We’re looking for a Product Designer (UX/UI) to join our team to help deliver engaging digital experiences for our customers.
About Yoto
Yoto is a screen-free interactive audio platform for kids. We make carefully connected audio players that kids control, with no microphones, cameras or ads. We have a catalogue of audio that inspires creative play and learning with 1,000+ titles in our card store from top creators, publishers and labels - think Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music. We also create Yoto Originals like this one.
- Voted the 14th fastest-growing private software technology company in Britain, in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025.
- Featured in Bloomberg’s 25 UK startups to watch in 2023.
- Ranked 9th in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2024; and featured in the Sifted 100 fastest-growing startups across the UK&I by revenue growth.
- Second fastest growing tech company in the UK, in Deloitte Fast50 2023.
- Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Inventions of 2020.
- We’re 170+ employees spread across the UK, US and France and growing!
We’re on a mission to be the soundtrack of childhood, and help families on their own unique adventures. By creating products that inspire independent play, we help families discover and grow with an inspiring world of audio - and we would like you to help us achieve it!
Yoto’s Design Team
We're a small but mighty, cross-functional product design team, crafting beautiful, engaging experiences for our customers. We encourage everyone to share their thoughts and foster healthy collaboration. Egos take a backseat and everyone pitches in to help each other succeed.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Craft seamless, user-centric experiences on our websites, to drive acquisition, conversion and engagement.
- Use customer interviews, research, testing and data analysis to help understand the customers and validate design decisions.
- Utilise continuous discovery to ensure your designs are up to date with evolving customer needs and business goals.
- Work closely with product managers, engineers, ecommerce, marketing, content and other stakeholders.
- Be a design system champion - ensure a seamless, consistent user experience across the customer journey by adhering to and improving our design system.
- Present designs, test results, and insights clearly to stakeholders, advocating for the customer.
What You’ll Bring
- 4+ years of product design (UX/UI) experience, with 2+ years working on an ecommerce product.
- Experience in visual/UI design.
- Proficiency in Figma.
- Experience using and maintaining design systems.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Understanding of interaction design principles.
- Understanding of ecommerce principles.
- Understanding of business metrics and the ability to translate company goals and objectives into digital experiences.
- Nice to have: Shopify experience.
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 based on experience
What You Can Expect From Yoto
- Flexibility: Hybrid working with a choice based approach - we would love you to come into the office as much as possible, with a minimum of once or twice a month, ideally once a week. Take advantage of our ‘work from anywhere’ policy to work from a different location for up to 6 weeks every year. Summer Hours policy to use between the months of June and August.
- Financial: Generous share option programme so you’ll be invested in Yoto’s success. Receive Income Protection, covering long term sickness for up to 2 years and company sick pay that increases with length of service. Life Assurance cover from day one of your service. Workplace Pension offering up to 3% employer contributions, following probation. Generous employee referral bonus scheme.
- Health & Wellness: Private Medical Insurance via Aviva, or a Wellbeing Allowance to be used for memberships, subscriptions, treatment or therapy. Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) through WeCare and unlimited access to Dental advice and guidance via Toothfairy. Bike to work scheme to promote healthier lifestyles.
- Time Off: 25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays. On top of this, you also receive your birthday off, plus 1 extra day of holiday for every year worked after you hit your 2 year anniversary, up to 5 extra days. After 4 years of service, you are also eligible for our sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months' of unpaid sabbatical.
- Helping Families: Variety of family-friendly leave, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave. Unlock savings with our workplace nursery scheme, designed to support parents of preschool-aged children.
- People & Planet: Up to 2 volunteer days a year. A Book Allowance of up to £50 a year to contribute to your professional development.
- Fun Perks: You receive your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards! Regular company socials and celebrations, including our annual YotoFest!
Equity and Diversity
At Yoto, we love creating a world where childhood is rich with discovery and joy. We’re also passionate about building a workplace where everyone can thrive - both professionally and personally. We value flexibility and give our team the freedom to balance life and work in ways that suit them.
We're committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background, feel valued and supported. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group holds bi-monthly forums to elevate diverse voices and perspectives, ensuring everyone at Yoto feels heard, respected, and appreciated.
We don’t just embrace differences - we celebrate them. We share audio content from a vibrant and diverse community of creators (check out our DEI selection), and we are building a team that reflects that same diversity. We invite candidates from all walks of life to explore opportunities with us and join a company that champions flexibility, equity, and inclusion. Take a look at our website for more information on our approach to People and Planet.
Please only apply or engage with Yoto jobs posted on our careers page (careers.yotoplay.com or careers.yotoplay.com/en). All correspondence from our Talent team will only come through Teamtailor, our application tracking system.