Product Designer

Depop’s mission is to inspire people to find things they love and we champion passion and creativity in everything we do. Through our mobile apps and website we are building a company that helps people to share and discover amazing items, build relationships and create communities. The focus of the Product Team is to achieve this mission through elegant and useful products that change people’s lives. We are a small and dedicated team of passionate people concerned with delivering value to our users and building Depop into a truly impactful company.As a Product Designer, you will be involved in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming the next great product innovation to tweaking designs before launch. Reporting to our Lead Product Designer you will be expected to use your full range of product design, interaction design, and visual design skills to create delightful user experiences.SkillsTeam Player, Software Development, GitHub, Collaborative, Agile Methodologies, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, AWS, Heroku, Scala, RabbitMQ, cassandra, Docker, Python Developer, Celery, Python EngineerSectorsTechnologyQuestionsThis position is based in London, UK. Are you in a position to relocate to London for this role? , Do you have the right to work in the UK?About The RoleThis is a key role in a crucial team. You will be responsible for driving the product forward and ensuring we constantly deliver quality.Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into something useful and valuable for our users.Collaborate with the Product Managers and Technical Leads to design flows and experiences that are incredibly simple and elegantPartner with Product Managers, engineers and researchers to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch and then onwards...Participate in user research sessions to understand the motivations of users and user that insight to design better experiencesProduce sketches and prototypes of potential features to help understand the complexity or impact of a given idea.Help the Product Managers synthesise the user journey into development-ready epics, user stories and high-level acceptance criteria.Translate the user stories into designs and user interfaces ready to be implemented by the development team.Work closely with the development team to articulate your design vision and explain the reasoning behind design decisions.Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the product and executive teamsGive and solicit feedback from the rest of the team in order to continually raise our bar for qualityRequirementsYou possess excellent communication skills (you should be able to clearly articulate your design decisions)The ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (not just 'how it should look' but 'what we should build')Be familiar with agile methods and ways of working, and foster a collaborative product mindset in the teamExperience in building and shipping mobile applications or web softwareExperience with Application Design, Visual Design, and Interaction DesignA PASSION for design and technologyKnowledge of native app development process is desirableAble to work to tight deadlines and prioritise requirements appropriatelyMust have a portfolio featuring examples of interaction design workBenefitsAutonomy and responsibility from the outsetGreat offices near Old StreetWorking with a well-funded, amazing and very friendly teamCompetitive salary with share options25 days paid holidaysApple discountBe part of our “rocketship” where you will make a difference and your voice will be heardFully stocked snack cupboard, drinks fridge and fresh fruit.Overload on healthy and sugary treats on Wonderful Wednesday.Engineering at DepopDepop is the place where engineering gets thrown right into one of the most creative teams in London. We deliver all things technical to support the fast-growing Depop community and are always on the lookout for interesting ways to solve problems. The team is arranged into cross-functional feature teams complete with Android, iOS, Web and Backend engineers alongside Product Owners and Designers to approach all projects together, ensuring we deliver the best from every point of view. We strongly believe in agile methodologies, so you’ll find the usual suspects here - daily standups, kanban boards, delivery planning etc. Depop gives engineers the environment to really integrate into all aspects of a fast-paced startup and have lots of fun doing so!Our Tech StackDepop started out as an iOS app backed by a Django app, but has grown over the years to include an Android app, a website and an array of backend systems and infrastructure. New technologies are introduced according to what projects we are working on, and our approach means we have a varied and interesting tech stack to work with. Although Depop engineers usually have a specialism, we tend to get involved across the board so everyone gets the chance to learn and try new things.Equality StatementWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.