Senior Product Designer at Nearform, Remote, 3-6 Months, £Contract Rate

This is a full-time remote contract role for an initial 3-6 months.

About Nearform
Nearform is an independent team of data & AI experts, engineers, and designers who build intelligent digital solutions and capability at pace. We create AI-enabled solutions that enhance digital experiences, empower developers, and deliver measurable results. In these ways, we partner with ambitious enterprises to deliver enduring impact.

Our deep expertise in solving the world’s most complex digital problems, along with our collaborative, people-first approach, enables enterprises to build breakthrough products and modernise legacy systems by unleashing the power of AI.

Today, our team of 500 experts in 20+ countries is trusted by leading enterprises including Lululemon, Puma, Sun Life, Starbucks, Travelex, Virgin Media 02, and Walmart.  

As part of our Design function, you will play a key role in crafting intuitive and impactful software experiences that align with business goals and user needs. As either a Senior Product Designer or a Design Director, you will guide clients in transforming ideas into tangible products, navigating complex domains with a deep understanding of both business objectives and user advocacy.

With a versatile skill set, you will create logical, consistent, and scalable designs rooted in systems thinking, principles, and best practices. You will be confident in presenting and inclusive in communication, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional user-centered solutions.

About the Senior Product Designer Role:

As a Senior Product Designer at Nearform your main task will be to confidently be able to work with clients that need guidance on how to turn their idea into a tangible product. However, as you’ll likely work on a variety of projects your responsibilities may also include:

• Helping clients clarify and enhance their business objectives through the lens of design.
• Planning and executing UX research on a small scale project basis.
• Collaborating with client design groups on a variety of things, ranging from contributing to their design systems, working with brand teams to mature their approach on brand adherence and product design to exploring and working on their accessibility standards.
• Facilitating workshops and smaller scale creative problem-solving sessions.
• Working with and supporting Design and Technical Leaders in project execution and timely delivery.
• Collaborating with client teams.

What we are looking for in this person:

• Significant experience delivering at a Senior Product Designer level. Our Seniors typically have at least 6 years’ commercial experience in their field.
• Deep knowledge of user interface design, having experience working on projects like rich web apps/websites, mobile applications and enterprise/B2B software.
• Practical experience working across the product design lifecycle - you will be as comfortable doing UI design as much as you are making user journeys, personas, and prototypes. 
• Practical experience helping customers, development teams and other colleagues to apply and drive a user-centred design process.
• Extensive working knowledge of a variety of design tools, such as Miro, Figma or equivalent.
• A good understanding of the constraints and possibilities of modern web technologies. You don’t need to be able to code (though are welcome to!) but a sensibility is a must.
• Practical experience in evaluating products with customers. You've done user testing before and are able to apply that on a small scale to a project.
• Practical experience of delivering in an agile environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Professional proficiency in English.