Product Designer (Junior)

Purpose of the role

Junior designers focus exclusively on detailed design work; operating alongside the team's current development effrts (under experienced direction) to execute on the form and function of a given solution.

About the role

A product designer who is new to their career or has some experience but is new to Redgate.

Typically focused on developing their fundamental product design skills. Capable of delivering smaller pieces of work, completing well-defined tasks, working solo or as part of a pair or mob.

Skills

Leadership

• None

Mentorship

• None

Role-Specific

• Experienced with applying principles of good UI/visual (layout, colour, hierarchy, type etc.); with the ability to work with little/no supervision when designing user interfaces.
• Experienced with using common interface controls, interaction patterns, paradigms and workflows; with the ability to work with little/no supervision to prototype and communicate their ideas.
• Limited direct experience of planning, running and anlysing the feedback from evaluative research sessions, to test/validate ideas or optimise a given solution; still requiring regular support and supervision.
• Theoretical knowledge only of planning, conducting and analysing strategic research activities, necessary to discover, understand and define the scope and nature of customers' problems; requiring ongoing direction and supervision.
• maintaining an acceptable level of design quality during development.

Communication

• Shares their design work with immediate design and engineering peers for review and regular feedback.
• Able to provide ad-hoc guidance to immediate peers on basic design principles/best practice.
• they are able to explain their reasoning and provide regular updates on progress and learning.

Emotional Intelligence

• Displays empathy towards colleagues.
• Gives unprompted positive feedback to a colleague.
• Checks in with colleagues who are struggling.

Delivery

• Follows the standard process with regular guidance/support, taking opportunities to practice associated methods and regularly pairing with more experience designers to co-facilitate.

Business Knowledge

• Has a rudimentary understanding of the current strategy and objectives of the team; taking direction from an experienced designer on how best to aligns their design effort.
• Demonstrates a basic level of understanding of customers, their needs and how a given product will deliver value; ensuring they validate their ideas early and often with users.