Senior Product Designer

TripAdvisor LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel guidance platform is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join the Travel Mode team in Greater London. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of mobile design experience, a stellar portfolio, and a strong collaborative spirit. You will lead the mobile design process, ensure a user-centered approach, and work closely with engineering to create innovative solutions. This role comes with a competitive salary package and plenty of opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible activity-based working

Health insurance for families

Competitive salary package

Development programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience shipping native mobile products.
• High-quality portfolio showcasing mobile experiences.
• History of partnering with engineers for features.

Responsibilities

• Co-own the end-to-end design process for Travel Mode.
• Work within a rapid experimentation culture.
• Shape and communicate a clear vision for the MVP.

Skills

Mobile expertise

Design craft

Collaborative leadership

Strategic communication

User-centric mindset

Platform knowledge

Job description

Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, helps hundreds of millions of people each month become better travelers, from planning to booking to taking a trip. As the ultimate travel companion, we provide the tools to find great deals on accommodations, experiences, and restaurants, and the platform to share wisdom with the global travel community.

The Travel Mode Team

Travel Mode is a startup-style team operating within Tripadvisor. Our mission: Find market fit for a new product geared toward travelers who are in-destination. We move quickly. We embrace AI. We value learning over perfection. We are looking for an ambitious Senior Product Designer who specializes in native (iOS and Android) to join our team, help drive our hypothesis-based roadmap and play a major role in defining the vision for our initial MVP.

What you’ll do

• Define Process: Co-own the end-to-end design process for Travel Mode within our iOS and Android apps, from discovery and abstract problem-solving to high-fidelity final treatments.
• Drive Experimentation: Work within a rapid experimentation culture, leveraging testing and mobile-specific analytics to guide iterative design decisions.
• Define Mobile Strategy: Shape and communicate a clear vision for the MVP, balancing "big-picture" strategic goals with hands-on execution.
• Simplify Complexity: Partner with Product and Engineering to turn complex guidance data, community contributions, and marketplace logistics into simple, "one-tap" mobile solutions.
• Native First: Champion user-centered design and lead the way in defining features and functionality that are uniquely native leveraging haptics, motion, location-services and interaction quality to ensure the app feels premium and responsive.

What you have

• Extensive Mobile Expertise: 5+ years of experience shipping native mobile products. You have a deep understanding of platform-specific behaviors and know how to leverage them to create intuitive interfaces.
• Exceptional Design Craft: A portfolio showcasing high-quality, production-ready mobile experiences. You have a passion for the "last 5%" of polish - transitions, feedback, and visual hierarchy.
• Collaborative Leadership: A proven history of partnering with engineers to ship high-performance features, with a solid grasp of technical constraints for native platforms.
• Strategic Communication: Impactful communication skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity, explain the “why” behind your work to stakeholders, and mentor the broader team.
• User-Centric Mindset: A background in using research, data, and "jobs-to-be-done" frameworks to advocate for the user and remove friction from the journey.
• Platform Knowledge: Deep familiarity with iOS and Android conventions, staying up to date with the latest trends and capabilities in the mobile landscape.

What We Offer

• Flexible activity-based working fostered collaboration and productivity
• Inclusive global travelers community welcoming diverse perspectives
• Competitive salary package including performance bonuses
• Development programs, managerial courses, and learning series
• Health insurance covers medical, dental, and vision for families (varies by country)
• Lifestyle Reimbursement Benefit for personal travel, and physical, mental, and financial wellness
• Several paid time off programs, including time to bond with new children and care for family members. Paid public holidays, and year-end office shutdown
• Employee assistance program for short-term counseling and free Calm app subscription
• State-of-the-art offices: dining, coffee points, and leisure areas

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