Product Designer

Product Designer (up to £35,000)

With nearly 500,000 premium subscribers, Nutracheck is one of the biggest digital subscription apps in the UK. A multi award-winning app and website, Nutracheck’s evidence-based approach for food, exercise and progress tracking helps to guide members to healthier lifestyle choices. Nutracheck provides a state-of-the-art solution for calorie and nutrient tracking, using a unique all UK food database with over 500,000 products and barcode scanner, combined with connectivity to activity tracking devices.

In 2022 Immediate Media acquired Nutracheck. Immediate is home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and BBC Gardeners World magazine. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.

We’re the destination for people looking to get more from the things they love. We’re here to inspire, fuel, encourage and educate.

Whether it’s the big things, or the little things; from reaching fitness goals to savouring good food, cultivating outdoor spaces, or enjoying the latest TV sensation – we help bring our audiences joy!

About the role

We are looking for a multi-skilled Product Designer with strong app design experience and a solid foundation in graphic design to help us create outstanding user experiences across our digital platforms. You will be equally adept at designing intuitive, user-centric mobile interfaces and crafting visually compelling assets for broader creative projects, including websites, magazine covers and marketing materials. 

As a Product Designer you will;

Design Thinking 

• Conceptualise and design new features and interactions for our mobile platforms, ensuring seamless user experiences. 
• Develop visual design directions in line with brand guidelines, working alongside Lead Designers for Apps and Design Systems. 
• Create high-quality assets, including promotional materials, magazine covers and website visuals.
• Deliver consistent, innovative designs that align with long-term product and brand goals. 
• Use design thinking to advocate for customer-centric solutions across all mediums. 

Collaboration 

• Work cross-functionally with developers, marketers, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful designs that meet business objectives. 
• Collaborate with Immediate’s central design team to ensure a cohesive brand experience across digital, print, and social platforms. 
• Partner with developers to iterate and refine designs as part of Agile workflows. 

Graphic and Creative Design 

• Design visually compelling assets for various platforms, from app screens to print materials like magazine covers. 
• Support branding initiatives by maintaining consistency across all touchpoints, ensuring designs reflect our core values and aesthetics. 
• Create iconography, illustrations, and custom visuals to enhance brand identity. 

Quality and Scalability 

• Implement best practices for app and graphic design, focusing on quality, scalability, and consistency. 
• Ensure all designs align with accessibility and usability standards across mediums. 
• Stay updated on design trends and technologies, applying insights to improve processes and outputs. 

We’re looking for someone who brings a blend of product design expertise and graphic design talent. Ideal candidates will have: 

• Proven experience designing and shipping mobile apps (iOS and Android) live in the market. 
• Strong portfolio showcasing graphic design work across digital, print, and social media platforms. 
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and collaboration tools like Jira/Confluence. 
• Experience designing responsive websites. 
• Solid understanding of mobile design principles, encompassing Material Design (Android) and iOS Human Interface Guidelines, as well as broader UI design systems.
• A knack for translating user missions into compelling visual and interaction designs. 
• Ability to produce wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs. 
• Strong communication skills to present design decisions and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience working in Agile teams and iterating on designs with developers. 

• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival (team away days, subsided theatre trips etc.)
• Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday
• Tailored training and development through LinkedIn Learning
• A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression
• Flexitime
• Hybrid working
• Pension plan and Life Assurance