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Junior Product Designer - 12 Month FTC.

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UKs leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industrys best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UKs second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Role

This is a role for a curious, motivated designer at the start of their career. Youll work alongside experienced designers and cross-functional teams — contributing to real product work from day one, while developing your skills across the full design process. Youll be supported to grow quickly. In return, were looking for someone who takes ownership of their development, seeks feedback actively, and brings a genuine interest in how design creates value for customers and businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to discovery and user research sessions — participating in interviews, usability tests, and synthesis activities alongside more senior designers.
• Apply design principles and visual identity guidelines to produce clear, usable outputs including user flows, wireframes, and interface designs.
• Support customer journey mapping exercises, helping to identify gaps and inconsistencies in user experiences.
• Participate in backlog refinement, helping to clarify requirements and understand how design decisions connect to user needs and business goals.
• Begin to understand how insights inform product decisions — contributing to documentation and shared team understanding.
• Take part in design critiques, workshops, and team discussions — sharing your perspective and iterating based on feedback from peers and stakeholders.
• Learn to balance feasibility, usability, and value when contributing to solution design.

About the Candidate

• A design degree or equivalent — were open to candidates who are completing or have recently completed their studies.
• A portfolio or body of work that shows how you think, not just what youve made. We want to understand your process.
• Foundational skills in Figma or a similar design tool, with a willingness to develop these quickly on the job.
• An understanding of accessibility principles and why they matter — you dont need to have mastered them yet.
• Someone who communicates clearly, asks good questions, and is comfortable working across teams.
• Curious and self-directed — you seek feedback, reflect on your own growth, and take ownership of your development.
• A collaborative team member who contributes to a positive, inclusive working environment.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

Theres more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients changing needs.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, wed like to hear from you. At Aberdeen weve adopted a ‘blended working approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and well be happy to help. Were committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.