for an experienced senior product designer to join the Crown and Co. team. As a senior product designer at The Crown and Co, you will be working predominantly with one of our clients on an investing platform, based from our East London studio 2-3 days per week. This will involve deep diving into the ways clients use the platform, improving existing features and identifying new opportunities to deliver value to clients. You’ll be hands-on in developing, designing and testing solutions.
We like our designers to get involved in research and user interviews, using insights to inform their work and keep things user-centric. You like tackling complex problems and can create smart, simple solutions. You’re great at ideation, narrowing down the options and stress-testing solutions. Testing and iteration are second nature, as is your inquisitive, strategic mindset.
Responsibilities
Strategic & Leadership
- Work closely with the product owner and design lead using your expertise to improve the product and user experience
- Be organised and able to facilitate workshops with business owners, stakeholders and collaborators, capturing requirements and documenting outcomes
- Define and design tests to validate and iterate on your ideas, conduct user research, and interpret results where appropriate
- Support the planning and management of deliverables, identifying and mitigating any risks to the timely delivery of tasks
Design & Delivery
- Design and optimise native mobile experiences and design systems
- Develop and prototype concepts from wireframes and low-fidelity designs to final high-quality designs and documentation with accessibility and responsiveness in mind
- Design and develop flows and interactions across the product
- You’ll be able to clearly articulate your design thinking and process with robust rationale for your design decisions
Agency
- Report on progress and support wider business development opportunities
- Contribute to the growth of our design agency and team culture
Essentials
- 5+ years in product-related design within an agency setting, with proven experience leading design teams and managing client relationships
- You’re strategically minded with an ability to think through business objectives, project limitations and user needs to create smart solutions
- You have extensive experience delivering complex, high-traffic digital products across the full product lifecycle, ideally in financial services
- Your portfolio showcases exceptional design and problem-solving abilities, underpinned by expertise in research, UX, interaction and visual design
- Experience designing and optimising native iOS/Android applications, with expertise in developing robust design systems
- An inquisitive mind – you enjoy exploring problems and ways to improve human experiences through iterative solutions
- You’re proficient in Figma, Adobe CC and can get up to speed quickly with the right tools for the job at hand
Additional Skills
- You won’t need to write any code, but understanding front/back-end development is an advantage.
- Your role will initially focus on one of our financial services clients, therefore a knowledge of trading and investing would be a bonus and help you hit the ground running
Benefits
- £40-50,000 pro rata
- 23 days holiday per annum (excl. bank holidays)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible working
Apply Now
To apply, send us an email with the subject line: ‘Senior product designer — Your Name – DJB’ to careers@thecrownandco.com. Please indicate whether you’re interested in a freelance or permanent contract and include a portfolio of recent work with a summary of the projects and your role.
About Us
The Crown & Co is a creative studio based in East London. We’re a team of creatives delivering award-winning design and content for world-class clients across print and digital channels. We pride ourselves on our creative, entrepreneurial approach, offering a complete marketing and communications service through intelligently written and beautifully designed multi-channel work.
Culture & Values
- Human – people first
- Ambitious – think big
- Innovative – be creatively restless
- Entrepreneurial – make your own luck
