Product Designer, Conde Nast

• Experience working on complex projects, spanning both UX and UI
• Experience working with design systems and scalable approaches
• Experience taking on board inputs from multiple stakeholders and working in cross functional teams - in close partnership with Product and Engineering
• Proven skills as a self-starter who can execute tasks and features in a fast-paced environment and remain focused amidst frequently changing requirements
• Keen interest in fashion and storytelling

Desirable

• Our digital products play a critical role in Vogue’s future. Bringing Vogue to life on digital platforms, in engaging, user-centric ways, which drive business value is key to Vogue’s continued success
• Reporting into the Senior Director, Product Design, the Product Designer (12 months maternity leave cover), will actively contribute to the end-to-end design process, which encompasses user research, interaction design, and visual design.
• You will have the ability to work independently and may even lead smaller design initiatives but are heavily focused on the execution and craft of your work, always considering the ways in which we can meet both business and user needs while elevating the excellence of our Editorial through a focus on features and initiatives that drive engagement
• We are a team of experience designers with expertise in visual design, UX, interaction design, content design, and research. We partner closely with editorial, product management, engineering, and business partners to strategize, design, and launch effective and beautiful digital products. We believe that a well-formed design culture is essential to delivering excellent products
• Maintain high design standards, that balance technical feasibility with innovation and a strong eye for detail
• Develops a strong understanding of global design systems and applies them in robust and scalable ways, utilising them to create designs that align with established patterns and guidelines
• Executes documentation, guidelines and best practices to ensure consistency and coherency in design output
• Brings their ideas to life through simple and robust prototypes that in turn contribute to our drive to design with insights at our core by working closely with our research partners to test and learn
• Understanding of how to communicate features and needs to users through hierarchy of messaging and placement of elements that create cohesive visual experiences that engage and delight our users
• Strong attention to detail throughout the design process: from concepts to final design files and through to QA, ensuring the work and team
• Feeds into time-estimate planning and communicates throughout tasks to ensure blockers/issues are raised to ensure we deliver on time and to our high standards
• Partners constructively with others for successful outcomes
• Contributes by sharing their own work and critiquing that of others as part of a highly collaborative Vogue and wider Product and Design team culture
• Partners closely with other product designers, content designers, researchers and the Senior Director, Product design to incorporate feedback, offer informed suggestions and proactively progress the work
• Collaborates successfully with the cross functional team, leading by example with open communication and constructive feedback
• Presents rough concepts and final designs clearly in verbal and written form, communicating context and rationale

Condé Nast is a global media company responsible for producing print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest. The company now operates in over 32 markets and has ventured out with entertainment and education divisions.