Digital Product Designer (Junior)

As a Digital Product Designer at YLD, we expect that you have the ability to:

• Understand the importance and implementation of User Research to support ideas and concepts;
• Combine interfaces and workflows to enhance user experience;
• Conceptualise, create and produce design solutions for digital experiences across many platforms and touch points;
• Clearly communicate your design decisions to fellow designers, as well as stakeholders;
• Proficiently use digital design tools to create and present your designs - we are tool agnostic, but you will be given an Adobe Creative Cloud licence (Photoshop, Illustrator and XD) as well as access to Figma and Sketch;
• Work with cross-functional teams;
• Work collaboratively in design and prototyping workshops;
• Work methodically and meet deadlines;
• Happily share progress, and invite feedback and reviews of your work;
• Understand and appreciate the importance of diversity and inclusion of everyone.

Working and collaborating closely with the Marketing Team as an integral part of every stage of the creative process, we expect that you have the ability to:

• Understand and evaluate an existing design style, as well as replicate and build upon it to develop outputs with a strong and cohesive visual identity;
• Use your creativity to communicate any brand’s key messages;
• Produce work that will promote the YLD brand and services to attract our target audiences;
• Where necessary, support the development and creative execution of promotional materials for various campaigns, including internal and external events.

What we'd like to see from you when you apply:

• Your portfolio (pdf, presentation or website) demonstrating critical thinking, creativity, Design Thinking and visual design.
• Your CV outlining any professional experience and creative training/education, including any kind of official UX / UI training that you may have.
• All written documents must be sent in English, or with a translation into English provided.

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this (adjust to role):

• First intro call with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
• 1st Interview and portfolio review with the Head of Product Design and one of our Designers (60/75 mins)
• Take Home Workshop Challenge (~4hrs)
• Challenge review (60/75 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

• Growing every day
• Including everyone
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics
• Inspiring solutions
• Winning together

As part of the Design team at YLD, you will be joining a great working environment where you will be surrounded by creative people with a strong company culture of innovation and team spirit. You will also:

• Have the support of our more experienced and senior team members for regular check-ins, reviews, feedback sessions and knowledge sharing
• Have regular 1-to-1s with your line manager to support your development and personal growth, discuss progress and set goals for what you’d like to achieve
• Company Private Health care (currently provided by BUPA)
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
• Company’s Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
• £2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
• £300 annual allowance for additional hardware
• Mental Health support: access to Spill appMeditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription
• Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)Company laptopGenerous referral schemes