Data Visualisation Product Designer Contract NEW

Job Title: Dashboard & Data Visualisation Product Designer
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Engagement: Contractual
Duration: 6 Months (Extendable | Long-term on Marc Ellis Payroll)

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Dashboard & Data Visualisation Product Designer to design insight-driven dashboards and analytical experiences that help users understand data, identify trends, and make informed decisions. This role focuses on transforming complex datasets and business metrics into clear, usable, and scalable dashboards, working closely with Product, Data, and Engineering teams. The ideal candidate combines strong UX thinking, data visualisation expertise, and advanced Figma design-system skills to deliver production-ready analytics interfaces.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design dashboards and data-heavy interfaces that clearly communicate insights, trends, and comparisons.
• Translate complex business metrics into simple, intuitive visual structures with strong information hierarchy.
• Select and apply appropriate chart types and visual patterns based on data behaviour and user needs.
• Design and maintain reusable analytics components (charts, KPI tiles, tables, filters, cards).
• Build and extend design systems for dashboards using Figma (variables, tokens, auto-layout, grids).
• Design responsive dashboards, optimised for desktop with adaptive tablet/mobile views where required.
• Define interaction patterns such as filtering, drill-downs, comparisons, toggles, and tooltips.
• Design all dashboard states, including loading, empty, zero-data, error, and high-density scenarios.
• Ensure accessibility and colour-contrast compliance (WCAG) across charts and data views.
• Collaborate with Data Analysts, Product Owners, and Engineers to refine KPIs, metrics, and data definitions.
• Present and defend design decisions using data, usability, and business rationale.
• Support design-to-development handoff using Figma Dev Mode and clear specifications.

Required Skills & Experience:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience designing dashboards and analytics platforms in an enterprise level data-driven environment.
• Experience with banking or fintech industries.
• Exposure to large-scale, multi-dashboard platforms.

Technical Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong understanding of data visualisation principles, including trends, comparisons, anomalies, and clarity.
• Ability to translate complex metrics into clear, intuitive dashboard layouts with strong information hierarchy.
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including: Auto-layout, Constraints, Grids, Variables and tokens and Component libraries
• Experience building and maintaining reusable design systems for analytical interfaces.
• Strong layout and information-architecture skills for dense, data-rich screens.
• Experience designing interactive dashboard behaviours such as filtering, drill-downs, comparisons, toggles, and tooltips.
• Good understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive colour usage in data visualisation.
• Comfortable interpreting raw metrics and KPIs, and collaborating closely with Data teams.
• Partnering with stakeholders to validate KPIs and collaboratively refine metrics and data representations to ensure dashboards communicate clear, meaningful, and actionable insights.
• Strong communication skills to explain, justify, and iterate on design decisions.
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) for design collaboration and feasibility.