UI/UX Product Designer

LandTech ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

We sincerely hope you are well and staying safe at this time and thank you for considering this role here at LandTech. During this unprecedented time that we are all globally facing, we have taken the decision to temporarily pause all our active hiring. As a company, we remain stable and secure, and it is with intentional integrity and care towards our employees and clients that we are pausing hiring. This will enable us to focus our efforts on supporting them during this time. We are still taking applications for these roles so as soon as we start again you will hear from us in due course. About Us Were LandTech. Were the award-winning tech startup building platforms to bring much-needed innovation to the property industry. We started with LandInsight, which made it easier to find and assess off-market land. Then we launched LandEnhance, bringing tech to the planning sector. And weve got plenty more in the pipeline. Our LandInsight product vastly improves the process of finding land to build new homes on, and its loved by hundreds of experienced property developers as well as a range of people who are new to the industry. Were looking for bright and warm individuals who can build on the firm foundations we have put in place. Your Mission Were looking for a passionate and versatile Product Designer to help shape the LandInsight UI/UX, a product that helps property developers understand the development potential of any plot of land in seconds. Your goal will be to take the tedious and complex tasks carried out by property developers and transform them into intuitive and delightful experiences. This is an exciting opportunity to work in product team with a evidence-based, design-first mindset. On each feature or enhancement youll work closely with a Product Manager to rigorously understand the market needs before kicking off the design process. You'll bring creativity, ideas and UI/UX best practices as well as an understanding of how to integrate those fresh ideas within our existing product. You'll own the UI/UX for features end to end from conception to execution and also contribute to building out our design system - a new initiative well be kicking off in early 2020. Our Tech and Principles * Node.js (Vue.js & React), Python, Shell Scripts * Data stores such as Mongo, Postgres and ElasticSearch * CI and some CD via CircleCI * AWS (EB, ECS, Beanstalk, S3) and Kubernetes Cluster (ELK stack, Grafana+Prometheus, Istio) * A mixture of Lean, DevOps and Agile principles * Collaborative, test-first, fast-feedback software principles * A focus on *nix tooling and open source software Requirements * You will be working closely with our Product Managers and Developers in a highly collaborative environment, to iteratively conceive, prototype, build, deliver and test new features and functionality within the product. * You will be crafting not only the user interface itself but also the broader user experience. So youll need to consider information architecture and navigation as well as responsive layouts and accessibility. * You will also contribute to the evolution of LandInsights data model to ensure it remains coherent and navigable for our target personas as we broaden our proposition and grow into new markets * You will work with our Senior Product Designer to build and leverage a new design system * You will be data driven and comfortable being client facing whilst leading or participating in user research / testing. Your portfolio will demonstrate... * Your experience in designing for complex digital interfaces (preferably SaaS); * Experience of leveraging user testing and validation * An experience and awareness around working with a design system and brand guidelines; * Responsive Design; * Knowledge of information architecture, visual hierarchy and interaction design; * An awareness of design trends and technology; * A mastery of modern design tools (e.g. Sketch, Invision, Adobe XD, Marvel); * Experience with low fidelity prototyping as a means to explore multiple design solutions; * A passion for digital design and a strong awareness of design trends & tech * Experience in B2B software, Proptech or Fintech is beneficial but certainly not essential Benefits Company Culture Our company is built on three core values: open, empower and home. We believe that businesses (and people) do their best work when theyre working collaboratively. That means youll be working directly with everyone in the business, right up to the co-founders Jonny and Andrew. Its this attitude that saw us voted the 3rd best UK SaaS Company to work for, and receive awards for Best at Employee Development. And, of course, we offer some great perks to attract the best people... Benefits * Competitive salary and equity options * Flexible working hours * 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays) * Unlimited unpaid holidays * Professional and personal training budget * Gym and wellness contributions, and a cycle to work scheme * Dog-friendly of