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Join the trailblazing team at smol to revolutionize eco-friendly consumer products with your UX/UI design expertise
Overview
Salary
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Location
Remote UK
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Organisation summary: smol is reshaping the landscape of consumer brands with a focus on sustainability and affordability. As a rapidly expanding household cleaning market leader, smol is recognized for its innovation and positive customer reception. After securing Series B funding and B Corp certification, our team is dedicated to driving growth and making a meaningful impact on the environment and society.
- Contribute to the development of smol's design system and accessibility guidelines.
- Design responsive Prismic slices and pages for an enhanced digital experience.
- Create Figma prototypes to visualize and refine design concepts.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to align on design strategies.
- Stay abreast of the latest UX/UI trends to promote continuous improvement.
- Engage in constructive feedback cycles to elevate design quality.
- A commitment to sustainable and inclusive brand values.
- Proficiency in UX/UI principles and best practices.
- Experience with Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, or similar design tools.
- A creative mindset with meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong collaboration skills for effective team and stakeholder engagement.
About us…
smol is on a mission to change the face of consumer brands and businesses by bringing super effective, eco-friendly products at value for money prices. We believe everyone should be able to make easy swaps that are better for them, the planet, and their pockets.
In the past six years, smol has taken the household cleaning market by storm. We are already the fastest growing and most positively reviewed brand in the laundry, dishwash, fabric conditioner and surface spray categories and we’ve got so much more planned.
Having received Series B investment in 2021 and B Corp certification at the end of 2023, our team is focused on combining fast growth with being a force for positive change and impact in all that we do.
In Summary...
We’re looking for someone with knowledge of UX and UI design principles and best practices to enhance our digital presence and customer interactions.
Reporting to our Lead UX/UI Designer you will work closely with our product, creative, growth and tech teams. You will assist in developing and maintaining the smol design system and accessibility guidelines, design responsive Prismic slices and pages, and create interactive prototypes in Figma.
What does the role involve?...
Developing and maintaining the smol design system and accessibility guidelines, ensuring a consistent approach to customer digital interactions across the organization.
Designing new responsive Prismic slices and build Prismic pages.
Creating wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes in Figma to visualize and iterate on design concepts.
Collaborating closely with the development, marketing, creative, growth, and international teams.
Staying current with UX and UI trends, tools, and technologies to continuously enhance design quality and innovation.
Participating in design review sessions, providing and receiving constructive feedback to improve designs and skills.
You will need/be...
Passionate about joining a mission-led brand committed to sustainability and inclusivity, eager to contribute to and thrive in a purpose-driven work environment.
Knowledge of UX and UI principles and best practice.
Experience with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision.
Creative mindset with an eye for detail and a passion for design.
Excellent collaboration skills, capable of working with multiple teams and stakeholders.
What we offer:
A fantastic opportunity to be part of one of the UK’s fastest growing, Series-B funded start-ups.
An amazing culture and mission. A chance to make a difference in our shared future, eliminating or reducing the usage of plastic, water, toxic chemicals, energy and animal testing.
Working with an experienced, passionate team invested in helping you grow professionally.
25 days holiday per year + bank holidays.
A volunteer day to spend on a cause you care about.
Flexible working from home - 37.5 hours per week.
Credits for local co-working hubs when you’re out and about or just need a change of scenery.
Enhanced parental leave policies (16 weeks' full maternity pay, after probation) and 3 weeks' full paternity/secondary caregiver leave).
Healthcare cash plan, provided by Bupa.
Quarterly wellbeing allowance, provided by Juno.
The chance to share in our success, with company share options
The smol print
Applicants must have current work authorisation in the UK.
The role is remote / home working but the team gets together occasionally in London / South West England, so the ability to travel here is a bonus.
We are open to finding the working pattern that suits you and your lifestyle, and happy to consider this as a part time role - please let us know when you speak to us.
Inclusion at smol
At smol we believe that a great team is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, beliefs and experience. we are an inclusive employer and will not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or disability.
Ensuring valuable and quality job opportunities for those who face barriers to employment is not only part and parcel of our social responsibility but it also brings great benefit to us as a business. giving people the chance to build up work skills, gain independence, earn a wage, develop strong self-esteem and to become just as strongly skilled as those who never faced employment barriers, is a process we remain committed to.
If you share our values and want to help make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
