Lead UX Designer

Job title:

Lead UX Designer

Company

Zebra People

Job description

An opportunity to play a pivotal part within this company’s trajectory – equity included on top of salary.The clientWorking for a fast-paced, AI-powered, B2B SaaS start-up. You’ll be part of a small UK team (with colleagues globally), reporting directly to the CEO and essentially become his right hand person.The company is refining its go-to-market strategy and has received feedback from early users. The product (B2B production process platform) is out there but aiming to turn it from a usable product into a lovable one!These guys are taking a Silicon Valley approach, so you’d need to be prepared to scale fast and comfortable working within a level of ambiguity.Hybrid working – London office – hiring manager is set on someone being based in London or surrounding areas – there will be times when you might need to come in at short notice.Sponsorship is NOT being offered.The role

• Perform end-to-end design process from problem definition and research to high-fidelity prototypes and implementation.
• Develop comprehensive information architecture systems that organize content and functionality in intuitive, accessible ways.
• Plan and conduct customer research to uncover insights, validate assumptions, and inform product decisions.
• Drive product discovery activities to identify opportunities and explore potential solutions.
• Create innovative user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that effectively communicate design concepts.

The candidateMUST HAVE experience includes;

• Strong Information Architecture skills (this is a proper UX job, not looking for UI or Product Design). Looking for portfolios which clearly demonstrate UX processes, user research and strong level of user centricity overall – no harm showing hi-fidelity work but need the rest to back it all up.

• Recent (last 3 years) start-up experience and comfortable with that fast-paced culture and occasional late finish, potentially at short notice (as is the nature of how these businesses can be).

• Recent (last 3 years) experience in B2B SaaS design i.e. working on platforms.

• Expecting someone with around 10+ years experience for this one.

• Strong communication skills are also a given.

• You need to have been in some long term stints over the past few years – hiring manager is keen for someone with evidence of staying power to bed-in with them long term.

Please note: this has a 3 stage interview process which includes a (paid for) task.Sounds like a lot but all being well, you’ll have had a massive influence on the product and a chunk of change from your equity!We welcome diversityWe welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Our team includes parents, the self-taught, the university-educated, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds.Obviously, we’re looking to ensure it’s a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day for work.We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply to be part of life at Zebra People. We are committed to a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. We would be happy to meet any accommodation requests during the application or interview process, please just let us know.

Expected salary

£80000 – 90000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Mon, 12 May 2025 22:47:12 GMT

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