Senior Product Designer | Edinburgh, UK

abrdn plc; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the department:

We are committed to a product operating model where teams are empowered, autonomous, and accountable, giving you the freedom to innovate and own solutions from concept to delivery.

Join a forward-thinking team at the heart of Aberdeen's Adviser business, where we lead the end-to-end design, discovery, and delivery of innovative digital products and services for Financial Advice firms.

If you are enthusiastic about delivering real impact, our focus on customer and business outcomes will give you the opportunity to make a tangible difference.

You will be part of a team that values collaboration, autonomy, and a growth mindset, helping us stay at the forefront of the market as we design digital experiences that supercharge advice firms to delight their clients.

About the role:

As a Product Designer you will create impactful, user-centred digital products for Financial Advice firms. Working for the Product Design Lead you will be involved in every step of the process from discovery to final design.

Your responsibilities will include collaborating with Product Managers, Analysts, Engineers and Testers designing products and client/user experiences, which places the needs and understanding of clients at the heart of everything we do making Aberdeen the best partner for Financial Advisers through seamless self-serve processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create unified end to end experiences conforming to the design standards including accessibility, guidelines, and best practices.
• Work with the Lead Designer to create user personas, user research and an A/B testing framework.
• Use usability data, conduct user research, usability testing and competitor analysis to gather insights for product improvements.
• Create wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes to visualise design concepts and bring them to life.
• Develop high-fidelity designs and UI components that align with brand guidelines and enhance user experience.
• Maintain and contribute to a design system to ensure a consistent experience across all products.
• Collaborate with Analysts, Engineers and Testers and provide clear design specifications to ensure seamless execution.
• Collaborate within the Design team to ensure sharing of knowledge, quality and consistency across all products, and brand consistency.
• Represent and advocate for the Design team at all levels of the business and maintain strong internal and external stakeholders.

About you:

• Experience as a product designer, UX design or UI designer ideally
• Strong portfolio showing user focussed design work from research to high fidelity designs.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch or Adobe XD or similar
• Understanding of design systems and accessibility standards.
• Enthusiastic about integrating user research and feedback into the design process.
• A collaborator, who enjoys working with cross-functional teams (Product, Analysis, and Engineering)
• Curious, adaptable, and always looking for ways to improve user experience.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits:

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business:

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.