Senior Product Designer

London, England, United Kingdom

1/13/2025

Description

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THE ROLE.
Reporting to the Head of Product Design, the Senior Product Designer plays a key role in the production design team. Responsible for contributing to the design effort for your product team, your role is to translate real world client requirements into insightful, effective and user focused design specifications to ensure that the product management team's vision is realised.

As part of our hybrid working policy, you will be working twice a week in our office.  ● Degree in User Experience Design or a related field.
● 3+ years design experience in the technology sector or experience in the VFX industry.
● A strong design portfolio displaying interaction design and visual design skills.
● Advanced working knowledge of design tools e.g. Figma, Illustrator and Sketch.
● Good practical knowledge of compositing and VFX.
● Advanced knowledge of relevant Foundry Products
● Knowledge of similar products e.g After Effects, Fusion or Resolve is desirable.
● Specialist skills and knowledge in at least one area of Product Design (UX/UI/Research)
● Ability to clearly communicate design ideas and rationale.
● Must be organised and have an eye for detail.
● Ability to prioritise & manage work to critical project timelines.
● Familiarity with project management tools e.g. TargetProcess or Jira.
● Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.
● Ability to work independently & collaboratively.
● Self-confident, flexible & able to find clarity in ambiguous situations. ● Designs, creates and manages a number of workflows for Foundry products and their features.
● Brings multiple user stories together to create a coherent 'user voice', resolving conflicting inputs and competing priorities for their product area/product
● Owns UX/UI design for key areas or whole products.
● Conducts research for their feature areas and uses it to inform future design needs.
● Mentors and develops others in user-centred design and usability.
● Maintains a collection of useful articles, sites and tools that he/she has collected.
● Works across different product teams to build on their ideas and where appropriate, adjust designs as technical and workflow constraints arise.
● Crafts an external perception of the company and its products, based on research, and leads others to execute the vision appropriately.
● Runs regular design critiques with fellow product designers to receive and provide feedback on work currently in progress.
● Becomes a subject matter expert and one of the key points of contact for features sets, Foundry Products and Product Design practices.
● Manages their own time and projects effectively.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

• Pension scheme & life assurance

• Health cash plan & medical insurance

• Season ticket loan

• Company’s social events

• Gym Discounts

• Personal Annual Development Time

• Passion Days

• Anniversary Day off



THE COMPANY.

Foundry has a heritage of more than 25 years, developing creative software for the Media and Entertainment industry. Its portfolio of award-winning products solves complex visualization challenges to turn incredible ideas into reality. 

Working with creative leaders around the globe, Foundry products are used to create breathtaking visual effects and animation and have been integral in the making of every VFX Academy Award-winning film for the past decade.

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