Digital Product Designer (Junior)

YLD

London, United Kingdom

Digital Product Designer

Location:

Remote - UK (with occasional commuting to nearest of London office)

Department:

Design

Hours:

Full-time

About YLD:

Everything we do is to empower our clients to move forward. Great technology companies and products are built on incredible design, engineering and strategy working in unison, operating at the very heart of an organisation and its audience. Enabling organisations to become great technology companies is our mission, and our promise to our clients. We aim to leave them with the mindset, tools, skills and expertise they need to go beyond their own expectations, revolutionise their sectors, and for us to be proud of the change we create with them and their customers.

About Us:

Our

purpose

is to help our clients develop the capabilities they need to outperform their competitors. Our

success

is a consequence of ensuring our clients are successful.

Our

company

is built on extraordinary people; we aim to attract, inspire, develop and retain them. We have offices in London, Lisbon, Porto. All of our work is conducted in English.

About the Role:

Your first project will be to work closely with our internal Product Design team, supporting an ongoing update to the currentYLD.iowebsite. You’ll also work closely with the Marketing team to support the design execution of the company’s marketing plan in what concerns the design and corporate communications across multiple channels, this includes social media and our various design and engineering communities.

About You:

We’re looking for a

Junior Digital Product Designer

with a keen eye for aesthetics and details, based in

London or the UK

to join our Product Design team on a

full time permanent

basis.

The ideal person will bring their drive, passion and curiosity for design to our work and process, mixing remote work with some time in our London office.

Though your professional experience of

Digital Product Design

might be limited, we expect that you have evidently strong

and

Research

skills,coupled with signs of very promising

and

Visual Design

skills, possibly through a successful background in a similar field or another related area.

We would expect you to over time become comfortably familiar with a combination of UX /UI design disciplines, such as Accessibility, Design Systems, and Design Thinking.

To substitute any lack of professional experience in Digital Products, we strongly support that you have some kind of official

UX / UI training

, and that you are equipped with a transferable skill set that you confidently draw strength from.

Being aware of Product Strategy and Service Design is a big advantage, but not expected at this stage. Your core skills and real strength really sits in

and

Research.

Naturally, you will show great potential to grow and progress as a digital product designer.

Experience in Marketing Design and /or Video animation would be a great benefit, though in no way essential.

Immediate availability is a bonus, but our main focus is to find the right candidate.

As a Digital Product Designer at YLD, we expect that you have the ability to:

Understand the importance and implementation of User Research to support ideas and concepts;

Combine interfaces and workflows to enhance user experience;

Conceptualise, create and produce design solutions for digital experiences across many platforms and touch points;

Clearly communicate your design decisions to fellow designers, as well as stakeholders;

Proficiently use digital design tools to create and present your designs - we are tool agnostic, but you will be given an Adobe Creative Cloud licence (Photoshop, Illustrator and XD) as well as access to Figma and Sketch;

Work with cross-functional teams;

Work collaboratively in design and prototyping workshops;

Work methodically and meet deadlines;

Happily share progress, and invite feedback and reviews of your work;

Understand and appreciate the importance of diversity and inclusion of everyone.

Working and collaborating closely with the Marketing Team as an integral part of every stage of the creative process, we expect that you have the ability to:

Understand and evaluate an existing design style, as well as replicate and build upon it to develop outputs with a strong and cohesive visual identity;

Use your creativity to communicate any brand’s key messages;

Produce work that will promote the YLD brand and services to attract our target audiences;

Where necessary, support the development and creative execution of promotional materials for various campaigns, including internal and external events.

What we'd like to see from you when you apply:

Your portfolio (pdf, presentation or website) demonstrating critical thinking, creativity, Design Thinking and visual design.

Your CV outlining any professional experience and creative training/education, including any kind of officialUX / UI trainingthat you may have.

All written documents must be sent in English, or with a translation into English provided.

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this (adjust to role):

First intro call with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)

1st Interview and portfolio review with Head of Product Design (60/75 mins)

Take Home Challenge (~4hrs)

Home Challenge review and peer interview (60/75 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

Growing every day

Including everyone

Relationships built on honesty and ethics

Inspiring solutions

Winning together

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability status. We also offer a remote-first working environment, meaning that flexible working and work-life balance come as standard for all employees.