About us:

Gravity Sketch is the category leader in solving the challenges faced by teams that design 3D products. Our platform enables teams to create and communicate 3D ideas in the quickest and most intuitive way possible - whether they are globally distributed or in the same geography.

The platform is changing the way companies like Adidas and Ford carry out their day-to-day design work, helping to increase creativity, productivity, collaboration and compressing time to market. We take a B2C approach to B2B, nurturing a large community of highly engaged design and engineering professionals using the product to redefine their digital design workflow.

The Gravity Sketch platform is accessible across VR and web-based applications allowing users to integrate GS seamlessly into their workflow.

Our Culture

We’re a lean but ambitious team of 90+ spread across the globe. We may be geographically spread out, but we’re tied by our mission to radically change how teams communicate ideas spatially and expressively from anywhere!
Our focus is on output and getting the work done, not counting the hours you work. We appreciate that everyone has their own optimum setup, so provide flexibility in terms of when and where you get work done.

Our Values

Curiosity

• Always be in learning mode

• Go Deep: ask the why/why not

• Explore and have fun

Empathy

• Put ourselves in the shoes of our customer

• Be genuinely caring and respectful

• Act from a place of understanding/longing to understand

Force Multiplier

• Make everyone around us/you better

• Raise the Bar

• Deliver Results

Resourceful

• Take calculated risks

• Use what we have/ deliver the most value

• Stay Hungry

Act like an owner

• Hold ourselves and others accountable

• Make every investment as if it were your own

• Don't let the egg drop

Our values are at the heart of our culture, we encourage everyone to experiment, bring new ideas to the table, and challenge one another to arrive at the best solutions for our users.

We work hard, and know how to have fun too; with company trips, socials, sports, gaming sessions and more. We welcome you to share your hobbies with the team so we can all try something new!

Overview:

We are looking for an experienced, passionate and detail-oriented Senior Product Designer who will work on the UX/UI of our VR experiences at Gravity Sketch. The role will focus on working very closely with our engineers, UX researchers and designers to ensure that our users have the best experience possible when designing their products. At the core, the role will involve proactively identifying and addressing problems to be solved, championing the users' needs in the context of Gravity Sketch’s design philosophy, and creating exceptional user-centric experiences.

As creatives, we will require you to be proactive, open-minded and output-driven with a strong sense of ownership. Meetings and planning are important, but we strongly believe that execution is the key to market impact.

Responsibilities:

• Owning and driving the user-centered product design process

• Cultivating a positive and creative work environment, promoting a culture of innovation and excitement around our products.

• Utilising user research findings in the design process

• Collaborating closely with our engineers throughout the product development process

• Advocating for our users and ensuring that we provide a delightful user experience

• Effectively communicating ideas at all stages with documents, mockups, or visualizations

• Help set up processes from where we are as a team and how we function to drive a more efficient way of working

• Prioritize design deliverables - what does the business/team need when, why, how

• Mentor fellow designers in best practices around VR experiences and support their design initiatives across other projects

Requirements:

• Must be an enthusiast about all things VR

• Based in our London Studio - ⅔ days a week

• Considerable years of Product Design experience

• A strong portfolio showcasing user-centred designs

• Considerable experience working as a UX/UI or Product Designer, covering the end-to-end product design process for software/web applications.

• Able to work autonomously within cross-functional teams of designers, UX researchers, engineers

• Comfortable generating wireframes and prototypes through design tools such as Figma, Adobe suite and possibly up-and-coming VR applications

• Strong communication skills for working with a remote/hybrid team

• Passion for technology, design and web-based applications

• Open-minded and humble. A team player with great interpersonal skills

• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with changing environments

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience in 3D / Spatial UI design is a strong plus

Benefits:

• Uncapped holidays: The startup world is busy, we encourage taking time off to recharge and rest.

• Remote Flexible working: we appreciate that everyone has their optimum setup and things to work around in life. We support remote and hybrid working as well as varying hours.

• £50 month personal wellbeing budget

• Access to Open Up - if you’re needing support big or small you can reach out to Open Up and speak to certified psychologists in 24 hours

• Private healthcare

• £1,000 personal budget per year for professional development. You will learn a lot here but there may be more want or need. With this budget, we aim to support you in your career growth.

• Team lunch Wednesdays: out together in person, or virtually with food delivery credit.

• Socials and a biannual global meet up: we are passionate about bringing everyone together whenever we can, this helps build tighter bonds and alignment.

• Enhanced parental leave policy (maternity and paternity)

• Cyclescheme & Techscheme

• Chance to work at a fast growing start-up changing how the products of the future are designed, and exposure to a transparent startup journey

• Real work ownership - you drive your own initiatives and have an opportunity to take your work all the way through to launch.

• Opportunity to work with some of the world’s leading design companies

• Transparent insight into the startup journey, plus unparalleled learning if you’re up for the challenge!