Product Designer

We're looking for a Product Designer to join our team in London as part of our Product Development function.

Your Team: You will join our events design team, dedicated to working on a diverse range of event brands including the prestigious Cannes Lions and Money20/20. We are eager to onboard a seasoned product designer who will drive new initiatives and operational improvements in the events division.

Your Role: You’ll be raising the digital bar across our brands (Cannes Lions, Money 20/20, and more), working alongside our existing events designers, and collaborating with the wider design teams. Your day to day will involve designing new features from concepts to release, working closely with product managers, engineers, developers and stakeholders, while creating engaging digital products which meet the goals of our users and business.

Key Responsibilities

• Help define and shape the future of our digital experiences, for a global audience of users, across our world-class event brands, including Cannes Lions (Lions) and Money20/20
• You’re confident in your design approach, able to quickly refine clear briefs, while also enjoying the freedom to take the lead on projects that involve research, planning, and crafting creative solutions.
• You’ll lead the design of new features and solutions end-to-end; from concept to release, ensuring they meet both user needs and business goals
• Use data and research where necessary to inform design solutions and use testing to quickly iterate them
• You’ll create high quality visual designs with a strong understanding of design principles and best practices
• You’ll work collaborate with engineers, understanding tech constraints and opportunities
• You’ll be responsible for maintaining and building our component library and keeping it updated in tandem with the design system
• You’ll be designing solutions with AA accessibility baked in from the start
• Inspire the team with contagious enthusiasm, sharing knowledge and ideas that elevate and motivate others and providing thoughtful and supportive feedback
  
  

Your Experience

• Proven experience in product design, especially for e-commerce, with a strong portfolio showcasing impactful work.
• Strong visual designer, able to understand problems and drive creative solutions and passionate about UI and design
• Able to work in tandem with product managers and engineers, understand constraints and opportunities.Experience planning and running user interviews / testing
• Great communication skills and confidence talking to various stakeholders and users
• Experience creating, governing and scaling design systems
• Deep understanding of UX and UI best practices and responsive design
• Strong skills in Figma - including prototyping, and excited about discovering and learning other new design tools
• Understanding of AA accessibility standards
  
  

If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At Ascential, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.

Who are we?

Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries.

We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700+ people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors. Ascential is part of the Informa Group. Find out more here: ascential.com

Why Choose Us?

Two divisions. Three continents. One great culture - we want working for Ascential to be the best career move you’ve ever made.

Ascential is a people-powered company, and we’re committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion. We publish an annual DEI Report, setting out our goals and progress. We invest in Employee Groups including Able to Thrive, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and Empower Women’s Network. And our inclusive recruitment practices and early talent programmes help us to bring curious, passionate people from every walk of life into our team.

We’re committed to ensuring that the impact of our business on our environment - and the communities we operate in - is a positive one. That means making sure that each event we run is the most sustainable it’s ever been. We also default all of our pension plans to sustainable options, so that our people’s savings are invested in ways that help rather than hinder our planet.

Helping people to connect and drive progress isn’t a business-only goal. We know that the world is a better place when we lead with heart, so we support charitable causes that make a difference. We provide opportunities to give back through Volunteer Days and our charity partnership with Media Trust.

We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 1-2 days a week in your nearest office. But if that’s not possible for you, let’s talk. Flexible work conversations are actively encouraged here.

Benefits

Only you know what’s most important to you. That’s why we offer a benefits and wellbeing package that you can tailor to your needs. Some of these include:

• 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
• Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Access to either our commission, bonus or profit share schemes, dependent on the role
• Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme
• Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
• Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
• Learning and development opportunities, to encourage and empower everyone to grow
  
  

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

If we inspire you, why not join and inspire us? Find out more