Trade Me is one of New Zealand's most popular websites with over four million members and more than 650,000 Kiwis visiting our site every day.
Our Property Product Design team delivers product experiences that keep Kiwi engaged and coming back to us. We're now looking for a Senior Product Designer to join us in delivering visual and interactive design solutions on our Property app that meets both user and business needs in an engaging, 'Trade Me' way.
You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:
#Flexible
Flexible working is the new normal. We have a guideline for our people to be in the office 60% of the time, with the remaining time being flexible. We support you with a home office setup and a utilities allowance to ensure you can work comfortably
#Wellness
Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.
#Leave
We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.
#Social
Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Friday drinks and nibbles every fortnight, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.
#Learning
Whether it's on the job, formal training, mentoring or something else, you'll grow with us from Day 1.
Here's what you can expect from this role:
* Be involved in all stages of design, from project inception through to live product.
* Foster a culture of design collaboration and advocate for great design practice through leading by example.
* Create high-fidelity designs, crafting the visual details using design software and/or code.
* Promote and encourage user testing of your work throughout the design lifecycle.
* Use creative problem solving, such as Design Thinking, to guide design processes to understand the best way to solve customer problems.
* Use Key Experience Indicators (KEI's) to ensure that we are creating polished products our users love
* Work with cross-functional teams to deliver classifieds product roadmaps to solve customer problems and deliver business value.
What you will bring to our team:
* You're curious and driven to understand our consumers and their problems deeply.
* A strong focus and consideration on UX and UI in the design of products and features.
* 5+ years' experience in similar design roles, ideally within an internal team however an agency background would be considered.
* Sketch, HTML & CSS (basic understanding), presentation software (Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides).
* A solid understanding of Material Design guidelines for Android and Human Interface Guidelines for iOS.
* A desire and innate ability to build strong and influential stakeholder relationships across the business and set the foundations for effective collaboration
We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you.
Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.
