Product designer defining future of enterprise AI at WRITER. Collaborating across teams to enhance product design and user experience while driving product strategy.
About the role
- Lead Product Designer focusing on native app experiences at Rightmove. Collaborating with diverse teams to define and execute design strategies for iOS and Android applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and mentor a team of five Product Designers focused on our native apps
- Own the end-to-end design vision for the Rightmove app experience across iOS and Android
- Define and communicate a long-term direction for our apps that aligns with product strategy and influences roadmaps
- Collaborate closely with Design, Product, Engineering, and Commercial to shape the experience across Search, Move, and Home
- Remain hands-on where valuable – exploring ideas, validating assumptions, and setting standards for design craft
- Ensure consistent, scalable patterns across platforms and support the evolution of the design system
- Drive improvements to the native app experience, raising quality, performance, and adoption of reusable patterns
- Report to and work closely with the Head of Experience Design
- Partner with the Head of Product, Engineering leadership, User Research, and other Lead Product Designers to make strategic decisions and shape the roadmap
- Lead discovery and generative research, using insights and data to understand user needs and drive decision-making
- Maintain a holistic, insight-driven view of the experience across core journeys
- Shape user journeys and app flows, creating concepts that clarify direction and drive alignment
- Raise design quality across UX, visual, content, and interaction design
- Champion inclusive and accessible design practices, ensuring standards are upheld
- Contribute to design system decisions and adoption across teams
- Represent XD within Rightmove and stay engaged with best practice and industry trends
- Support team hiring and recruitment when needed
Requirements
- Experience designing and shipping native app experiences for complex products
- Experience managing and developing Product Designers with clarity, coaching, and support
- Curiosity and creativity in exploring new technologies and approaches, including the responsible use of AI in design
- Strong understanding of iOS and Android patterns, design languages, technical constraints and platform behaviours
- Ability to influence design direction through insights, evidence, and rapid conceptual thinking
- Leadership skills in recruitment and onboarding, providing clear direction and continuous feedback
- Excellent collaboration, effective communication and storytelling skills with leadership, stakeholders and peers, building trust and nurturing strong relationships
- A passion for continuous learning and development, with a proactive approach to enhance ways of working and collaboration, contributing to design operations for XD
- A strong grasp of design systems, interaction patterns and scalable frameworks
- Strategic thinking with commercial awareness, and experience balancing business goals with user value
- A proactive approach to evolving ways of working and improving cross-team delivery and collaboration
Benefits
- Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension and Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Plan
- 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
- Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in office
- Contributory stakeholder pension
- Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life
- Competitive compensation package
- Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility
- Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan
- Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching
- Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more
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