Senior Product Designer | Leading Bank in the UAE
We are seeking a Senior Product Designer for our client, a leading bank in the UAE, to join their Digital Office. If you’re passionate about creating user-centric designs and exceptional digital experiences, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact in the banking industry.
Role Overview:
As a Senior Product Designer, you will be at the forefront of designing digital experiences that resonate with users. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to craft seamless user flows, design concepts, and visual components, ensuring alignment with best practices and brand principles.
Key Responsibilities:
Creative Leadership:
- Lead the creative execution of products, driving the overall look and feel.
- Ensure designs align with the organizational vision and brand identity.
Product Design:
- Develop wireframes, prototypes, and digital experiences using design best practices.
- Collaborate with designers, researchers, and engineers in an Agile environment.
- Conduct workshops with stakeholders for requirements gathering and refinement.
Planning & Assessment:
- Estimate design efforts and plan user experience workstreams.
- Conduct user testing (e.g., card sorting, tree testing) to refine digital experiences.
- Assess existing digital interfaces for UX consistency, information architecture, and navigation effectiveness.
Collaboration & Communication:
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including front-end engineers and product owners.
- Provide and incorporate feedback to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Articulate design decisions to stakeholders and adapt based on constructive feedback.
Education
- Holding a degree in Graphic design, interactive media design or similar
- Graduate degree a plus MSc/MA will be considered an asset
- Design Thinking, Creative outputs and experience of industry standard software & Prototyping tools
- Foundation of hands-on, applicable experience, in UX/UI or any other related domains
Experiences (Years & Type)
- 8+ years of experience in a related field
- Experience in the Banking or Financial industry is considered as an asset
- Experience in the GCC region is considered as an asset
Knowledge & Skills
- Human Centered Design Practises
- Designing for Native app UI
- Designing for web
Behavioral Competencies
- A design thinker that is comfortable with vagueness and unknowns
- A collaborator and co-creator with others
- An innovation thinker with abilities to challenge
- Understands, appreciates and lives User experience & information architecture as a craft
- Self-motivated and open to feedback, experimentation & learning.
- Passionate about analyzing problems & designing solutions
- A curious observer that is able to identify patterns and meaning through design, solutions, and insights