Product Designer - 6 Month Contract
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Product Designer Banking Transformation (On-site Abu Dhabi)
6 Month Contract
At Horizontal Digital we hold ourselves to one key belief: Youre only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites apps portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy data design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.
We use these values to fuel superior results:
Lock arms
We forge relationships that make our impact 1000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good.
Show hustle
Were not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead we anticipate opportunities collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional.
Embrace change
From new technologies to workplace philosophies we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate whats next.
Elevate empathy
We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability.
Never settle
We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger more inspiring ideas.
But enough about us. Lets talk about you.
Were looking for a highly capable Product Designer to join our team seconded to a leading bank in Abu Dhabi for a large-scale transformation project. Youll be working at the heart of a major revamp of a mobile banking app serving over 2 million customers embedded in a large-scale agile delivery program.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can confidently move from understanding user context through UX problem-solving to pixel-perfect UI delivery operating within and improving an established design system. Youll be collaborating closely with product managers developers testers and stakeholders contributing to the full agile sprint lifecycle.
What youll do:
- End-to-end design ownership: represent design across the entire agile delivery cycle from discovery to release.
- User-centered thinking: translate customer needs and business goals into intuitive journeys flows and screens.
- Design system mastery: confidently design within an established system extend it where necessary and ensure consistency across all outputs.
- Rapid prototyping & iteration: use wireframes prototypes and high-fidelity designs to test learn and refine quickly.
- Sprint contribution: participate in sprint planning design and code reviews defining acceptance criteria and reducing defects before production.
- Collaboration: work side-by-side with developers testers and product owners to bring designs to life and maintain quality.
- Quality definition: help establish and uphold definitions of done design qa standards and accessibility considerations.
- Data & feedback: leverage analytics usability testing and stakeholder feedback to inform and improve designs
What you bring:
- Experience: 35 years in product design ideally with experience in**financial services** or other regulated industries.
- Skills mix: Strong blend of UX (user journeys information architecture usability) and UI (visual design layout interaction patterns).
- Delivery focus: Proven ability to deliver high-quality design work at speed in agile environments.
- Tool proficiency: Skilled in modern design tools (Figma Sketch Miro InVision Zeplin Adobe Creative Suite) and familiar with prototyping tools.
- Design system expertise: Experience creating and managing components and patterns at scale.
- Agile literacy: Able to work effectively in cross-functional squads contributing to ceremonies and aligning with sprint goals.
- Portfolio: Strong body of work showing both process and outcomes with examples of mobile app projects.
- Communication: Clear confident communicator able to explain design decisions and gain buy-in.
The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Employment Type
Contract
