Product Designer - UX

Job Title: Senior Product Designer - UX
Location: London (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract
Experience: 5+ years

Introduction:
We are committed to building a better future for smokers who would otherwise continue to smoke. Our Smoke-Free Products organization is focused on creating a Smoke-Free Future, and reducing the harm caused by tobacco by offering reduced risk nicotine products.

As a Senior Product Designer, you can make your own powerful contribution to our social responsibility innovation programme. Bringing a relentless focus on delivering the right outcomes for our users, you'll be part of the Design delivery team within Global Studios. This is a high-profile, high-impact role. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in UI/UX design, a strong portfolio showcasing high-quality visual design, and a passion for solving complex design problems.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and translate them into effective design solutions.
• Create visual concepts, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes using Figma, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.
• Develop a variety of design alternatives and pitch insight driven concepts to product owner.
• Work collaboratively with developers to ensure designs are implemented correctly and meet UI specifications and behaviour.
• Develop design systems and maintain their structure, organization, and updates, ensuring consistency across all digital products.
• Meet project deadlines and deliver high-quality designs that meet both user and business objectives.
• Hybrid role requiring office collaboration 2 days a week at our fantastic studio next to St Pauls, central London.

Requirements:

• At least 5-8 years of experience in UI/UX design with a focus on visual design.
• Proven experience as a Product Designer or similar role, showcasing a strong portfolio of highly crafted solutions.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Zeplin, and prototyping in Framer (knowledge of React an added bonus).
• Experience creating and maintaining design systems.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate design decisions and collaborate effectively.
• Day-to-day workload:
• Experience with mobile-focused design and responsive design principles.
• Familiarity with user research and usability testing methodologies.
• Maintain design consistency and scalability through design system development and management.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in design, and apply them to improve our products.
• Must be located in London and eligible to work in the UK.

What we can offer
An environment that rewards entrepreneurial spirit - We will provide you with the space to explore elements of your specialism. Every new initiative is embraced and supported:

• Work and life balance - We understand that everyone has varied lives and we want you to have a great work-life balance. So, where possible encourage you to work flexibly and juggle your work and home life.
• Well-being and culture - We're passionate and committed to creating an environment that enables everyone to prioritise their wellbeing.
• Positive societal impact - We're serious about having a positive societal impact across all our products and interactions.

Working Culture
Our success depends on the talented employees who work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We'll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone's contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world's best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills within a global business - our size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society. To deliver a smoke-free future

If you are a talented Senior Product Designer who is passionate about creating visually stunning designs and solving complex design problems to contribute to our Smoke-Free Future, we encourage you to apply.