Senior Product Designer (3 month fixed term contract)
Yoti, United Kingdom
Job Description
Yoti is a global company whose aim is to be the world’s trusted identity system. We have seriously ambitious goals to become the world's most secure and data sensitive company.
Our passionate team works to improve the way people share their personal information. Innovative products like the Yoti mobile app help people to prove who they are online and in person.
Yoti is changing the way people prove their identity. Our products are built from the ground up to respect customers' privacy and put them in control. We will never sell on customer data - we couldn’t even if we wanted to.
Designing products that are simple to use and easy to understand in the world of privacy, security and personal data is a tough challenge.
We are creating a new concept. Something that has never been done before. Why not be part of something truly innovative and creative? Yoti is here to fight against fraud. We are a company who are pushing the boundaries of technology for a safer world.
What you'll be doing:
- You will team up with our Brand, Product, Customer Service, and Research teams to establish empathy with our users worldwide.
- You will work closely with our team of Product Owners, to help shape the roadmap with insights you gathered, tested and validated.
- You will be responsible for delivering large projects, considering all elements of product design including research, UX and UI.
- You will be part of a small but growing design team of ten with whom you will collaborate with, embed and mature the design discipline at Yoti.
- You will work with our developers to ensure consistency and quality throughout the entire product range.
- You will involve stakeholders from all of the above to create well informed, thoughtful solutions for the challenges we face, using the tools you have in your belt as a designer to achieve the best results.
- You are comfortable and confident in designing and facilitating cross-functional workshops to get the best out of your product development team.
- You will support the growth and development of junior team members, finding learning opportunities for them when reviewing their work.
Some goals you can help us achieve:
- Facilitate frictionless on-boarding for our business users.
- Enable an easy-to-use payment solution to businesses worldwide.
- Enable users to sign documents with rich, engaging features.
- Enable users to verify who they are online.
- Improving and embedding design’s discipline into the company’s culture.
- Looking for opportunities, and coming up with product ideas.
Requirements
- Interaction design - You are confident facing complicated interaction problems, and can come up with simple, usable and creative solutions.
- Visual skills - You have an eye for aesthetics, you care about delivering a pleasing experience on top of a usable one, by paying close attention to details.
- User research - You did research before, be it qualitative or quantitative. You always start from a user’s perspective and are confident looking for answers in channels necessary to end up with the best results. You document and share your results within the company.
- Collaboration - You understand that great design doesn’t happen in a vacuum, you involve your stakeholders early and often. You are experienced with (or at least up for) running workshops, brainstorms and various design sessions.
- Ownership - You take initiative, and are not waiting for others to make things happen. You constantly advocate and challenge decisions. You keep track of your own time, manage and prioritise your daily work.
- Design Systems - You have experience using or building a design system to keep consistency within design and front-end throughout products.
Benefits
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) (prorated)
- Yoti Life (internal communication platform and access to great discounts and vouchers)
- 5 'Selfie' Days - for your own personal development; volunteering, charity events, etc (prorated)
- Learning opportunities (LinkedIn Learning, conferences, events, courses )
- Team Events
- Flexible working
Yoti Links
- Find out what we're up to in the Yoti Blog
- See what our employees have to say about us on the Yoti Glassdoor
- Have a read through our SDK
- Check out our Github account for more code info
This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved with a company doing crazy-complex projects, in a fun and exciting environment, where creativity is rewarded - this is part of the Yoti DNA. We like people who have a positive attitud