Junior Product Designer

Urban Intelligence is a property technology business with a passion for creating tech solutions to meet the planning needs of communities in a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable way. Our award-winning, innovative software and services are used by leading organisations in the public and private sectors including Transport for London, The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), and dozens of councils across England. We also work closely with charity organisations such as Crisis to bring our expertise to wider social issues such as addressing the housing crisis.

Our vision is to use data and the power of technology to understand communities and plan for a better world. This is a rare opportunity to take a leading role in the generational change of planning. You will help to implement exciting solutions to help meet the Government’s emerging planning reform and digitisation agenda.

Our small team has grown the business from a startup to a profitable company over the last few years and we are looking for talented people to join us in tackling the new challenges as we continue to scale.

What you’ll be doing

As a Junior Product Designer, you will help with end-to-end product development. From getting involved in product strategy workshops and researching users’ needs, through to creating Figma designs and testing them with real users.
You’ll work closely with our Lead Product Designer, Product Manager, and software development team to ensure that your ideas can be effectively turned into a reality that meets our clients’ needs.

We’re a fast growing company and you’ll have the opportunity to move the business forward in whichever way you can. For example, if you’d like to run a workshop, make a video or write an article, we welcome that. We are keen for you to expand your skills with us.

This role will be hybrid based primarily in our Bristol office.

Closing Date: Rolling

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• 2 years commercial experience of UI/UX design; preferably with experience of B2B / Enterprise facing products and/or within start-ups
• Expertise in using Figma and the Adobe suite, experience using Webflow is a plus

• Experience using UI libraries like Material Design or IOS (we use one called Ant Design)
• Outstanding communication skills that deliver effectively to both tech and non-tech team members.
• Leveraging user data and testing to make continuous product improvements.
• Developing and presenting documentation, user flows, annotated wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Information architecture skills, demonstrating the ability to organise complex content in a meaningful and accessible way.
• Interaction design to create an effortless user experience.
• Copywriting skills, showing an understanding of the PlaceMaker product and planning process, to be able to guide our users through their experience conversationally.
• Strong aesthetic design skills for implementing and expanding our brand
• Ensuring that established best practices and design standards are consistently and appropriately applied within your work.
• A passion for learning new techniques & technologies as well as creatively coming up with ways that we can apply them to benefit our users 
  

Desirable

• A design qualification, we will consider boot camps through to degree-level qualifications. But, if your portfolio is great, and you have strong work experience, we will also consider you without a design qualification.
• Knowledge of the local authority planning processes in England or Wales (would be a bonus).
• Experience working with SaaS / data-driven products and businesses.
• Experience using mapping or location data and information.
• Experience working in an agile environment, tracking your time and using work ticketing systems (we use ClickUp)
• Experience using UK Government Digital Service (GDS) standards of design.

To have an impact in the role, you will have:

• Confidence in working independently with business, technical and customer stakeholders to gather evidence and design solutions to solve identified problems.
• Outstanding organisational skills.
• An entrepreneurial approach and be self-driven.
• A passion for troubleshooting and finding creative solutions.
• Initiative to become a subject-matter expert in Urban Intelligence’s products.
• The drive to develop the design culture at Urban Intelligence through talks, presentations and outings.
• Thorough research and engaging presentation skills. To keep the team abreast of new developments, within our sector, and keep our product & service ahead of the competition

We can provide

• Up to £35,000 salary (depending on experience)
• Experience of working in an innovative tech-for-good startup pushing the boundaries of planning, working with a highly skilled and energetic team that is at the top of their game
• Hybrid and flexible working, with up to 2 days a week working from home and the opportunity to work part-time
• Close-knit, friendly and collegial team culture
• A fresh new office environment in a great location in the centre of Bristol
• 28 annual days holiday, excluding bank holidays*
• Private Healthcare Plan*
• Pension with 3% employer contribution
• Training & Development allowance

* subject to working hours

Equal opportunities

As a forward-thinking business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver our goals. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, a diverse and inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

We encourage diverse candidates to apply even if they do not meet all of the required criteria.

If you require any adjustments to be taken into account during the application process please let us know. Flexible working requirements will be considered on an individual basis.

Please apply using the application form, including a cover letter and your portfolio.

If you have any questions about this role, and would like to find out more, please contact careers@urbanintelligence.co.uk.