Digital & UX/UI Designer at Ruroc

Description

OUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

We are Ruroc; where innovation meets adventure in the realm of protective gear. As a leading force in the Action/Motorsports helmet industry, we have redefined the standards of protection and style. With a mission to engineer cutting-edge solutions that save lives while making a bold statement, we have grown from a £1 million to a £30 million revenue brand, capturing markets across 90 countries globally.

At Ruroc, we believe in breaking barriers and challenging the status quo of an industry that has long been stagnant. With an eCommerce store, www.ruroc.com, as our digital frontier, we establish a direct and intimate connection with our customers—setting us apart from traditional and competitor brands. This unique connection empowers us to stay ahead, rapidly incorporating feedback and innovating our gear at a pace unparalleled in the global helmet industry.

As we continue to shape our destiny, you can be part of a team that manages everything end-to-end, delivering on promises, and contributing to the ever-growing success of the Ruroc brand.

We are looking to recruit a digital designer with strong UX & UI experience to work across both brand and eCommerce focused digital projects and products. This role would take the lead in taking the Ruroc websites to best-in-class across both user and brand experience. From improving conversion rate through constant site optimisation to creating immersive and engaging product & brand experiences – this crucial position is both creative and technical, and will be responsible for creating outstanding digital experiences for Ruroc’s community of riders.

The role will have significant interaction across development, eCommerce, marketing and creative.  As such the ideal candidate will be comfortable working across different departments and disciplines and adept and dealing with both creative and technical briefs and concepting.  The successful candidate can expect to have an ongoing stream of business-as-usual iteration and optimisation related to the site experience through to large scale project and campaign execution. For the right personality, this role represents the opportunity to have a highly visible creative and commercial impact on the business.

Responsibilities

Oversight of and gatekeeper for the look, feel and brand execution of the website
Manage and execute content changes onsight including banners, landing pages and other visual assets
Lead the concepting and execution of constant iterative improvements to the site UX and UI
Contribute to and lead the execution of campaign execution onsite   
Lead the prototyping of concepts and coordinate creative/asset needs with the creative team
Collaborate with the eCommerce team on conversion rate optimisation 
Collaborate with product development teams on product and category presentation onsite
Collaborate with the marketing and creative team on product launches, seasonal campaigns etc.