Front Office Product Designer Job at Barclays (London)

Job Description

Join us as a Front Office Product Designer at Barclays, where you'll be embarking on an aspiring programme to modernise and build a new Trading & Sales platform. We are looking for an eager Product Designer (UX/UI) who has had experience of designing highly detailed, data-driven UI applications. Key to the success of the projects will be designing the applications to reflect the users’ workflows and interactions and so any experience to the finance industry is a plus. You should be comfortable working directly with users on the trading desk and quickly grasping business requirements and concepts. A key requirement is producing high-fidelity visual designs for handover to development and so considerable Figma skills are required.

Job Responsibility

Conceptualisation, design and implementation of user-centric digital banking products and experiences, ensuring alignment with customer needs, industry best practices and business objectives. Monitoring impact of design post launch through relevant CX metrics
Collaboration with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, business analysts to translate business requirements into compelling user experiences. Efficiently communicate design rationale and advocate for user-centred design principles. Advocate and champion Design Principles within the organisation
Development of interactive prototypes and wireframes to visualise design concepts and validate solutions. Iterate designs based on feedback, incorporating changing technical and business requirements and user feedback
Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product. Securing governance oversite and providing design assurance
User research, usability testing and data analysis to gather insights in user behaviour, preferences and pain points. Utilise findings to inform design decisions and enhance the over user experience and translate these into commercial and customer outcomes
Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies and design tools within the fintech and banking industry. Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in product design processes, tools and methodologies

Requirements

A portfolio of work that can be presented, demonstrating extensive experience in designing multi-faceted business applications
An ability to interact directly with front office users and product owners and can turn their requirements into product designs
An ability to present designs confidently to senior managers and stakeholders
Considerable Figma UI design skills (components, auto-layout, and so forth)

Nice to have

Experience of working with large datasets and/or data visualisation
Experience of establishing and working with design systems and design tokens
Good understanding of how designs are implemented in code and handed over to developers
Experience to the finance industry

What we offer

Competitive holiday allowance
Life assurance
Private medical care
Pension contribution

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