Lead Product Designer

ANNA

London, Hybrid

About ANNA Money

ANNA Money is more than just a mobile app and business account; we are dedicated to transforming the way UK freelancers, small businesses, and creatives manage their finances and administrative tasks. By merging cutting-edge AI technology with unparalleled customer service, ANNA Money simplifies your professional life so that you can focus on what truly matters—growing your business. With a robust team of approximately 150 professionals, we proudly serve over 100,000 customers who rely on ANNA for their banking and administrative needs.

Position Overview

We are looking for a Senior Product Designer who shares our vision for creating customer-centric solutions. As part of our design team, you will play a crucial role in designing experiences that resonate with our users while effectively solving their problems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product management, engineering, product analytics and data science teams to design effective and exceptional user experiences

  • Conduct user research and usability testing to gather insights that inform design decisions.

  • Translate customer insights and business requirements into conceptual ideas, interaction models, user flows, wireframes, prototypes and design specifications 

  • Design experiences with logic flows, high and low fidelity wireframes, conversation design, specifications and prototypes - to test key interactions and to enable handoff with development

  • Work in quick iterations, low and high fidelity - we’re looking for big thinking and small actions that make a big difference

  • Facilitate the team in the product design process using collaborative design approaches and workshops

  • Work with other Designers to maintain consistency and coherence across the whole product

  • Be data-aware, informed and driven - harness data to inform and validate your design solutions

  • Integrate user feedback to continually enhance and iterate on designs.

  • Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to inform design strategies.

  • Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration within the tea

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Requirements

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 5 years as a digital product designer in a product environment.

  • Highly skilled in Figma.

  • Experience of working with design systems.

  • Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.

  • Experience with responsive design and mobile-first approaches.

  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects through effective prioritization and communication skills.

  • Excellent visual design skills with a keen eye for aesthetics and details.

  • Strong portfolio showcasing your design process and project outcomes.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience in fintech or SaaS product design is a plus.

  • Experience of leading a team, including mentoring and responsibility for planning and prioritisation.

  • Basic understanding of frontend development.

  • Understanding of accessibility standards and best practices.

What we value

  • You’re passionate and empathetic - a positive, independent person, capable of building efficient team relationships, a doer, a helper, falling in love with problems, not solutions

  • A passion for technology and getting under the skin of complex environments like taxes

Benefits

  • Hybrid working

  • Private medical insurance

  • Perks that include Perkbox, the Cycle to Work scheme

  • Travel allowance of up to £1,000 every year

  • Continuous Learning allowance of up to £1,000 every year

  • Growth share options (10x growth in recent years)

  • An employee-driven salary review

  • Employee wellbeing, fitness and mental health support programmes