Product Designer

Vanguard is looking for a Product Designer with a strong content focus to work on their Public Website. The site’s purpose is to attract, educate, and engage investors, so this role blends content design + product design skills to simplify complex financial topics into clear, accessible digital experiences.

You’ll collaborate with product managers, content designers, UX researchers, data analysts, and developers to deliver intuitive and compliant digital journeys that help clients make informed investment decisions.

What You’ll Do

• Content-first design: Create clear, accessible copy across microcopy, product marketing, help, and instructional content.

• Simplify complexity: Translate investment and financial concepts into plain English.

• Design systems: Work in Figma and Storybook, building prototypes and production-ready designs.

• Collaboration: Partner with PMs, marketing, legal, compliance, developers, and customer services.

• Research: Support research activities — from building prototypes for testing to synthesising insights.

• Process ownership: Drive design projects end-to-end, including stakeholder sign-off.

• Agile mindset: Work iteratively, using the double diamond design framework and hypothesis-driven design.

• Craft contribution: Share learnings through show-and-tells and support the design practice across the organisation.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven product design experience — especially in websites, dashboards, or apps.

• Strong content design expertise, ideally with knowledge of gov.uk guidelines and accessibility best practices (WCAG).

• Proficiency in Figma (must-have) and familiarity with AEM content management.

• Experience working in finance, asset management, or regulated industries (strongly preferred).

• Ability to balance consistency with innovation when designing journeys.

• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable working across multiple projects at pace.

• Strong collaboration, communication, and facilitation skills — leading workshops, presenting ideas, and building trust.

About Vanguard

Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, known for its mission-driven, client-first culture. Their design teams work in hybrid mode, combining flexibility with in-person collaboration.