Senior Product Designer, Cognassist
Salary not provided
+EMI company share scheme
Figma
Senior and Expert level
Remote in UK
Neurodiversity support
Open for applications
Neurodiversity support
21-100 employees
B2BEducationSocial Impact
Open for applications
Salary not provided
+EMI company share scheme
Figma
Senior and Expert level
Remote in UK
21-100 employees
B2BEducationSocial Impact
Company mission
To make sure no learner is left behind.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in product design or UX/UI design roles, preferably in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- Strong portfolio demonstrating a range of user-centric design solutions, from ideation to high-fidelity product design
- Proficiency with design tools such as Figma
- Experience working with design systems and contributing to their evolution
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and support the wider team
- Experience conducting user research to gather and synthesise insights
- Ability to create beautiful high-fidelity mockups of your designs using industry-standard tools
- Comfortable with stepping out of comfort zones and bringing a creative approach to problem-solving
- User Empathy: A deep understanding of user needs and the ability to advocate for them throughout the product development process
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to use data and user research insights to inform design decisions and solve problems
- Collaboration: Strong collaboration skills, able to work effectively across disciplines and influence stakeholders to drive alignment and impact
- Communication: Strong verbal and visual communication skills, able to present and articulate design decisions clearly to diverse audiences
- Growth Mindset: Resilient and adaptable, open to feedback and focused on continuous improvement and learning. Develop a resilient attitude towards challenges, staying adaptable to change and maintaining a positive outlook in dynamic environments
- Design Craftsmanship: High standards of design quality, with expertise in user interface, interaction design, and accessibility
- Problem Solving and Innovation: Ability to solve complex problems using non-linear and systems thinking, and to generate innovative solutions that elevate the user experience
- End-to-End Product Design: Proven ability to take ownership of the entire product design process, from discovery to detailed interactions, ensuring successful implementation
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our team, focusing on crafting meaningful and impactful user experiences across our product suite
- In this role, you will work closely with product management, engineering, and other cross-functional partners to deeply understand user needs and translate them into elegant, intuitive, and highly functional product designs
- This is a strategic position where you will play a key role in guiding design decisions, mentoring the team, and shaping the overall design vision
- User Research and Discovery (30%)
- Lead user research initiatives to gain insights into user behaviour, pain points, and motivations
- Collaborate with product managers and researchers to define and validate hypotheses through qualitative and quantitative research
- Synthesise research findings to inform design direction and ensure a deep understanding of our users throughout the design process
- Support a culture of continuous discovery, ensuring user needs are at the centre of all product decisions
- Design Execution and Prototyping (40%)
- Own the full product design lifecycle from beginning to end: translating user insights into ideas that form disruptive new products and features, then designing the workflows and detailed interactions to realise them
- Design intuitive, elegant, and accessible user interfaces that solve key user problems and meet business goals
- Create wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas
- Prototype ideas to quickly assess viability, and pressure test the lowest level detail of the interactions
- Iterate quickly based on feedback from users and team members
- Work closely with engineering teams to ensure the feasibility of designs and to maintain design quality throughout the development process
- Advocate for consistent, inclusive, and user-centric design patterns across the product suite
- Cross-functional Collaboration (20%)
- Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to align design decisions with business objectives and technical constraints
- Facilitate design reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high-quality standards
- Present and justify design decisions to stakeholders, incorporating feedback while balancing user needs, technical feasibility, and business impact
- Be embedded into a design and collaborate closely with Product Managers and Engineers, ensuring involvement throughout the end-to-end development process, from ideation to design QA
- Mentorship and Design Leadership (10%)
- Act as a leader within the Design team, collaborating with other designers and the rest of the team to improve our approach and the quality of our work
- Mentor and provide guidance to the team, supporting their growth and helping them develop design best practices
- Help the broader team run evaluative user research and discovery initiatives, improving practices and ensuring high-quality, user-centric insights
- Contribute to the overall design culture of the team, fostering collaboration, innovation, and a user-first mindset
- Play a key role in establishing and evolving the design system, ensuring consistency across the product
Application process
- Contact: Eleanor Barker
Our take
1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodiverse, and yet our educational institutions and (particularly) our workplaces are lagging when it comes to creating an environment which gets the best learning and work out of everyone. That’s where Cognassist comes in.
It’s 30 minute cognitive assessment is award-winning, and provides a personalised cognitive profile rather than a blanket definition. Using this, it provides training and expert led content to employers and educators.
It’s a young company, but is already partnered with over 150 UK Institutions, including high street chains like Holland & Barrett, as well as universities like London South Bank. It assessed over 160,000 individuals in its first few years and investment from Gresham House Ventures in 2023 will see it begin to penetrate the enterprise market as well as the educational.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2023
$5m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $5m
Company benefits
- EMI company share scheme, meaning you would own a percentage of shares, turning into significant monetary value in time
- Westfield Health Care plan
- Fully flexible working
- AIG Life insurance
- Excellent discounts/wider wallet
- 5% matched contribution pension scheme
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (33 days)
- Paid wellbeing days, volunteer days, and study days
- Quarterly values awards
- Staff parties and events
- Modern homeworking tech kit
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
- Fully remote/homeworking
Company values
- People first: We prioritise people: employees, customers, learners. We understand the importance of putting people first and we believe in open and honest collaboration. With every decision, no matter how big or small, we keep the end user in mind
- Impactful Equality: We believe everyone matters. We are a good company that does good. Understanding and celebrating diversity is a vital part of Cognassist and we take pride in flying the flag for Neurodiversity
- Excellence: We foster personal and professional growth and always aim for excellence. We continually raise the bar in our operational practices. We aim to be better today than we were yesterday and better tomorrow than we were today
- Pioneering: We push for boundless creativity, enabling us to blaze the trail and not just follow it. We are outrageously curious, bold and not afraid to take risks. We value open mindedness, dynamism and the ability to think differently
- Evidence-based: We follow the science. Feedback loops and scientific evidence drive our decision making and the priority is always to achieve positive change for our partners
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Leadership
Chris Quickfall
(CEO)Former CEO of Invate, e-Quality Learning and Learning Labs UK, as well as working as Treasurer of the British Assistive Technology Association.
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