Product Designer - Native Apps
Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.
We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.
We're looking for an experienced Product Designer to join our new Partner team within Native Apps. You'll help shape the future of how home seekers discover and connect with estate agents, new home developers and build-to-rent developers, designing consumer experiences that create meaningful value for both consumers and our partners. Working closely with our web teams, you'll create seamless cross-platform journeys, ensuring the right features appear in the right place to support every stage of the home-moving journey.
The role:
- Help shape and deliver the mobile app experience across iOS and Android.
- Stay hands-on across discovery, interaction design and UI craft.
- Apply and contribute to reusable patterns, components and design system evolution.
- Use insights and research findings to validate solutions and drive direction.
- Report to and work closely with the Lead Product Designer for Native Apps.
- Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Soho, London office and 3 days from home.
- Collaborate with a team of 25+ designers, content designers and researchers to help shape the future of Rightmove.
What you'll be doing:
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering and fellow designers to shape the mobile app experience.
- Plan, run and analyse research to validate ideas and generate clear evidence.
- Use insights and analytics to iterate solutions and influence decisions.
- Produce user journeys, flows, wireframes and prototypes to bring ideas to life.
- Design native interactions and patterns across the home-moving journey.
- Partner with Content Design when shaping complex flows and messaging.
- Consider tone, hierarchy and edge cases across the app experience.
- Support accessibility and help others understand the value of inclusive design.
- Apply and improve design system components and patterns.
- Identify opportunities to improve patterns and share feedback with the design system team.
- Work closely with Product on direction, risks and commercial awareness.
- Contribute to improving workflows and design practices within the app teams.
- Share work early, participate in critiques and collaborate across disciplines.
- Document your design thinking and decisions for delivery teams.
What you'll bring to the role:
- A collaborative mindset and confidence working in cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to align stakeholders.
- Curiosity and creativity, including exploring emerging tools and responsible use of AI.
- Experience designing and shipping native app experiences end-to-end.
- Strong understanding of iOS and Android design patterns, capabilities and constraints.
- Ability to design complex journeys and multi-step interactions.
- Experience using research, data and analytics to inform design decisions.
- Ability to produce polished UI and prototypes that align with our design system.
- Confidence navigating technical conversations and constraints.
- Skill in balancing usability, commercial goals and technical feasibility.
- Inclusive design awareness with attention to detail and quality.
Our Approach to AI
At Rightmove, we believe software and product are ultimately people problems, and everything we build aims to improve the lives of others. We see AI as a helpful way to create more space for the human side of our work, from understanding real needs to making sure we are solving the right problems in the right way. There is an expectation that you are proactive in exploring how AI can support your own workflow and productivity, and that you approach it with curiosity and an open mind.
About Rightmove
Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.
We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.
Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:
- We create value… by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.
- We think bigger… by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.
- We care deeply… by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.
- We move together… by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.
- We make a difference… by focusing on delivering measurable impact.
We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!
If all this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making...
People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.
What we offer
- Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
- Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
- 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
- Contributory stakeholder pension.
- Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
- Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
- Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
- Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more.
- We offer hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in the office. For our roles, such as Field or Home-based positions, different working arrangements apply - full details will be shared during the recruitment process.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation.
At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success., We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.