Product Designer

Oakam ,
London, Greater London
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We are looking for a Product Designer with strong UI/UX experience to work on our mobile-based portfolio of products. Product Designer responsibilities include defining product specifications, creating digital or print drawings and designing fully-functional products. To be successful in this role, you should have a keen interest in solving customer challenges, be a designer at heart, and be able to translate requirements into practical product features. Ultimately, you will help us build products that are easy and intuitive to use and visually appealing to our potential customers. What will your workday look like? You will be based at our Moray House office on Great Titchfield Street (GTS), just around the corner from lively Oxford Street. Moray House is home to our Risk, Marketing, Engineering, Compliance, Data, Talent, and Finance teams, so there is always a lot going on! It's a busy and diverse environment where everyone rolls up their sleeves and gets stuck in. You may, on occasion, need to work at our Sunley House office in Croydon, where our Operations, HR, and Customer Services teams are based. 5 minutes from Croydon train station, Sunley is a vibrant space which has recently received a much-deserved make-over (including the installation of a games room!). Whilst the ins-and-outs of every day will vary, you can expect: * Owning experience design: user research, UX flows, wireframing, prototyping, testing, etc... * Interaction design * Visual interface design * Design QA and testing * Analyze how a new product ties in with market needs and consumer preferences * Set design requirements based on briefs from internal teams and external partners * Improve the design of existing products * Gather feedback from product users What You'll bring to the role: * 3-5+ years of experience working as a product designer or similar role * Strong UI/UX experience * Experience in industrial design * Experience designing for mobile * Familiarity working with engineering and technical teams * Deep familiarity with design programs and software * A keen over-communicator able to manage multiple stakeholders across the company * Used to working in a fast-paced and demanding environment that favours structured experiementation * You are highly organised and get things done with excellent project management skills What you'll get in return * a competitive salary * flexible work arrangements * private health care * enrolment in our pension scheme * a fantastic office in the centre of London * free tea, coffee and snacks * regular team lunches * the chance to help shape the company as we continue to grow and expand Who is Oakam? We are a digital micro-lender helping underbanked, overlooked, consumers onto and up the credit ladder. We're working to make consumer credit more inclusive and affordable for those who need it most: so far, we've provided around half a million loans to 155,000 unique customers and provided funds of over 350 million to financially excluded communities. And we're just getting started: we're an ambitious company, with plans to grow tenfold and to expand into Sub-Saharan Africa over the next 2 years. Our core team has been carefully selected from leading financial companies (including Barclays, JP Morgan, and Soldo) and we're looking for more top talent to drive us towards our goals during this new phase of growth. Sound good? Apply now! Apply for this Job

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