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

As a Product Designer, you will be essential in supporting the full scope of user experience design. Your responsibilities will include driving continuous customer discovery through outcome-focused research plans, iterating and refining designs via prototyping and evaluation, and communicating implementation details through wireframes, prototypes, and specifications. You will also facilitate design reviews and collaborate closely with the product design team to deliver user-friendly, accessible, and engaging product experiences that exceed customer expectations.

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

What you’ll do:

• Strategic Collaboration:
  Work as a strategic partner with product managers and engineers, aligning user insights, technical feasibility, and business goals to co-create innovative, user-centric solutions.
• User Research and Insights:
  Define and execute key product design activities, including continuous user research, synthesis, market analysis, stakeholder collaboration, ideation workshops, and design reviews.
  Leverage ongoing customer testing, analytics, and behavioral insights to refine and validate user-centered designs.
• User Experience Design:
• Identify and map key user workflows and use cases.
• Define and illustrate personas and user journeys.
• Build and maintain the product’s Information Architecture.
• Create, evaluate, and refine intuitive, efficient, and engaging user interfaces for complex workflows.
• Design Execution:
• Lead the creation of wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups, and visual design specifications.
• Collaborate with engineers to create and maintain a well-documented design system, including guidelines and examples for applying design and brand styles.
• Collaboration and Continuous Improvement:
• Collaborate with, support, and learn from other designers to foster team growth and alignment.
• Drive continuous improvements to design processes, testing methodologies, and design operations.

What you’ll need:

• Product design experience delivering multiple projects to production
• Excellent problem-solving, teamwork, communication and collaboration!
• Advanced knowledge of user-centred design and best practices to help define the customer exploration and user research strategy
• Solid understanding of desktop, web, mobile accessibility and standards, common UI patterns and usability best practices.
• Comfortable 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)
• Experience with data visualization design
• Nice to have: experience with building sports or fitness-related products; experience as an athlete, coach or analyst using such products

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 grow and become a high-performance company continuously. 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