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Nigeria

Product Designer

ABOUT FIELD

At Field, we design and build products to solve difficult health logistics problems in places with poor infrastructure. Our investor-backed health logistics platform, Field Supply, powers the planning and distribution of public health commodities across the continent; and provides the digital infrastructure for our pharmacy supply and financing service, Shelf Life.

JOB SUMMARY

We're looking for a Product Designer to join our Supply Chain Tooling pod - the team building practical, operational tools that facility workers and logistics managers use daily to move health products efficiently.

Where you'll spend your time: 80% of your energy will go into UX and workflow design - figuring out the right flows, the right information hierarchy, the right sequence of steps. The remaining 20% is assembling those flows into UI using our existing design system. The hard thinking is in the workflows; the UI should be relatively straightforward because we have strong patterns to build from.

Our design philosophy: We're building good enough tools that work together seamlessly, not expert-level tools that compete with SAP or Oracle. We're pragmatic, not precious. We ship fast, learn quickly, and kill features that don't work.

What makes this unique: You'll be designing for users in rural Nigeria and Kenya - facility workers reporting stock on their phones, logistics managers routing shipments with spotty connectivity. Your designs need to work in the real world: on basic Android phones, with interruptions, for users who might be semi-literate. If it only works on a MacBook with perfect wifi, it doesn't work.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Research & Validation

  • Conduct lean user research with facility workers and logistics managers to understand operational pain points
  • Prototype and test concepts quickly - we validate in weeks, not months
  • Work with the Product Manager to run rapid validation cycles (sketch → prototype → pilot → iterate)

Design Operational Workflows (Your Primary Focus)

  • Design the flow and logic of stock reporting, ordering, and transportation workflows - making complex supply chain processes feel simple
  • Figure out the right sequence of steps, what information to show when, and what decisions users need to make
  • Map out user journeys that account for interruptions, edge cases, and real-world chaos
  • Think through error states, validation logic, and "what happens when..." scenarios obsessively

AI-Augmented Design Process

  • Use AI tools (Figma AI, Lovable, v0, etc.) to rapidly generate and iterate on UI concepts
  • Prototype multiple workflow options quickly to test with users
  • Leverage AI to speed up the boring parts so you can focus on the hard thinking about flows and logic

Support-Aware Design

  • Design to minimize support tickets
  • Build in-app guidance, clear error messages, and validation that prevents user mistakes
  • Collaborate with the support team to understand where users get stuck

Design System Contribution

  • Work within and evolve Field's design system to accommodate configuration-heavy products
  • Document workflow patterns that can be reused across diverse client configurations
  • Balance consistency with the flexibility needed for 20+ clients with different workflows

Collaboration

  • Work closely with engineers on feasibility and performance constraints
  • Partner with the PM to pitch features to clients and gather feedback
  • Facilitate lightweight design reviews with cross-functional stakeholders

Some travel to our offices (and out to the field) in Nigeria and Kenya may be required. We are generally pretty flexible with travel arrangements.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

  • 4-6 years designing operational software - tools people use to get work done, not browse casually
  • Strong UX and workflow design skills - you excel at taking a messy process and making it simple
  • Solid visual design skills - you can create clean, functional interfaces, especially when working within a design system
  • Strong portfolio showing your process: user flows, journey maps, wireframes, validation work, iterations, and final UI
  • Figma proficiency - our primary tool
  • Pragmatic mindset - comfortable with "good enough" solutions and ruthless prioritization
  • Rapid prototyping skills - you can mock up testable workflows in days, not weeks
  • Systems thinking - you can simplify complex operational processes without breaking them
  • Willingness to kill your work - you're not precious about designs that don't validate
  • Clear communication - you can explain your reasoning and rationale to stakeholders

BONUS POINTS FOR

  • Experience with AI design tools or strong interest in incorporating them into your workflow
  • Designing for low-literacy users or challenging usage contexts
  • Experience with design systems that support heavy configuration/variation
  • B2B SaaS or enterprise software experience
  • Understanding of supply chain, logistics, or operational workflows
  • Experience designing for emerging markets or low-connectivity environments
  • Prototyping tools beyond Figma (Framer, etc.)
  • Knowledge of HTML/CSS
  • Familiarity with data-driven design and A/B testing

PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS

We want to see 2-3 detailed case studies that show your thinking about flows and user problems, not just polished UI screenshots. For each project, include:

Project context:

  • What problem were you solving? For whom?
  • What constraints did you have? (timeline, technical, user, business)
  • What was your role on the team?

Your process:

  • Show the messy middle: user research findings, user flows, journey maps, wireframes, iterations
  • How did you figure out the right workflow? What alternatives did you consider?
  • How did you validate your ideas? What feedback did you get?
  • How did you collaborate with PMs and engineers?

What you shipped:

  • Show the final design (screenshots, links, videos)
  • Walk us through the key flows and explain your decisions
  • What tradeoffs did you make? What did you intentionally leave out?

Impact & learning:

  • How did you measure success? What were the results?
  • What did you learn? What would you do differently?
  • Bonus: Tell us about something you designed that failed and why
If this sounds like a place you'd like to come to work, we humbly suggest we could do some great things together. Please get in touch with a CV or portfolio.
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