Lead Product Designer

Summary

Join Save My Exams, a rapidly growing EdTech company, as their ambitious Lead Product Designer. You will play a key strategic and delivery role, raising the bar for customer-centric design and research. As a hands-on designer, you will lead and inspire the growing design team, setting design best practices. You will collaborate with various teams to lead projects across the product lifecycle and multiple product launches. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a profitable EdTech business at a key inflection point and make a real difference in the lives of students and teachers. The position requires significant experience in product design and leadership, and offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• 6+ years experience working as an end-to-end Product Designer ideally as part of a product trio alongside a Product Manager and Engineering Manager
• 2+ years experience managing and/or mentoring other designers
• Experienced in gathering customer insights; both qualitative and quantitative
• Strong understanding of both user experience & visual design best practices
• In-depth knowledge of design & prototyping tools
• A commercial mindset that combines achieving critical business outcomes with creating an exceptional user experience
• Motivated by being a key stakeholder in a small but rapidly growing business, with full ownership of the design process

Responsibilities

• Lead & grow the design function within Save My Exams i.e. people, product & processes
• Contribute strategic thinking to the overall product vision and long term roadmap
• Foster culture and togetherness through the product organisation for a happy and productive environment
• Deeply understanding our users through continuous gathering of customer insights through qualitative & quantitative analysis
• Own the problem space with an unwavering focus on high-impact outcomes
• Manage the full design cycle from creating initial prototypes to producing best-in-class UX and UI designs
• Use customer feedback to quickly iterate on prototypes and come up with the best solution
• Ensure that the final designs are responsive, on-brand, and deliver an exceptional experience for our users while driving business outcomes
• Own the design system and work collaboratively with engineering to ensure quality, accessible, scalable designs
• Providing guidance and leadership across product and marketing for consistent messaging and positioning

Preferred Qualifications

• Scale-up background, working for a fast-growing B2C brand in the education space
• Experience with subscription-based products

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary of £83,000 - £95,000 depending on experience & skills
• 36 days of annual leave, this includes the UK bank holidays but you can take them whenever suits you
• A 4-week paid sabbatical for every 3 years you work with Save My Exams
• In addition to your salary, we also offer Share Options, so everyone can benefit from our success
• Bonus scheme
• Private medical & life insurance
• ��500 annual learning & development budget
• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
• Pension contribution
• Equipment budget for equipment you might need to do your job brilliantly
• Flexible working hours: We don’t expect (or want) you to spend every waking hour at work. Our general working hours are 9-6pm, however we have a company-wide principle around Core Hours, which is 10-4pm and you can work at times that suit you and your team
• Remote working: we’re UK-based, and you’re free to work remotely or join us in our London office. For this role, we’d love someone who can regularly join us in London for in-person collaborative sessions
• A people-first culture - we’re driven to work hard but we also have fun, with weekly virtual fitness classes and whole company coffee coolers, as well as bi-annual get-togethers in person