Graphite Digital are hiring a
Senior Product Designer
Who we are
We’re a dedicated Health and Pharma digital experience agency, collaborating with organisations around the world to create digital solutions that are truly aligned to their audience needs. Our services fall under three core pillars: strategy, user research and design.
In joining Graphite, you’ll become part of a creative and diverse team that genuinely cares — about our people, our customers, and the patients and healthcare practitioners that are impacted by the work that we do.
Through collaborative working and a commitment to continuously improving and developing our people and processes, we are able to make a measurable difference to people’s health and wellbeing through creating exceptional digital experiences.
We’re headquartered in Brighton, with our teams working hybrid and remotely across the UK. The ideal candidate should be within 2 hours commutable distance to our Brighton office.
The role
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead the design direction on key projects, demonstrating expertise in user-centred, outcome-focused design. You will be responsible for shaping the future of our client’s products and services by solving complex problems that balance user needs, business goals, and regulatory requirements.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including researchers, Graphite partners or client development teams & stakeholders, to deliver high-quality solutions informed by data and insights. You’ll contribute to the growth of the design team by mentoring mid-level designers, refining processes, and helping to maintain and scale our design systems. As a senior team member, you will also play a role in shaping the strategy and operations of your squad.
Your responsibilities
- Strategic Thinking: Shape the vision for key products and services, aligning design decisions with long-term business objectives and user needs.
- Design Leadership: Own the end-to-end design process, contributing to design systems and delivering impactful, high-quality solutions.
- Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, lead workshops, and present your work effectively to clients and stakeholders.
- Mentorship and Team Development: Support the growth of mid-level designers and advocate for best practices across the squad.
- Process and Workflow Optimisation: Identify and implement improvements to team workflows and contribute to the evolution of design operations.
Skills required
- Strategic Thinking: Deep understanding of product strategy, user needs, and industry trends, with the ability to inform long-term product roadmaps.
- Design Expertise: Extensive experience in UX, information architecture, and interaction design, with strong skills in prototyping and iterative development.
- Workshop Facilitation: Proven ability to lead workshops and brainstorming sessions, tailoring approaches to business needs and desired outcomes.
- Collaboration and Communication: Demonstrated ability to present work clearly, persuasively, and with confidence to senior stakeholders.
- Process and Systems Thinking: Experience maintaining and contributing to design systems and optimising design workflows.
- Figma Proficiency: Advanced skills in Figma, including design system components, responsive design, and prototyping.
- Creative Portfolio: A strong portfolio showcasing a range of creative design work, highlighting your ability to solve complex problems and deliver visually appealing, innovative solutions.
Desirable skills
- Experience working in regulated sectors such as Healthcare, Insurance, or Banking.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Line management experience, with the ability to support and mentor team members effectively.
Benefits
Read our employee experience introduction to see all our benefits; including:
- Private health insurance with high standards of cover
- Comprehensive private dental plan
- Personal development time and annual training budget
- Regular social meet-ups and events
- 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years
- Opportunities to give back with dedicated time for community engagement and charitable initiatives to suit your interests — young talent; diversity and inclusion; environment and sustainability; wellness
- Free employee assistance support for personal challenges, whether legal, financial or medical
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme with employer contributions
Professional and personal growth
We’re committed to professional and personal growth. Through comprehensive onboarding, ongoing training and knowledge sharing across teams, we support continuous development. We set personalised annual objectives (aligned with the agency’s vision/goals and upskilling); with check-ins at regular intervals to ensure progress. This approach helps to build new skills and confidence as our team grow in their careers.
- Group training with external industry experts to deepen our expertise and maintain our specialism in health and pharma
- Graphite Learns - all agency knowledge sharing presented by different team members
- Coassemble internal platform for ongoing training
Salary
£46,000-£60,000 per year, depending on experience
Application
If you are passionate about leveraging research and design to transform healthcare experiences and drive positive impact, we invite you to join our team at Graphite. Apply now to be part of our exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare technology! Applications are via our online application system and include a covering letter along with your CV.
Graphite Digital is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, disability, age, or any other basis applicable by law. We are dedicated to promoting diversity, multiculturalism and inclusion within our workplace.