Product Designer Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Speechmatics is a rapidly growing speech recognition scale-up that aims to revolutionise the way people interact with technology through Speech. We believe that the latest advances in speech technology and large language models will allow us to build products that can fundamentally transform the world.
We are looking for an experienced UX Designer who possesses a strong ability to think critically about product design. As a UX Designer, your primary responsibility will be to design and deliver innovative applications that effectively leverage our state-of-the-art speech recognition technology. You will work closely alongside our product and machine learning teams to ensure that our applications are user-friendly, intuitive, and offer a seamless experience for our customers. This role would be ideal for someone with experience in SaaS applications, who has a demonstrated ability to conceptualise products, analyse user journeys, and understand user personas.
What you'll be doing:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and researchers, to design and deliver innovative products that meet the needs of our users.
- Conduct research such as user interviews, accessibility testing, a/b testing and usability testing to learn and iterate on designs.
- Develop and maintain design standards, guidelines, and patterns to ensure consistency across products and platforms.
- Come up with new design patterns for the emerging AI space.
- Producing demos to highlight the capabilities of new features
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mock-ups to communicate design concepts and user flows.
- Work closely with developers to ensure that designs are optimised for different devices, platforms and users.
- Work closely with teams to facilitate a data driven approach incorporating user feedback, analytics and testing into design sprints.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in UX design and share knowledge with the team.
Who we are looking for:
- Mid-Level experience in product design, with a strong focus on UX design.
- Interest in AI and in particular Speech related UX.
- Strong understanding of UX design principles.
- Some experience with interaction design and visual design.
- Experience with modern design tools, such as Figma, for design and prototyping.
- Experience with user research methodologies and analysis.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Excellent documentation and presentation skills.
- Enthusiasm for data driven design and forming design processes around that.
What we can offer you:
Speechmatics is a collective team of ambitious, problem solvers and thought-leaders paving the way for inclusion in speech recognition technology .
No matter what stage of your career you're at - from paid internships and first-job opportunities through to management and senior positions - we'll support you with the training and development ️ needed to reach your career aspirations with us. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for you to get involved and collaborate with those around you to deliver your best work .
When you become part of the Speechmatics Team we work hard to make sure you do your best work with us , while also having a good time doing it . With our Focus Fridays you get an undisturbed day of focus ️, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings .
We offer incredibly flexible working , regular company lunches, and birthday celebrations. But that's not all. We've spoken to our teams to find out what they want. From Private Medical and Dental for you and your family, through to global working opportunities , a generous holiday allowance and pension/401K matching , we want to make sure our employees and their families are looked after. Every employee will receive a working from home allowance for tech or home office equipment (on top of your choice of laptop/ Mac, screen and accessories of course) !
We support people to work wherever they work best. But we also understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, socialise and build relationships. Individuals and teams are free to decide what works for them.
Who we are:
Speechmatics exists to understand every voice. We have built the most accurate and inclusive speech-to-text API engine available , which is now working with an amazing mix of global companies . Our technology can integrate into our customers stack irrespective of their industry or use case – making it the go-to solution to harness useful information from speech. We have recently raised $62 million at Series B and continue to grow positively .
Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world , focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first ; we'll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive . We support people to work wherever they work best and also understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, socialise and build relationships .
This is only the beginning; we're looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey…
At Speechmatics, our mission has always been to 'Understand Every Voice'.
We believe that recruiting talent with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds encourages people to think differently and be more creative.
We welcome difference whether it's gender, gender identity or expression, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy and maternity status; so please be yourself!
For more information on us, please visit our website and follow Speechmatics on our social channels via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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