Product Designer

Location: London / Knutsford / Glasgow /Manchester / Northampton

Length: 6 months

PAYE only 

Overall purpose of the role 

As a Product Designer, you will be a key member of a cross-functional team, collaborating with Designers, Researchers, Engineers and Product Managers. Your primary focus will be on shaping and delivering digital experiences that are elegant, intuitive and innovative. Working closely with your Design Principal and executive stakeholders, you will drive product value against clear strategic objectives, focusing on measurable business and customer outcomes.

You will join a large, national design team that unites both Service and Product Design disciplines. This team is passionate about Human-centred design, Journey centricity, innovation in technology, and achieving design excellence, with the shared belief that exceptional design can become a market differentiator for Barclays' digital banking services.

Key Experience & Skills: 

• Design Tools & Systems: Proven expertise with Figma, including a strong background in utilizing and contributing to Design Systems and component libraries

• Agile Collaboration: Experience working within agile delivery methodologies as part of cross-discipline feature teams

• Customer-Centric Design: Clear evidence of designing for a variety of technology channels and devices, demonstrating a commitment to keeping pace with digital advancements

• Research Integration: Demonstrated ability to work closely with Insight and Research specialists to inform design decisions

• Creative Excellence: Excellent understanding of how Brand, Marketing and Design functions collaborate to achieve creative excellence

Other Key Skills: 

• A portfolio demonstrating successful Design work, particularly within the Financial Services sector

• Proven experience collaborating closely with a Marketing team

• Familiarity with non-traditional interface design, such as voice or chat-based systems

• Any experience utilizing coding capabilities within Figma is a plus

About Barclays 

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. 

Values 

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it. 

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals. 

Hybrid 

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.  We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Your Benefits 

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.