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Product Designer

WordsmithEdinburghR&D
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Salary
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Job type
Full-time
Posted
29 May 2026
Status
Open · checked 9d ago

About this role

Role Overview

Wordsmith is hiring a full-time Product Designer to join the R&D team located in Edinburgh. This position involves designing and building effortless user experiences for an AI-powered legal operations platform.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop user interfaces and user flows that simplify complicated legal tasks and workflows.
Build rapid code prototypes to test and validate fresh concepts prior to full development.
Connect design and engineering by transforming designs into production-ready code.
Supervise UI implementation quality across the entire product, ensuring polished micro-interactions and pixel-perfect execution.
Shape product strategy, clarify ambiguous challenges, and design complete end-to-end user journeys.
Build and maintain design systems and component libraries to accelerate team output.
Leverage AI tools for exploration, prototyping, and developing new interface patterns.

Requirements

Ability to guide project direction and build strong alignment with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders.
Capable of building and shipping front-end work using TypeScript, React, CSS, and animation.
Strong self-sufficiency to drive a problem from initial ambiguity to a completed, shipped solution.
Exceptional attention to detail covering logic, user flows, and visual pixels.
Commitment to completing projects with high polish rather than stopping at good enough.
Speed in prototyping ideas within hours rather than days.
Systems-level thinking to create reusable and maintainable user interfaces.
Enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and establishing new interaction standards.

Nice to Have

Background in building or scaling design systems.
Experience working on technical products, developer tools, or complex software for expert users.
Formal design training or an equivalent proven track record.
Genuine curiosity about how real-world legal work functions.

Skills and Tools

React
TypeScript
CSS
Animation
UI and UX Design
Prototyping
Design Systems

Salary and Benefits

Competitive salary
Meaningful equity
Real ownership over product direction and design decisions

About the Company

Wordsmith builds the legal operations platform tailored for in-house corporate teams, serving over five hundred companies including Canva, Trip.com, and the Financial Times. The firm is backed by major investors such as Index Ventures, General Catalyst, and Highland Europe. Team members work out of the Edinburgh office to maintain close collaboration and rapid decision-making.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official company careers page at wordsmith.ai to submit their application.

Skills and tech stack

ReactTypeScript

Questions candidates ask

Where is the Product Designer role located?

The position is based in the company office in Edinburgh.

What technical skills are required for this role?

Candidates need experience with React, TypeScript, CSS, and animation, bridging the gap between design and front-end engineering.

Is remote work permitted for this position?

No, this is an in-office team in Edinburgh where working together in person is the default.

What kind of company is Wordsmith?

Wordsmith builds an AI-powered legal operations platform designed specifically for in-house legal teams.

What benefits are included with the job?

The role includes a competitive salary and meaningful equity.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Wordsmith careers page.

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