Mid level VD designer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

The Design team is part of the Avigilon Alta department, which represents a unique group of products within Motorola Solutions. Avigilon Alta is a complete cloud-based security solution that future-proofs your video security and access control with innovative capabilities and intelligent analytics.

The Avigilon Alta team injects intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organisations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect people, business, and reputation in real-time.

The Avigilon Alta department consistently works on state-of-the-art solutions to meet the needs of our customers across various verticals. We develop both hardware and software products as part of our complete cloud-based security solution.

Job Description

This role is working on a hybrid basis, with the expectation of working out of our London offices during two days of the week.

Team Description
The design team contributes throughout the product development process, from the initial stages (fuzzy front end) through to gathering customer feedback for continuous product improvement.

The Design team is responsible for analyzing use cases, designing, and maintaining the entire design system. This includes developing new products, new features, adding capabilities, and evolving design patterns across all products. The core product currently being developed is Alta Video, and Alta Protect is also growing and gaining traction.

The design team currently consists of UX designers, VD designers and UX researchers. 

We are an agile team that prides itself on fostering autonomy, valuing collaboration, and prioritizing quality.

Job description 

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Visual Designer (VD) to join our growing team. While experience with specific technologies is not mandatory, a strong commitment to contributing to excellent user experiences and graphic design, coupled with a drive for continuous design improvement, is essential.

Portfolio and Experience:
A strong portfolio showcasing relevant visual design work (both individual and collaborative), demonstrating skills and experience through case studies.
Sufficient experience to be considered for a Mid-Level role (3+ years).

Basic Requirements

We are looking for someone who:

You're not expected to have all of the following skills, but they will be useful in performing your job.

• Has experience working as a Visual Designer (VD), User Interface (UI) designer or Digital designer.
• Has experience in designing Web, iOS and Android interfaces
• Proficiency in using Figma 
• Strong understanding of UI (User Interface) design principles and best practices, including knowledge of common UI patterns and components.
• Experience with creating and maintaining design systems and style guides: Ensuring visual consistency and scalability across products.
• Attention to detail and pixel-perfection: Ensuring visual consistency and high-quality execution.
• Understanding of visual accessibility guidelines: Designing interfaces that are usable by people with disabilities (WCAG).
• Wants a career where their creative abilities will make a difference to the world of technology and where they will be part of an impressive R&D environment.

It is also considered a bonus if you have:

• Familiarity with responsive design principles: Designing interfaces that adapt to different screen sizes.
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Knowing the limitations and possibilities of front-end development can inform design decisions.
• We are looking for a team player who thinks holistically, enjoys solving complex problems and thrives working autonomously, while not afraid to ask for input and working together closely with other designers in the team.

In return for your expertise, we'll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you'll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible working options.
• Private medical care.
• Life assurance.  
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
• Well known companies discount scheme.

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Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Company

Motorola Solutions UK Limited

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.