Senior Product Designer
Description
Senior Product Designer
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer in our Product Design team.
As we move beyond a single product to a multi-product experience, we are looking for strong craft and vision to define our newly created design language.
Who are we?
We’re Funding Circle. We back small businesses to succeed.
At Funding Circle, we believe the world needs small businesses. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to help them get the finance they need to grow.
With more than a decade of expertise under our belt, we’ve built a game-changer of a platform with cutting-edge data and technology that’s reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get a decision, giving them access to competitive funding in a flash.
We know that good business is about good people. So we pride ourselves on providing meaningful, human support as well as fast, hassle free processes to deliver an unbeatable customer experience.
The role
- Lead end-to-end design projects, tailoring your approach to the challenge at hand. You know when to run a full sprint and when to just sketch and ship
- Create elegant, systematic UI and maintain our design systems. You’ll take ideas from scribbles on a whiteboard to high-fidelity, production-ready interfaces
- Use diagrams, user flows, and wireframes to untangle complex problems. You’ll ensure every pixel pushes both user needs and business goals forward
- Work side-by-side with PMs, Analysts, and Engineers. We don't work in silos here
- Plan and conduct user research/testing to validate your hypotheses. You’ll be the voice of the customer in every room
- Pitch your ideas effectively and help mentor the wider team on design best practices
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
What we’re looking for
- A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to translate vague problems into shipped product solutions
- Proficiency in Lean UX, with the ability to move fast and treat process as a toolkit to deliver value efficiently
- Expertise in Design Systems, capable of producing scalable and consistent UI
- Efficient, organized, and capable of building interactive prototypes that feel real
- A deep command of UX methodology, interaction patterns, and user flows for both native and web, coupled with the visual skill to translate robust solutions into elegant, appealing UI
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate the 'why' behind design decisions to stakeholders and engineers alike
- Bonus points for: Experience creating appealing UX copy or conducting deep-dive user research
At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements.
Want to learn more?
- We have a huge impact on the businesses that borrow through our platform, the communities they serve and the overall economy (last year £6.9bn of GDP generated). You can read our full Impact Report here: https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk/impact
- To see what our customers think, visit our Trustpilot page: https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/fundingcircle.com
- And we’re still evolving! Our award-winning multi-product platform is solving more SME finance challenges than ever before. We think big, rally together and meet the needs of SME customers like no other.
Why join us?
At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.
As a flexible-first employer we offer hybrid working at Funding Circle, and we've long believed in a 'best of both' approach to in-office collaboration and non-office days. We expect our teams to be in our London office three times a week, where you can take advantage of our newly refurbished hybrid working space, barista made coffee and subsidised lunches (via JustEat) every day!
We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.
A few highlights:
- Flexibility: We provide you with a benefit allowance so that you can tailor your benefit selection to you and your family’s needs.
- Health: Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Assessments (including female fertility health assessments), eyecare vouchers, flu jabs, Wellhub (for discounted flexible gym membership and access to wellbeing apps) access to a free Employee Assistance Programme and free Digital GP for yourself and any children under 16.
- Wealth: Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover, financial coaching through Octopus Money Coach, a tax-advantaged share scheme, a free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
- Development: Dedicated annual Learning & Development allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
- Lifestyle: Electric Car Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, Season Ticket Loans, and more!
And finally, we have award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.
Ready to make a difference? We’d love to hear from you.
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