Product Designer

Are you an experienced mid-weight Product Designer who enjoys the autonomy of leading UX/UI projects from start to finish? If you're a self-motivated and curious person with an eye for visual interaction and a strong understanding of user-centred design principles, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for someone who can seamlessly blend user experience and interface design, an autonomous thinker who's not afraid to bring fresh and best-practice ideas to the table and lead the design of our digital products and platforms. With 4-5 years of in-house experience under your belt, you're ready to take on more responsibility and showcase your end-to-end project prowess. You'll collaborate with a diverse and multidisciplinary team to create visually stunning, intuitive, and user-friendly designs.

About us

We are Canvas8, a strategic insights practice operating out of London, NY, LA, & Singapore. We help our clients understand people so they can make better business decisions.

Our work is about investigating the hidden insights in everyday life – from the psychology of boredom to teenage make-up rituals to why Barbiecore is a Gen Y thing – and making them meaningful for brands. Our team is a blend of different disciplines and skills – from psychology to journalism, and anthropology to behavioural economics. What unites them is a desire to understand people and a passion for delivering outstanding work.

About the role

You will be responsible for developing the user experiences and interfaces of our digital products; from our website to our online platform. You will collaborate with the design, brand, technical development and editorial teams to ensure that our products are designed with the user in mind to meet our product goals and ambitions.

As the Product Designer (UX/UI), you will drive the decision making when it comes to delivering the most effective user experiences, investigating and researching trends in user behaviour to suggest design solutions and nurture your expertise. You will also act as a brand guardian for our digital presence, collaborating with your design team, to ensure that web designs are consistent with our brand guidelines and enhance our online visual communication.

Day-to-day

• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs to communicate your design concepts to stakeholders
• Develop design systems and style guides to ensure consistency and scalability across our digital products
• Define how users interact with our products and website
• Collaborate with developers to ideate solutions and scope feasibility
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as product managers, developers, and stakeholders to understand project requirements and ensure the design aligns with the overall goals

About you

As an Product Designer (UX/UI) at Canvas8, you’ll be a self-motivated, collaborative, and curious individual who is passionate about creating beautiful and intuitive user experiences. You’ll have experience designing digital products and pages that are visually stunning and easy to use, have a deep understanding of user-centred design principles and methodologies, and be able to translate user needs into compelling design solutions.

You’ll be a natural problem solver and champion the perspective of the user; embracing an iterative design process to continuously improve the user experience. You’ll enjoy collaboration and be comfortable translating technical requirements and user needs into design solutions.

You’ll be comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment, with excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams. You'll possess a keen eye for visual interaction details, and you'll excel at delivering high-quality designs that meet tight deadlines.

Along with your design skills, you'll also possess excellent presentation skills, which will enable you to effectively communicate your design concepts to stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• 4-5 years of experience in UX and UI design, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates your design skills and process
• Expertise in design tools such e.g Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
• Understanding of HTML/CSS and front-end development principles in relation to design
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• A passion for solving complex design problems and creating innovative solutions
• A strong understanding of user-centred design principles and methodologies
• Experience working in an agile development environment is a plus

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Hybrid working with flexible start times
• 29 days paid holiday (including bank hols)
• Interest-free ‘Life Unlock Loan’ for lump sum payments (rental deposits, sponsorship etc)
• A personalised career development plan
• Access to physical and mental well-being support including two ‘Mental Wealth’ days
• Pension, life insurance, cashback private health plan and cycle scheme
• Summer Fridays, seasonal benefits, and lots of staff socials
• A friendly and welcoming team (pooches included)

If you think this sounds like a good fit, please apply below by outlining why and attaching your CV.

Applications will close on Sunday, October 1, 2023.