Product Designer
1 week ago
**Product Designer**
**Who are we?**
The Student Room Group (TSR) is the largest, most useful and best-loved online student community there is. Millions of students turn to us first for advice, info and support on work, learning and life’s ups and downs. That means we’re uniquely privileged to connect educators and employers to switched-on young people actively seeking out answers and meaningful connections.
We put users at the heart of everything we do, so we are always thinking of the best ways we can help solve problems and create opportunities for our student users and our university customers.
**What does a Product Designer at TSR do?**
We’re looking for a Product Designer with a broad range of experience to help shape the future of, our digital products
We’re seeking someone to help us create a cohesive overall experience of The Student Room and The Uni Guide. You’ll be responsible for design artefacts that are produced, from discovery through to service design and detailed execution.
The Student Room has two multidisciplinary product development teams at the moment and the Product Designer role will be responsible for design working closely with the Senior Product Designer for both teams. We’re a small, tight-knit organisation so, you’ll also be expected to roll up your sleeves and get into the detail.
You’ll report to our Director of Product, and work closely with the Senior Product Designer. to ensure that product design and design system aligns with the longer-term business goals and product vision. You’ll work closely and collaboratively with product and engineering colleagues in an agile way to ensure the day-to-day product development is consistently high quality. You will be a key voice of the user within product design and will be responsible for the creation of polished, accessible and easy-to-use products taking into account user and client feedback as well as data insights and market analysis.
If you have experience working on digital platforms through design and want to help us raise the bar at TSR then we’d love to work with you.
**Skills & Experience**
- Experienced in design for great digital products
- Experience in understanding users deeply to get to the heart of the underlying problems the team is striving to solve.
- Experienced with design tools - Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch etc.
- Experience of the end-to-end design process, from problem definition and user research, to low/high-fidelity prototyping and polished visual/interaction design
- Ability to create prototypes to help rapidly test assumptions for new product ideas
- Experience of working with user research of various kinds, and how it informs the product development process both qualitative and quantitative, e.g. setting up and evaluating surveys and interviews
- A passion for user experience and digital design and up to date with the latest and emerging industry trends
- Understanding of prevalent design patterns particularly on mobile
- Understanding of inclusive design and accessibility
- Demonstrable experience of working in a cross-functional team alongside product, engineering, and business ambassadors to define problems and iteratively explore/ship solutions
- Facilitate design thinking and practice across the product team, increasing the visibility and impact of design through writing, speaking, and workshops.
**Desirable**
- Experience in designing experiences for online communities and/or social media
- Working knowledge of front-end coding such as HTML, CSS and others
- Previous experience working on digital products aimed at young people
- Degree or equivalent within Digital Design or similar
**This opportunity will suit someone who...**
- Collaborates well with others in a team
- Communicates clearly and with compassion
- Explores and proposes fresh concepts and ideas quickly
- Can adapt to ever-changing internet usage trends among young people
- Is solution driven and thinks outside the box
- Is highly organised, and is not afraid to push back if needed
- Can generate quick concepts and realise ideas
- Can adapt to a broad range of artistic styles
- Understands internet use and common user experience practices
- Enjoys keeping up to date with the ever-moving internet landscape and popular websites, with a focus on youth sites
- Works well under pressure with strong attention to detail
**Working at TSR**
We care about employee development, happiness, wellness, and work-life balance. We offer a welcoming, friendly, and supportive working environment, plus we enjoy lots of great benefits including:
- 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays and your birthday day off
- Flexible working hours and remote working arrangements
- Group Life insurance
- Generous pension scheme
- Private healthcare
- Healthcare cash plan
- Cycle to work Scheme
**Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, from Monday to Friday.**
**Salary: 28k -35k per annum, dependent on experience**
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