Product Designer (UX / UI)

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Product Designer 

As a Product Designer (UX/UI), your continuous collaboration with the product and engineering team, will play a pivotal role in shaping the success of our current and future products and services. From customer discovery, concept ideation to delivery, you uphold the users needs whilst collaborating with engineering teams to translate your visions into reality.

We’ll welcome your ideas & input and support your development, in addition this is an opportunity to help accelerate the transition to renewable energy. 

Objectives & Responsibilities:

Beam is an exciting and dynamic environment meaning these are likely to change as we grow. Upon joining your objectives and responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, to understand project goals and define design requirements.
• Conduct research to uncover user needs.
• Defining the needs of the user into statements that bring clarity to the solutions, features and experiences the business creates.
• Lead brainstorming and ideation sessions to generate new and innovative design concepts.
• Create low-fidelity wireframes and prototypes to visualize and communicate design ideas effectively.
• Constantly test and validate ideas with real users and customers
• Develop high-fidelity visual designs in Figma that align with the overall product vision and brand guidelines.
• Develop and maintain a design system for consistency across solutions.
• Support and conduct user research and usability testing to validate design decisions and iterate on prototypes.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure seamless integration of design concepts into the final product.
• Setup metrics to track your solutions usability once implemented.

You should apply if you have:

We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role:

• Proven experience as a Product Designer (UX/UI) with a strong portfolio showcasing user-centred design process.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Xd, Miro, Mural.
• In-depth understanding of user-centred design principles and interaction design.
• Ability to convert concepts into visually stimulating build ready solutions.
• Strong creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.

 Grow together with Beam where you will learn these skills or build on your expertise:

• Bringing innovative concepts to market
• Knowledge of development technologies (ReactJS)
• Working within agile development methodologies
• Designing experiences that encompass digital interfaces and physical products.

Benefits

People join Beam because they are excited by the possibility of leaving their own mark on the world and developing solutions that solve real world problems. Although we share the same vision, we value varied perspectives, and we adapt to fit different people from all walks of life. Not only does that make for a genuinely awesome team of colleagues, but it also makes day-to-day life more interesting, and it’s how we keep evolving and getting better at what we do.

What’s in it for you? You’ll get to work with a passionate, smart and highly driven team with an incredible range of skills.

In addition, you’ll get an extensive range of benefits so you can focus on doing your very best work:

• Flexible working options including compressed hours
• Hybrid working, up to 3 days from home
• 33 days annual leave increasing 2 days a year up to 43 days after 6 years (inclusive of Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance, including Dental & Optical
• Career and learning development through paid courses, conferences and events
• Curiosity fund – up to £500 to spend on learning which is not role related
• Up to 10% company bonus
• Pension up to 6% company contribution
• Life assurance paid at 4X salary
• Volunteering day, to give back to your local community
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Recognition & rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviours