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Vitality

Product Designer - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

On site

Bournemouth, United kingdom

Freelance

22-01-2026

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Skills

Communication Jira Figma Test Research Architecture Confluence

Job Specifications

Team - Health, Adviser and Employer

Working Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week. This is a 12 month FTC opportunity with the possibility of an extension.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top skills needed for this role:

Expert in app and web design with strong Figma skills and solid design‑to‑development handover experience
Applies user research effectively to guide rapid iteration
Collaborates confidently across product, engineering and content teams
Detail‑focused while able to pivot quickly and make smart trade‑offs
Strong understanding of technical handover and design system use
Analytical, creative and curious about the bigger picture

What this role is all about:

Enterprise is designed to empower our people to deliver strategic initiatives within customer-centric Product Delivery Streams. This exciting role will form part of a cross-functional team who is accountable for the end-to-end digital experience in the UK Product journey.

As product designer you will be responsible for designing and shaping unique, user-centric product features and experiences. You will thrive working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to rapidly design/prototype, test and iterate. Working collaboratively with the broader product team and business stakeholders you will be able to make deliberate design decisions and translate a given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction that helps to achieve the overall Vitality vision.

Key Actions

Responsible for ideation and iteration of designs and concepts for user experiences across digital journeys, via wireframes, high fidelity mockups, prototypes and user flows
Able to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, such as product personnel, content design, architecture and engineering
Must have an excellent grasp of current best practice across digital experience design
Able to plan user research, and work with the resulting output to inform new iterations of work
Confident in explaining rationale to, and influencing senior business stakeholders
Strong machine skills within Figma, Microsoft and Adobe Creative Cloud
Confident joining or handing over projects at any stage of completion
Must have a strong working knowledge of design systems and relevant documentation

What do you need to thrive?

Educated to degree level or equivalent
Digital specialist with a proven track record working in native apps and web
High level of understanding of design practices
Strong understanding of research outputs and how to implement any recommendations
Strong ability to refine and prioritise design tasks in fast-moving environment
Proficient at creating user flows and experience designs
Experience of using work management tools such as Jira & Confluence
Able to contribute in meetings to elicit requirements and present work
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with business and technical stakeholders at all levels
Able to produce high quality supporting artefacts to assist the team in development of experiences
Outstanding team working and collaboration skills

So, what’s in it for you?

Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
Be there for you when you need us.
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About the Company

We’re here to help you live a longer, healthier and more financially secure life. Our positively different health and life insurance reward you for being healthy. By incentivising you to take a more active role in managing your own wellness, you can develop positive long-term lifestyle and financial habits that are good for you, good for us and good for society. That’s why more than a million Vitality members (as at June 2018) are now enjoying better health, better protection and better financial security, living the life... Know more