About this role
Our mission is to make meaningful learning a part of your everyday đ§ . The shelf life of our skills is now less than 5 years. So, if you stopped learning today, your skills would soon be irrelevant. Think thatâs a big problem? Youâd be right.Enter HowNow. Founded in 2019, our Learning and Skills Platform is disrupting the way people learn and upskill through technology. Whether it's finding a quick answer, learning skills or tapping into shared knowledge, we make it easy for people to learn what they need, when they need it.Already used by fast-growing scale-ups and global enterprises, such as Trainline, Depop and Sanofi, weâre pushing the boundaries of how people learn. Hi I'm Ashish Soundalkar the Product Design Lead at HowNow đđŸ Iâm looking for a Product Designer to join us.At HowNow, we value work-life balance and grant the freedom to design creatively. We offer continuous learning and upskilling opportunities, fostering professional growth in an environment where innovation thrives.Joining HowNow means making a significant impact during our growth phase and working with highly competent peers. If you're looking to grow with a supportive and forward-thinking team, HowNow is the place for you.Alongside the opportunities to develop and grow your career, we're a fun and friendly bunch. Have a watch of the video below to get an understanding of what it's like to work here.  Experience3-4 years designing digital products end-to-end (web, mobile, or both) in a product-led teamDegree in Design, HCI, or Interaction Design - or a portfolio strong enough that it doesn't matterPortfolio with 2â3 deep case studies: the problem, what you tried, what you discarded, what shipped, and what changed as a resultHas personally owned at least one feature from a vague brief through to releaseCraftFluent in Figma, including components, variants, auto-layout, and variables; has worked inside a maintained design system rather than starting every file blankTurns requirements into flows, IA, wireframes, and production-ready UIStrong fundamentals in type, spacing, hierarchy, and colour; designs accessible interfaces by habit, not as a final checklistRuns lightweight research - interviews, concept tests, usability sessions - and translates the messy output into decisionsReads product analytics and experiment results, and can argue for a design using both evidence and tastePrototyping With AI Coding AgentsThis is central to how our team works - we build live prototypes with Claude Code rather than clickable Figma mocks.Builds and iterates on real, deployed prototypes using an agentic coding tool; works in a terminal or IDE without hand-holdingUses Git competently for everyday work: branching, committing, pushing, untangling a small messWorking StyleOperates inside a squad with PM, engineering, and data; comfortable with shifting priorities and incomplete informationExplains design reasoning clearly to non-designers and holds a position when it mattersGives and takes critique without egoWrites things down - decisions, rationale, open questionsSelf-directing; doesn't wait for a fully specified briefNice To HaveStartup or scale-up backgroundMotion and micro-interaction work (Rive, Lottie)Has helped build a design system, not just consume oneConceptual grasp of how LLMs behave - context, tokens, non-determinismBuilds small automations or internal tools for the design teamWhat youâll get:đ° Our salaries are calculated using a SaaS benchmarking tool called (Figures). Happy to disclose upon application. Youâll also receive a performance based bonus on top. For this role, the current benchmark range is approximately âč11 LPA â âč13 LPAđĄ Hybrid working (in our offices 3x a week Mon-Wed)đ Wind-down Fridays. No meetings from 3pm onwards on Fridays, for you to wind down for the weekend. Our HowNowâers use this time to exercise, study, or spend some time with their family and friends, which you can read about heređŒđŒ Enhanced maternity and paternity policies which you can read about heređŽ 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and your birthday day offđ An annual ÂŁ200 learning and development budgetđ¶ Dog friendly offices - we love our pets! đŸđ€©Â Monthly socials and team dinners which have included Bounce, Mystery Rooms, ITC Maratha, JW Marriot and many moređĄ Access to the very best learning platform out there (HowNow+) to keep you at the top of your game What's next? đ€Once you've applied, we'll get back in touch with you. This is usually within the next 5 working days. Sometimes it can take slightly longer, but we will get back to you irregardless of what the outcome of your application is.You'll be invited to a 30-minute video call with Naaz, our People Operations Coordinator to discuss your experiences and the role.  Round 1 - Call with Product Design Lead - To Evaluate design experience Round 2 - Design Assignment - To Evaluate your design skills and competencyYou'll be invited to a 60 minute interview with Nelson, our CEO and Co-Founder and Product Design lead to present the assignment.
