Digital Product Designer

**Hi there Thanks for stopping by**:
Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Wellyou might just be in the right place

We are looking for a Product Designer to join our team in Newmarket. Your core purpose will be to research, design and prototype user experiences to build a product that retailers will love. You'll work closely with Engineering, QA, and Product teams, and have the support of Senior Product Designers to help you succeed.
- We're a close-knit design team and we've got a number of years under the belt of working in-step with our product and engineering teams;
- Our team ships code to production every 7 mins. We work in short delivery cycles (max of 6 weeks) to ensure we have time to deliver value to our customers;
- A Product Designer is expected to sit around a table with the Product Manager and Lead Engineer and provide direction for the delivery teams, you aren't just a step in the process.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Collaborating: responsible for production deliverables to communicate the full design solution to the wider team that serves as documentation for implementation;
- Improving: continuously improve both the small and large details of the design of Lightspeed;
- Growing: spend time with Senior Product Designers to develop professional design and problem-solving skills.

We believe that Product Design is a unique and niche discipline. We believe that we're on the forefront of that discipline and are inventing the ways design and developer teams will be working in the future. So we're focusing on hiring Product Designers that we can mentor and help develop into modern Product Designers who are operating at the cutting-edge and inventing the future of our industry.

**What you need to bring**:

- A design-thinking education or equivalent (Design, Visual Arts, Architecture, Industrial Design, or Communication);
- Experience designing products, or working with teams who build with web technologies;
- Experience with or knowledge of a visual design tool like Figma, Bohemian Sketch or Adobe Illustrator;
- Experience with or knowledge of prototyping tools like Invision, FramerJS or HTML, CSS, JS.

We know that people are more than what's on their CV. If you're unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the 'Apply' button and give it a try

**What's in it for you?**:

- Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
- Genuine career opportunities in a company that's creating new jobs everyday;
- Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a genuine impact.

Plus, we have a range of benefits that'll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Flexible working policy
- Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
- Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
- Paid leave and assistance for new parents
- LinkedIn Learning license
- Volunteer day
- Secure, full-time carpark
- Dog-friendly environment
- Free fresh fruits, snacks and drinks (and cake for your birthday)
- Awesome office space located in Newmarket (Auckland)**Where to from here?**:
Obviously, we're looking to ensure it's a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you're proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our Instagram here.
- Vend by Lightspeed is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces, values and champions diversity, equity and inclusion._

**Who we are and what we do**:
Vend joined forces with Lightspeed in 2021 to become 'Vend by Lightspeed'. We are a cloud-based commerce platform designed for busy retailers. We started our journey in New Zealand ten years ago and have grown from local startup to global success. By joining Lightspeed, we are able to make an even bigger impact, with greater resources, building new features faster and powering retailers everywhere.

At the heart of who we are is our people and customers. We power local retailers in over 100 countries and we have offices in Canada, USA, Europe and APAC. We dream big and we're looking for people who do the same.

Here in APAC you'll have the ability to make a genuine impact, learn from the industry's best, and enjoy the perks of being part of a global growing tech company