Product Designer - Urgent

Welcome to the intersection of innovation and a practice that goes back around 12,000 years, where cutting-edge technology and crop production meet. At WayBeyond we're not just cultivating crops; we're cultivating experiences that make a significant impact. We're on the lookout for a Product designer with a passion for pushing boundaries and a knack for understanding the needs of our global customer base. If you're ready to sow the seeds of creativity and reap the harvest of user satisfaction, then come join us in shaping the future of agri-tech. This position plays a key role in creating engaging experiences, tailored to real user needs.  You’ll spend time ideating, researching and talking with customers and collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to develop user-centered solutions   

The things you’ll need to be able to do: 

• You'll excel at designing simple, usable product solutions that address customer challenges.  
• Extensive experience with industry standard design tools (currently Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator).  
• Conduct user & desk research 
• Analyze research insights, product strategy, and technical constraints to ensure designs are viable. 
• Visualize ideas and concepts for various stakeholders. 
• Contribute to defining and articulating the problem and challenging assumptions 
• Maintain a consistent design language and guidelines to enhance brand identity and user familiarity. 
• Deliver UI specifications, design standards, prototypes, and assets. 
• Collaborate with engineers/product to implement designs and drive product improvement. 

The things you’ll get to do: 

• Work on product ideas as part of wider product/engineering team. This may include developing design concepts to validate ideas. These concepts may take the form of process flows (interaction design), wireframes (various levels of fidelity), prototypes or videos.  
• Design user interface elements and document them in the design system.  
• Design and work on a solid UX strategy across all products and solutions.   
• Identify, analyse, and document UX problems.   
• Lead the testing of design concepts internally with stakeholders and externally with existing or potential customers in order to determine not only usability but also value.  
• Support the product and sales team as they meet with customers and understand their jobs, pains and gains and document these as user journeys.  
• Take part in specialist or multidisciplinary team meetings.  
• Occasionally travel to clients' locations to conduct interviews or product demonstrations.  
• Contribute and possibly lead ideation workshops utilising frameworks/processes such as design thinking and design sprints.  
• ...and more 

What REALLY matters…. 

• Be able to think differently – looking at problems from different angles to get to innovative and creative solutions.  
• Ability to listen, understand and empathise with the ‘user’ – what will really make the difference to them?  

The WayBeyond values are super important to us, and a big part of who we are and how we show up each day! 

• We turn up and do what it takes​ 
• We unify to deliver​ 
• We take on the impossible​ 
• We create customer stories of triumph​ 
• We keep results front and centre​ 
• We contribute to our tribe 

If the above has you excited and you think the role and WayBeyond could be a great fit, but you don’t tick all the boxes then please still apply! We are committed to hiring a diverse team of individuals, so we encourage people from all walks of life to join the team and should you have any accessibility requirements for any part of the process, please let us know and we can help you through. Please ensure your application includes an up-to-date CV and a Cover Letter telling us a bit about you and your suitability for the role. 

Please apply via this link: https://waybeyond.bamboohr.com/careers/33?source=aWQ9MTg%3D then we'll be able to quickly assess your application and get back to you.