UX Designer
Poppulo
Introduction
Are you searching for an opportunity to play a key role in driving the dramatic growth of a highly successful software company?
We at FWI and Poppulo have come together to create the market’s most comprehensive omnichannel employee communications platform with unmatched personalization, measurement capabilities, and class-leading space management solution. For the first time, organizations can instantly connect with every employee -- both disconnected and connected -- wherever they work, through a single omnichannel platform.
The combined business currently serves 6,000+ customers, connecting with and serving content to over 35 million employees in more than 80 countries.
We know there’s no such thing as a “perfect" candidate - we’re all a work in progress and are growing new skills and capabilities all the time. We encourage you to apply for a position with FWI Poppulo even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We believe in fostering an environment where there is a diversity of perspectives, in hopes that we can all thrive.
The Opportunity
This role is full-time and permanent. We are based in Cork but are open to remote working within Ireland.
We are looking for a talented UX Designer to join our expanding UX Team.
You will work alongside a fun and highly motivated cross-functional team (UX, Research, Product Management, Development, Architecture, QA), in a supportive agile culture, where flexibility allows you the best possible work-life balance.
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Help evolve our product into a world-class communications platform that delivers great experiences to our users
- Partner with Product Managers, Designers, Researchers, Data Scientists, and Engineers to build a deep understanding of users' needs and translate them into inspiring interfaces
- Contribute to user research initiatives (usability tests, surveys, interviews, and so on) alongside UX Researchers and Product Managers.
- Facilitate UX design workshops with the various stakeholders
- Take full ownership of your work every step of the way; from concept to launch
- Bring designs to life. Create wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and interactions to effectively communicate design ideas
- Continuously iterate and improve on your designs based on team critique, usability testing as well as internal stakeholder and external feedback
Candidate Expertise required
- 3+ years experience as a UX designer, ideally for B2B SAAS products
- Experience working in agile environments, collaborating with multidisciplinary product delivery teams
- Excellent interaction design skills with knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability best practice and cutting edge design patterns
- A portfolio featuring examples of your best design work and demonstrating ‘what’ the problem was, ‘who’ it was for and ‘how’ it was solved
- Experience in common wireframing and prototyping tools like Figma, Sketch or Adobe XD (Our team uses Figma)
- Operational understanding of accessibility and ability to incorporate accessibility into designs
- A Degree in Human Computer Interaction, Design, Multimedia, Product Design, Computer Science or equivalent
Nice to have:
- Bonus Points for: Experience designing interfaces that use data visualizations to communicate vital information to users with and without data backgrounds.
People we’re eager to work with are:
- Excellent communicators with an ability to clearly articulate design proposals
- Inquisitive about our users and their behaviour, and motivated to create really great products that our users will love
- Extremely creative problem solvers, comfortable with ambiguity and working in the conceptual space
- Curious, enthusiastic and passionate about great design, best practice patterns and new technologies
- Self-motivated and can work independently
- Thrive in an environment with design critique and providing design feedback
- Eager to promote UX internally and externally; to blog and talk about it!
Why Us?
- An excellent workplace culture
- Competitive salary
- Company performance-related bonus
- Medical insurance
- Flexible working hours
- Educational assistance
- In-house soft skills training
Who We Are
We are a values-driven organization that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients and culture. We offer a dynamic environment with driven, fun and flexible individuals, who thrive on challenge and responsibility. This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move.
Named a Great Place to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 , we are one of the fastest growing technology companies in Ireland.
This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move. We live the Poppulo company values each day and they are key to everything we do.
“High Standards As Standard”, “Together We’re Better”, “Adapt To Succeed”, “Honesty Throughout”, “Be The Example”, “Don’t Just Work… Learn and “GET IT DONE”
FWI/Poppulo is an equal opportunities employer.