Nourish Care - Product Designer (FTC for 6 months)

Product Designer is needed in Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

Client: Nourish Care

Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Contract: Contractor, Contractor

Job Description

Please note: this is a fixed term contract role for 6 months, on a part-time basis (3 days a week).

As a current market leader, Nourish Care provides a digital solution to the health and social care sector which enhances the process of recording, analysing, and sharing of information. We continue to revolutionise the care sector, and our incredible employees are what make this possible.

As a Product Designer at Nourish, you’ll be advocating for our end users through practical design thinking ideally framed around the Lean UX methodology, collaborating closely with your counterparts in Product and Engineering to create and enhance user-centric products. You will be responsible for designing intuitive, accessible, and engaging user experiences, ensuring that our products not only meet user needs but also provide a delightful experience.

The Product Design team at Nourish celebrates a balance of design thinking, research acumen, information architecture, and technical knowledge to create products that are usable – functional, simple, and intuitive - at scale.

Role & Responsibilities

You’ll join the Product Design team as someone who:

• User Research: Conducts user research to understand user needs, behaviours, and pain points. Utilises methods such as interviews, surveys, usability testing, and analyses insights to form actionable takeaways.
• Design and Prototyping: Creates wireframes, user flows, and other design assets to effectively communicate design ideas. Develops high-fidelity prototypes and collaborates with Product Manager and Lead Developer to ensure feasibility and value of design solutions.
• User Testing: Plans and conducts usability testing sessions to gather feedback on design prototypes. Analyses user feedback and metrics to iterate on and improve the design. Presents findings and suggestions to both commercial and technical stakeholders.
• Collaboration and Communication: Works closely with Product Managers to align on user needs, product goals, and business objectives. Partners with Lead Developers to ensure the design is implemented accurately and effectively. Facilitates design discussions and workshops.
• Documentation: Documents design processes, decisions, and guidelines to ensure continuity and clarity. Creates relevant design specifications and handoff documents for development.

Requirements

Ideally, you will have 4+ years of proven experience in a UX Product Design role, preferably within a collaborative, cross-functional team structure in a SaaS B2B environment.

In addition, we are looking for:

• Sub-Disciplines: Experience across more than one sub-discipline of interaction design, information architecture, research, UI, or visual design is highly desirable.
• Design Tool Fluency: Proficiency in Figma; other design tool experience is a bonus.
• Design Principles: Strong foundation in user-centred design principles and knowledge of accessibility standards and guidelines (e.g., WCAG). Comprehensive experience of designing for both web and mobile applications delivering a unified user journey.
• Research Methodologies: Skilled in various user research methods (e.g., interviews, surveys, usability testing) with the ability to analyse data and translate findings into actionable design improvements.
• Agile Methodologies: Embraces an iterative process for continuous improvement in design development and is experienced in Agile/Scrum frameworks, adapting to evolving project needs.

Nourish Benefits

• 25 Days paid leave, plus public holidays
• Additional incremental leave for length of service up to 5 days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Group Life Assurance
• Dental Cover
• Optical Cover
• Enhanced Maternity leave
• Pension Contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Birthday Day off
• And many more…

Additional Information

All positions at Nourish are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references, and receipt of the appropriate Right to Work documents. Nourish is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, actively seeking and embracing differences in thinking, experience, ethnicity, age, gender, faith, personalities, and styles. The different skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees bring to their roles create a diverse workforce and make Nourish a special place to work.