We are looking for an experienced UI Designer to partner with our client's Technology and Product teams on key projects, who has a passion for mobile application design.

We are wanting someone who is passionate about developing product design strategies based on the insights of real people, and is specialised in turning these insights into highly functional, attractive products (surface-orientated, both interactions and visuals) and inspires the rest of the business by prototyping possibilities.

You'll be part of building the tools that thousands of people use to run their businesses and serve their customers every day.


Key Responsibilities:

Together with the rest of the Product team, own and pioneer the design experience across Yoco's products.
Create delightful, elegant and effective solutions to complex problems.
Be informed by user research, insights and interactions.
Brainstorm, iterate and test concepts and prototypes with real users.
Help evolve and maintain a design system, challenging it when needed.
Collaborate closely and successfully negotiate with Software Engineers to get your designs built into iOS, Android, and Web applications.
Take full responsibility for your work, owning it from concept to launch.
Keep yourself and the rest of the Studiyo team up to date with the latest trends, techniques and technologies in product design and your wider field.
Help us scale our product design capabilities in terms of teams, tools and structures
Offering product design direction, feedback and support during design critiques

Key requirements to perform responsibilities:

4+ years of commercial Product Design experience across Android, iOS and web.
At least 5 - 8 years’ work experience within design, software development, or related field.
Proficient in Sketch, InVision, and Photoshop/Illustrator.
Strong ‘mobile-first’ thinking, able to design for the unique challenges of various mobile devices.
Strong ability to collaborate closely with developers, copywriters, product managers and UX designers.
Experience partnering with cross-functional teams in launching new products and improvements to existing features.
Experience facilitating mini-design sprints or design workshops and mentoring other designers.
Able to mentor and partner with other designers.
Values the craft of product design, showing empathy for customers.
Driven to ship your designs: understand that the ultimate value of design is only seen once shipped to a customer.
Values the principle of “Strong Opinions, Weakly Held”.
Current or previous experience with design systems – advantageous.
Current or previous experience in Financial Services – advantageous.

We reserve the right not to fill this position, and we're in no rush to fill it as we'd rather get the right person. Please accept that your application has not been successful if you haven't heard from us in a month's time. Good luck!