Job description
Waracle are looking for a Product Designer for an exciting new fixed-term contract opportunity joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation. This is initially a fixed-term role with the potential to become permanent, depending on business needs and performance
We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.
This is a Hybrid role, offering the flexibility to balance your professional and personal life, with 2 days a week spent connecting with colleagues in our Glasgow or Dundee office.
The Role
**This is initially a fixed-term role, with the potential to transition into a permanent position based on business needs and performance.**
We’re looking for a Product Designer who is ready to own the interaction and user experience for individual features or smaller projects. In this role, you’ll be an essential bridge between strategy, design, and delivery, helping to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions.
This is more than just making things look good—it’s about meticulous design thinking and ensuring every user flow is intuitive, accessible, and aligned with existing design systems.
We’re looking for a motivated individual with a passion for inclusive design and excellent communication skills. If you see yourself in the skills below, we strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t tick every box!
Key aspects of the role include:
- Interaction Mastery: Take full ownership of interaction design at the feature level, meticulously mapping out happy paths, unhappy paths, and error states.
- Inclusive Design Champion: Apply accessibility (WCAG) patterns, check designs, and support inclusive language and testing practices to ensure broad usability for diverse users.
- Prototyping & Documentation: Build low-fidelity and interactive prototypes using tools like Figma, Framer, or Bolt, and document interaction expectations for development teams.
- Responsive Interface Design: Design responsive interfaces and basic interactions, aligning all work to the existing design system.
- Testing & Evaluation: Design and execute user tests, including writing clear hypotheses and success criteria, and collaborating on dashboards for tracking user feedback.
What you'll bring
- Strong UI/UX design experience delivering website refreshes, content migration projects, and scalable digital experiences, including feature-level design and complex user flows covering happy paths, edge cases, and error states.
- Proven experience designing top-level pages, templates, and reusable components within design systems, with a strong understanding of Content Management System platforms, front-end infrastructure, and technical constraints.
- Strong foundation in inclusive design and accessibility standards, applying best practices throughout the design process.
- Experience planning, conducting, and evaluating user research and testing to validate decisions and drive evidence-based improvements.
- Proficient in modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Framer, and Bolt, creating clear and effective interactive solutions.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, with experience working across multidisciplinary teams including developers, BAs, copywriters, testers, and stakeholders to support end-to-end delivery..
Recruitment process
The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Attraction Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!).
After that, you’ll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your portfolio, skills, and experience. Your Talent Attraction Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.
Our Benefits
We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:
You'll receive 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, totalling 35 days of holiday to unwind and pursue your passions.
Plan for retirement with our company-matched 5% pension contribution. For added peace of mind, we also offer a Death in Service benefit, providing 2 x your annual salary for your loved ones.
Our Medicash Health Cash Plans help cover everyday healthcare costs, complemented by an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support, and Group Sickness Cover for peace of mind.
We champion hybrid working, providing a home office setup budget to ensure you're comfortable and productive wherever you are.
Invest in yourself with access to Udemy Business and a dedicated learning and development budget for continuous growth.
Make the most of our Cycle to Work Scheme, and enjoy exclusive gym and retail discounts.
Our enhanced parental leave policies include support for fertility journeys, recognising diverse family needs.
We foster a vibrant culture with regular fun meet-ups and lunch on us in the office once a month. You'll also have the opportunity to make a local impact through Spirit of Waracle, our initiative for getting involved in charitable causes locally, building strong team bonds and giving back.
Our values
To make the world a better place through impactful software
We take pride in delivering high quality work and seeing the impact it has. We are curious, proactive, and always learning; continuously improving ourselves and our skills. We strive for excellence in everything we do. We see every opportunity as a chance to raise the bar - for Waracle, our clients, and for our own professional growth.
We succeed together: whether we’re leading, supporting or learning. We lead with empathy, working as a unified team to understand and appreciate other people’s perspectives and experiences. This commitment to one another empowers everyone to do their best work and reach their full potential. We build trust, celebrate every contribution, and create a space where everyone has the opportunity to shine.
We have big goals, but we don’t try to do everything. We know there are a limited number of hours in a day, so we make every one of them count. We accomplish this by regularly pausing to assess the potential impact of our work, prioritising what matters most and then acting with purpose.
We are transparent in how we think and act. We seek and share context, give and accept feedback, and communicate openly. We take full ownership of what we deliver as individuals and as a team, and hold ourselves accountable. This openness and accountability gives us the clarity and purpose to deliver at our best.
We love what we do and find the fun in each day, celebrating our shared successes and the satisfaction of doing hard work well. We’re in this together, creating space for connection, laughter, and fun. When we look after our clients and each other, and do work we’re proud of, we go home happy.
Frequently-asked questions
Here are some of the things that people tend to ask about working at Waracle.
Absolutely! At Waracle, we welcome both permanent and contract applicants. Each job posting indicates if it's open to contract applications. We offer a diverse range of projects, both within and outside IR35 regulations, catering to various preferences and expertise levels.
We work on a Hybrid working model and offer flexible working hours. We're spread across 4 vibrant UK offices, but our teamwork isn't confined to those spaces, it's all about collaboration! While using the office is encouraged for our teams to work together, each of us has a home office setup, relishing the freedom of hybrid workstyles. As of now, remote work outside the UK isn't part of our standard practice.
We always want to hear from talented people, join our talent pool 👇 and we'll contact you when a new opportunity becomes available.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
