Senior Product Designer

WE EXIST TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES AND TEAMS

Our mission is to improve the performance of athletes and teams, which we do by engineering the premier technology platform for sport. We've been at the forefront of sports technology and science since 2006 - we don't just work in the sporting industry, we are actively changing its future.  Our solutions are designed to help athletes and coaches “play smart” in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing.

We work with over 3,000 teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimise athletes’ health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics.  Our solutions include wearable technology, video analytics, and athlete monitoring solutions, and we are passionate about helping sports organizations at all levels to better scout, recruit, teach, and win.   

WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PRODUCT DESIGN

We are looking for a talented Senior Product Designer whose curiosity and determination to create superior product experiences aligns with our ambitious, fast-growing and transforming company. Based in London, you will add user experience and interaction design expertise to our product delivery squads, promoting the importance of a collaborative and iterative design process. 

As Senior Product Designer you will be responsible for the full breadth of user experience design:  defining customer discovery and research plans, iterating and refining designs through prototyping and evaluation, communicating implementation details through wireframes, prototypes and specifications, and delivering usable, accessible and compelling product experiences that support our customers needs.  

Our customers constantly strive to optimize their tactics and athlete performance using the tools we provide. Our Senior Product Design must match this ethos by taking responsibility for the continuous improvement of process, self and others, in a fast-paced environment.

What you’ll do:

• Work as a strategic partner with product and engineers, aligning user insights, technical feasibility, and business goals to co-create innovative and user-centric solutions.
• Define key experience design activities including user research, workshops and interviews
• Identify, map and define key user workflows and use cases
• Create, evaluate and modify intuitive, efficient and compelling product user interfaces for complex workflows.
• Lead the creation of wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups and visual design specifications
• Use ongoing customer testing, research and analytics to understand user behaviour
• Promote and execute user-testing within and across teams
• Provide mentorship and guidance to other designers
• Help drive continuous improvements to processes, design and evaluation activities, testing and design operations.
• Collaborate with Engineers to create and maintain a well-documented Design System that includes guidelines and examples of how to apply design and brand styles
• Integrate multivariate tests to learn why variants work, as well as conduct around-the-office user testing in all stages of the product cycle

What you’ll need:

• Product design experience leading and delivering multiple projects to production
• Excellent problem solving, teamwork, communication and collaboration!
• Expert knowledge of user-centred design and best practices to be able to define the customer exploration and user research strategy
• Solid understanding of desktop, web, mobile accessibility and standards, common UI patterns and usability best practices.
• Confidence in presenting to groups, facilitating testing sessions and explaining design options
• Proven experience working with Agile methodologies for delivering software
• Experience building products with web and native UI technologies and frameworks (React, QT)
• Nice to have: experience with building sports or fitness-related products; experience as an athlete, coach or analyst using such products; experience with data visualization design

WHY CATAPULT?

• We have amazing people. We can promise you will work with some of the most ambitious and intelligent people in an exciting industry, and you will do some of the best work of your life.
• We foster a culture of constructive, open, and honest communication, empowering our people to make Catapult extraordinary through innovation, smart solutions, and a collaborative yet challenging environment that drives our performance and that of our customers.
• Our workforce spans more than 20 countries, you'll get the opportunity to work across multiple nationalities and cultures and build your global awareness and capability even beyond what it is today.
• We value improvement and development. We are challenging ourselves to continuously grow and become a high-performance company. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do, and our people always look for ways to improve things.  There is unlimited opportunity to grow, do more, and do better.

You’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your work supports some of the most successful teams and individual athletes on the planet! While we enjoy access to many exciting opportunities, we understand the importance of delivering exceptional results for our customers. That’s why we approach our work with purpose and intention. We value team members who thrive in our collaborative culture, actively contribute, and bring enthusiasm to everything they do.

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised groups tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We are building the future of sports performance, our priority is to find the brightest talent that can add to our team culture, those who actively contribute and who are excited about what they do.

All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check. To find out more, please contact the Talent Partner for this role