Mid-Weight Product Designer, Digital Designer

Summary

Join Laka, a fast-growing insurance company revolutionizing the cycling insurance industry, as a Mid-weight Product Designer. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our brand's digital presence, from product design to marketing campaigns. Working closely with product managers, tech leads, and creative teams, you will develop and refine our product's visual identity, ensuring a consistent and user-friendly experience across all platforms. This role requires several years of experience in UX/UI design and a passion for creating engaging digital experiences. Laka offers a remote-first, flexible work environment with a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, personal development allowance, and various wellness initiatives.

Requirements

• Having a few of years' experience of transforming complex user requirements into visually appealing and simple user experiences
• Having the relevant skillsets to create clever, engaging and eye-catching digital campaign designs
• Being structured and self-directed in how you approach your work
• Bringing smart ways of working into our workflows to empower others in Laka
• Having a strong empathy for cyclists (we can bring you up to speed with the latest bike tech)
• Having permission to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine our product’s visual identity across mobile and desktop
• Collaborate on building and maintaining our component library to ensure consistency across our digital products
• Transform user flows and prototypes into polished, high-fidelity UI designs with a focus on intuitive interaction and usability
• Work hand-in-hand with product managers and tech leads to align design decisions with user needs and technical capabilities
• Partner with creative and go-to-market teams to conceptualise and execute digital designs for creative campaigns across social media, email, and other channels, ensuring an integrated and seamless customer experience
• Incorporate user feedback and usability testing insights to continuously iterate and improve our digital experiences

Preferred Qualifications

Insurance experience

Benefits

• A remote-first, flexible working environment, built on trust and autonomy
• Share options - we wants everyone to have a stake in our success
• 33 days’ annual leave (inc bank holidays), plus mental health days
• ��200 contribution to your home working set up
• ��500 annual personal development allowance
• Retail discounts programme, provided through CharlieHR Perks at Work
• ��10 per month Laka credit - for all you bike enthusiasts
• Wellbeing and mental health support, via Spill
• Access to co-working office spaces, with fun social events, including paid-for weekly team lunches