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Who we are

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Were On the Beach. Theres over 500 of us, mostly at home, and sometimes in our office in Manchester.

We send nearly two million people on holiday every year (not together) and were expecting to get to three million pretty sharpish. Why? Because were the only holiday company who truly gets why going on your holidays is the best week or two of the year.

With our market-leading offers, scalable, flexible and innovative technology, strong customer-value proposition and low cost base, were challenging existing players and redefining how customers book, manage and experience their holidays.

And it doesnt stop there. With huge opportunities for growth, were on a long-term mission to become Europes biggest and most loved online retailer of beach holidays, so our storys only really just begun…

We're on the lookout for talented, beach-loving people to join us and contribute to the next chapter of our story. You will get to work on interesting projects and will be given the tools and autonomy to have the chance to make your impact on our growth plans.

We're a down to earth and friendly bunch, with little bureaucracy or hierarchy, and whilst we may have grown in size, we've not lost our entrepreneurial spirit. It's in our DNA.

You'll find diverse teams, reflective of the world we live in and the customers we serve. We believe strongly that difference, not uniformity, is critical to our success. We know that better decisions happen when they are made by a range of voices, perspectives and experiences. As an equal opportunities employer, we value and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for a Product Designer who will create the best experience of searching and booking holidays for our customers.
Its a role at the intersection of UX, Design and Product Management requiring a good product design knowledge as well as a customer-centric mindset.

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  Own end to end product design process
• Take broad, conceptual ideas and turn them into useful and valuable solution for our customers
• Design flows and experiences
• Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers and marketers to oversee user experience of the product from conception until launch
• Monitor the user experience on ongoing basis using data (quant and qual) and propose improvements
• Interpret research findings into actionable outputs that meet users needs
• Test assumptions with experiments and validate concepts through user research.
• Maintain detailed user flows, product maps, and mock-ups for clear communication of the intent of a design decision.
• Build complex prototypes for user testing.

You'll be a great addition to our team if you have the following skills, knowledge and experience

• Proven product design experience
• Ability to turn around complex design solutions quickly
• A strong understanding of how to apply design thinking when planning and scoping project work
• Proficiency in using data, both quant and qual to make informed design decisions.
• Experience of planning and facilitating workshops, playing back output in a way which brings everyone on the journey.
• Very comfortable talking to users. You're not a researcher but you won't be afraid to work with the team to plan and conduct user research.
• Ability to build prototype and validate early hypothesis with customers
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working with Agile methodology
• Hands-on HTML/CSS background is a plus.
• Experience working with interactive prototyping
• Experience focussing on solving specific problems with an MVP approach and a blend of high and low-fi techniques.
• Proficient at designing elegant interactions and interfaces, whilst keeping an eye on the overall user experience.

What to expect from our interview process

We will have a two stage interview process for this position that will consist of...

We want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process please let the People team know and they will be happy to assist.

Ways of working

Our fulltime hours are 37.5 per week, but we don't have rigid working hours so you can find the working pattern that's right for you. We have core working hours between 10am - 4pm, so we can collaborate and enjoy the social side of work.

We also have hybrid working so we all work from home and from our Aeroworks office in Manchester City Centre. As a team we...

Our benefits

We might be biased but we think our colleagues are pretty great. They're the people that have made On the Beach what it is today and continue to make it vibrant and successful tomorrow. That's why we offer a competitive benefits package, known as our Beach Perks, to all On the Beach colleagues. These include: