Product Designer

Product Designer

Job Type:      Permanent

Location:       London (Hybrid)

Salary:           Competitive salary +Great Benefits

Consultant:   Mags Rendle  

Great career potential opportunity!

The Organisation

TDRC are excited to be with one of the UK’s leading financial advice and wealth management firms dedicated to making financial planning and advice radically easier and clearer.

Last year, they launched an MVP of a digital account for their clients/investors and a new portal for their financial advisers. Since then, they’ve built an in-house software development team to expand their digital offering.

Established in 2004 they have grown rapidly through bringing smaller IFA firms into the fold to become a stronger and larger firm. Through their robust infrastructure, cutting edge technology, and exceptional support, they are  delivering an excellent and reliable service to their continuously expanding client base. With 22,000 core clients in a highly regulated industry, they are proud to be providing them with the utmost level of quality and security in everything they do.

This is your opportunity to be an integral part of their continuous improvement and growth in this new role.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a curious and enthusiastic Product Designer to take their investor accountand adviser portal to the next level.

The team currently includes a Product Manager, Head of IT (also Technical Lead), three Front-End Developers, two Back-End/Full-Stack Developers, and one Test Engineer.

They’re now looking for a permanent Product Designer to help us craft high-quality digital experiences for both clients and advisers.

You are

• User-focused – You deeply empathise with users, observing their behaviour, listening to their needs, and designing experiences that solve real problems.

• Collaborative – You enjoy working closely with Product Managers and Developers, discussing user problems and brainstorming solutions.

• Independent & Adaptable – As their first permanent designer, you can work autonomously while receiving feedback, mentoring and support from the Product Manager and Technical Lead.

• A Continuous Learner – You believe that products (and designers) are never finished and constantly look for ways to improve your work and your skills.

• Pragmatic   –  You aim for high-quality design but balance speed and perfection, delivering at speed and iterating based on user usage and feedback.

• Data-Informed  –  Not Data-Paralysed – You use insights to guide your decisions but don’t wait for 100% certainty before taking action.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design process – from research and ideation to wireframing, prototyping, UI design, and developer hand-off.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager to turn business objectives and user needs into compelling design solutions.
• Conduct or co-lead user research (e.g., user interviews, usability testing, contextual inquiries, analytics reviews) to identify problems and opportunities.
• Create wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts to the team, stakeholders, and users.
• Work closely with developers to ensure technical feasibility and assist during implementation.
• Maintain and contribute to a design system for consistency across products.
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and UX best practices to continuously refine our design approach.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in Product or UX design.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, etc.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating user-centric design projects—more than just beautiful UIs, we want to see how you solve user problems.
• Independent & adaptable – While the team has UX experience, you’ll be the only dedicated designer, so you must be comfortable owning your craft.
• Great communicator: skills both verbal and written, willingness to speak directly to our stakeholders including clients and financial advisers. 
• Some user research experience (or a strong willingness to learn) – e.g., usability testing, interviews, contextual observation, but also analytics and user recording tools, such as Hotjar, Google Analytics, Heap, etc.
• Comfortable working with developers – You understand front-end development principles and constraints (basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, or React is a bonus).
• Experience designing (preferably financial) data visualisations and data-based digital products including dashboards, charts, reports.
• Experience working in financial services or FinTech would be a bonus (personal finance, wealth management, etc.)
• Experience using FinTech and WealthTech products would also be advantageous, but not essential
• Experience or understanding of accessible design principles and the ability to follow accessibility guidelines, such as those outlined in the Equality Act. You should be mindful of considerations for users with disabilities, including colour blindness and reading difficulties, and strive to meet AAA Compliance standards for high accessibility.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting time for this progressive company as they undergo a digital transformation. You’ll Experience for thousands of clients and advisers.

You’ll have full ownership – As their first permanent designer, you’ll shape their entire digital experience of our client account and adviser portal.

Your work will have real impact – Your designs will directly influence how thousands of people interact with our digital products.

You will be part of a fun and talented team – While you’ll be our only designer, you’ll collaborate daily with an enthusiastic and collaborative team of Product Managers and Developers.

Flexible & remote-friendly – You will be able to work remotely when you need to focus and get stuff done as well as in person at our London office for collaborative activities, user research, and design testing/feedback sessions.

Competitive salary & great benefits – Including a generous pension, life insurance, and perks of working in financial services.

Benefits

This is an impressive business offering a supportive work environment with opportunities for both personal and professional development.

Some of the benefits:

• Holiday purchase scheme - 5 days and carry over 5 days into the following year
• 3-4 days over Christmas – offices close
• A day to celebrate your birthday, A day to move house, A day for your wedding
• A day to make a difference (volunteering day) Give blood (2 hours)
• Pension–7% employer / 5% employee contribution
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI) –MHD with optical & dental cover(no upper age limit)
• Group Income Protection (GIP) –75% of salary (to state pension age)
• Death in Service (DIS) –4 x salary (to age 70)
• Critical Illness Cover (CIC) -£10k cover (to age 70)
• Bonus scheme
• Professional qualifications, study, training and development

There are many more benefits – Get in touch to find out more about their benefit package, the organisation, and this career opportunity.

Apply below And Mags will be in touch to discuss the role further.

The Digital Recruitment Company is an Employment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies.

To apply for this role please contact us at:

Mags Rendle

0203 640 2133

mags@digitalrecruitmentcompany.com

www.digitalrecruitmentcompany.com