Digital Product Designer

Mesh-AI Limited; Remote; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic consultancy in the UK is seeking an experienced Digital Product Designer to join the Product Design team on a contract basis. The role emphasizes strong UX and product strategy skills alongside excellent visual design capabilities. As part of a remote-first team, you will be responsible for translating complex requirements into user-centric design solutions while collaborating with engineers. Ideal candidates will have significant UX experience and a solid understanding of design principles.

Benefits

Opportunity to work in a fast-moving business

Flexible working environment

Remote-first work

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Design Systems and UX design.
• Strong UX Design & Research skills.
• Experience designing for both mobile and web.

Responsibilities

• Translate long-term vision into product design strategy.
• Visualize responsive websites and applications.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure implementation fits design.

Skills

Digital Product Design

UX Design

Product Strategy

Service Design

UI Design

Design Systems

User Research

Usability Testing

Education

Formal UX training

Tools

Common design tools

Job description

Department: Product Design

Hours: Full-Time

Contract type: Contract (B2B via Ltd/LLC)

About YLD

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

About The Role

We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on Digital Product Designer, with strong UX and product strategy skills, as well as great Visual Design skills to join our Product Design team on a contract basis.

About You

The ideal person brings drive, passion and experience to our work and processes, potentially as the solo designer in a cross-functional team alongside engineers. This role is currently remote, with access to client offices in central London.

You have a successful background in Digital Product Design and are familiar with a combination of specialisms such as UX Design, Product Strategy, Service Design, and UI Design. A blend of these skills is a big advantage, but your core strengths are in Product and UX Design. Experience with or knowledge of implementing web accessibility is a bonus. As an experienced Digital Product Designer, you should have strong UX Design & Research skills and a solid understanding of Information Architecture as an Interaction Designer. We value formal UX training and substantial real-life experience. An interest or experience in AI and OpenAI is welcome but not required. Coding ability would be a benefit, but is not essential.

• You have significant experience in Design Systems and UX design
• You can translate long-term vision into a product design strategy for complex service and product design projects
• You visualize responsive websites and applications and understand the process
• You make solid design decisions for well-defined or scoped feature sets
• You deliver quality design work and inspire clients to meet standards
• You balance user, business, and technical requirements to create strong information-architecture designs
• You base visual decisions on solid design principles and use appropriate tools
• You can build complex, accurate wireframes following existing visual guidelines
• You collaborate with product teams to ensure implementation fits a visual design framework
• You can define and document new interaction design patterns
• You are comfortable with common design tools and adaptable to new ones quickly
• You have a hands-on approach to user research and usability testing
• You use user feedback to influence design decisions
• You can work autonomously in remote or office environments
• You collaborate with engineers and PMs to ensure high-quality implementation
• You understand the business and proactively identify impact opportunities
• You challenge your team to think critically and facilitate problem-solving in meetings
• You participate in design critiques and welcome critique of your own work
• You have experience designing for both mobile and web, including dense information-rich interfaces

What we'd like to see from you

• A portfolio demonstrating critical thinking, creativity and visual design
• Ability to talk through and explain your thought process, approach and strategy
• CV outlining professional experience and official UX/UI training
• All written documents must be in English

Benefits and Process

• Opportunity to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group and grow your skills in a fast-moving business
• Recruitment Process: 1) Interview with Talent team (30/45 mins); 2) Interview & Portfolio Review with Head of Product Design and a Senior Designer (~1h30); 3) Call with Client Partner (15-30 mins)

Values

• Growing every day
• Including everyone
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics
• Inspiring solutions
• Winning together

We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. We don’t discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We offer a remote-first working environment to support flexible working and work-life balance.

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