Product Designer
Summary
Product Designer at Pod Point (an EV charging company) shaping the customer experience of its mobile app. Day to day: producing polished user-centred designs in Figma, contributing to the design system, running end-to-end customer research and workshops, collaborating with engineers, and auditing designs against WCAG 2.2 AA.
Salary: £60,000- £70,000
Location: Hybrid (1-2 days per week in London office)
“This is a brilliant opportunity for a Product Designer who really cares about their craft and wants to see the impact of their work. You’ll have the freedom to shape meaningful parts of our mobile experience, work closely with Product and Engineering, and solve real customer problems as we continue to evolve our app. We’re looking for someone with fresh ideas, great attention to detail and a real curiosity for how we can make the experience better.”
- Relevant industry experience: Experience designing digital products within home energy, including solar, battery storage, heat pumps or EV charging, or another complex, hardware-adjacent environment
- A strong portfolio: Examples of polished, user-centred design, thoughtful problem solving and clear outcomes, ideally within mobile products
- Solid design fundamentals: A strong understanding of mobile usability, interaction patterns and accessibility standards, including WCAG
- Independence with support: Confidence owning projects while knowing when to bring in senior support for larger or more complex challenges
- Facilitation and communication skills: The ability to run productive workshops, adapt your style to different audiences and proactively communicate progress and blockers
- Comfort with data and AI: Experience using metrics, data and testing to improve designs, alongside an understanding of where AI tools can add value and where their limitations lie
- Attention to detail and organisation: Strong ownership of project outcomes with the ability to identify conflicts and risks early
- Strong engineering collaboration: The ability to work closely with engineers, understand technical constraints and make pragmatic design decisions
- A customer-centred approach: You ground your decisions in customer insight, research and real user behaviour rather than assumptions.
The Perks
- Access for you and up to 5 family/friends to the 'UnMind' wellbeing platform
- Podpoint Charger
- Discounted energy tariff (Pod Power or EDF Employee Programme)
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Work abroad for up to 20 days per year
- Family & friend discount scheme
- 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- Very generous parental and family leave
- Pension scheme with a 4.5% matched contribution
- Eyecare scheme
- Life insurance covering up to 4x your annual salary
- Virtual GP provided by HealthHero
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free Mortgage Advice
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Cycle2Work Scheme
