Junior Product Designer

EMIS are very excited to share that we are looking for a Junior Product Designer to join our talent product design team on a permanent basis. Joining a team who are responsible for the product design of our EMIS-X Analytics and Life and Sciences products, we are looking for a Junior Product Designer to help us advance our products shaping the next evolutionary stage in healthcare analytics and delight our customers along the way. At EMIS we place the end user at the heart of what we do and want to see you bring your UX knowledge and ideas into our well-respected Product Experience and Design team. This is an exciting time and opportunity for you as a Junior Product Designer, to shape your career at EMIS and not only deliver on the needs of our customers with innovative, frictionless solutions but ultimately supporting the health of the overall population. This Junior Product Design position is a mainly remote working position, our team meet on a monthly basis in either the Watford office or an offsite location in the South of England. If you want be part of a company where you are valued, what you do genuinely makes a difference and embrace user-centred and evidence-based design, then apply today! What you’ll do: As a Junior Product Designer based remotely, you will be part of a friendly, collaborative product design team, working with other Product Designers, User Researchers, customers and a range of business functions as appropriate to the task in hand. You will promote and apply user-centred and evidence-based design best practices to truly understand the needs and motivations of our end users and define design solutions that effectively meet those needs and the requirements of the business. We’re looking for a keen collaborator and communicator, someone proactive in engagement with stakeholders, comfortable supporting our Product Design Manager by participating in stand ups and with a natural curiosity, eager to delve into a problem to understand the root cause. With the support of the wider design team, you will have the opportunity to continuously learn, grow and flourish as a Product Designer working across an exciting product portfolio. This is a really exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Designer with the theoretical or hands on knowledge of the full product design process. Other key responsibilities and accountabilities will include; Identify the types of UX activities and deliverables required for specific requirements. Develop user journeys, task flows, storyboards, wireframes and prototypes in order to communicate interaction and design ideas, as well as validate assumptions and solutions with users, business and technology. Proactively engage with stakeholders to capture requirements Can evolve concepts to detailed design solutions Who you’ll be You either will be looking for your first Product Design position after qualification or with hands on experience with a passion for innovation and focusing design solutions on end user needs. As a Junior Product Designer you will receive support from our Product Design Manager on day-to-day activities including wireframing and prototyping with the opportunity to develop more independently. You will be inquisitive and empathetic, seeking to understand the needs of our customers and internal stakeholders through proactive collaboration. We would like you to have an understanding of user research methodologies and how to apply appropriate research techniques to provide rationale to your designs. Collaboration and communication is essential. You will embrace cross-functional working with our Product, Engineering and departments, articulating insights and design decisions that effectively meet both business requirements and user needs. Other essential skills we are looking for: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Familiar with Figma, using a shared Design System to deliver hi fidelity designs and has evolving experience on prototyping for testing & demos. Good ability to clearly communicate design decisions based on user and other relevant insights. Desirable but by no means a deal-breaker: HCI / IxD / UX certification Product design experience for complex products What do we give you On top of your salary, we also offer a number of great benefits including: 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holidays Employer pension contribution Medicash Benefits: to make sure you’re never out of pocket when it comes to your health, you will join the health care cash plan that allows you to claim back medical, vision, and dental treatments, through to physio, reflexology, and much more, totalling over £2000 a year. A culture where you can thrive. Where you can be yourself. Where you are heard. We have a fantastic Reward & Recognition Scheme. We ensure we reward you for you what you put in. Our Vision and Your Impact Our vision is to be the leading provider of innovative healthcare technology that improves people’s lives. Are you interested in becoming part of that vision? Working with our customers, we are leading the way in the delivery of patient centred, connected, digitally enabled health and care services. Our customers and partners are using our solutions in all health and care settings, from GP surgeries and community care to high street pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, not for profit organisations and specialist services. Ranked in the top five Healthtech organisations in the UK, we are committed to developing the next generation of healthcare technology that will truly make a difference. ED&I At EMIS, we are committed to providing an inclusive, equitable culture where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work and to reach their full potential. This is a foundation stone of EMIS, anchoring the employee cycle from recruitment through to ongoing personal development and genuine, continuous two-way employee engagement, supported by our company values which determine everything we do. EMIS is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We will always work to accommodate individual needs during your application journey. If you require any adjustments please advise the talent team.