Digital Product Designer

Role : Digital Product Designer

Contract: 18M FTC

Shift pattern: Full Time - 5 days in the Nottingham Office

Location: Nottingham - NG90

Closing date: 3rd October

Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Product Designer to join our growing User Experience (UX) team at Boots. As a Product Designer your role is necessary to researching and designing the best user experiences for future digital products and services at Boots.

You'll span the range of the user centered product design process, from initial research and concepts, right through to detailed designs and handover to the development team. You'll work closely with UX Leads, Product Managers, Scrum Teams, Digital Experience and Optimisation Teams to ensure successful communication of insights and designs.

Please provide a portfolio or sample of work with your application, that showcases your approach to design and problem solving.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, engineers, and other designers to define and execute the UX and product design strategy.

• Support our user research team in achieving their goals by providing design expertise and insights.

• Take ownership of the design process from start to finish; create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate and validate design concepts.

• Develop user flows, journey maps, and information architectures to guide the development of intuitive user experiences.

• Iterate on designs based on user feedback, partner input, and usability findings.

• Work closely with engineers to ensure the implementation of designs aligns with the intended user experience.

• Champion the user and ensure that the design is customer-centric; advocate for user-centered design principles and best practices throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Demonstrate proficiency in design systems and brand guidelines, ensuring consistency and alignment with our visual identity.

• Stay up to date with industry trends and latest design technologies to continuously improve our design process and output.

• Contribute to design critiques and peer reviews, offering constructive feedback and insights to fellow designers as well as approaching your peers to receive the same.

• Regular partner management and presenting your work to the wider team, including executive level.

What you'll need to have

• Bachelor's degree in design, HCI, Interaction Design, or a related field. Master's degree is a plus.

• 5+ years of professional experience in UX and product design, preferably in a B2C environment.

• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of UX design projects, including wireframes, prototypes, final designs and rationale.

• Proficient in tools such as Figma and Zeplin.

• Experience with user-centred design principles and methodologies.

• Experience with user research techniques, usability testing, and user behaviour analysis.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to changing project requirements.

• Proactive, self-motivated, collaborative, and curious to learn.

• Ability to regularly present and manage partner with confidence.

• Knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, etc.) is a plus.

• Experience working with ecommerce/retailers is also a benefical

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.

• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.