(Senior) Product Designer UI (m/f/o)

Hi, we are Modulr!

We are Modulr an interdisciplinary team of Strategists, Designers & Technologists building digital products & experiences for leading companies & ambitious startups. We are looking to enhance our team with the best talent in the ares of product design. As one of the most important roles in our team, you will have a significant impact on our business by leading processes, projects & team members. You will be a prime mover in the acquisition of new clients, while also delivering real added value to our existing clients. You are an expert in crafting beautiful, emotional branded expressions across diverse touchpoints, interfaces & new realities. If you're unafraid of taking the lead and being a driving force in building a Design Company from the ground up, then we can't wait to hear from you.

Tasks

What you'll be doing:

• Understand the goals, business requirements & constraints for projects
• Discovery phases with clients by conducting research, gathering requirements, and framing design problems.
• Lead and defining the design vision and visual looks for projects (from defining tasks to facilitating teams to executing design vision)
• Designing & concepting graphical user interfaces & interactions for mobile, tablet, web, mixed reality & wearable experiences
• Prototyping designs & design flows for digital products
• Creating & managing complex design systems & pattern libraries
• Translating visual brand languages into guidelines for clients
• Functional leadership and further development of UI / Visual Product Designers (interns and juniors)

Requirements

Must Have's:

• 5+ years professional experience as an UI-, Interaction-, Product or Visual Designer
• A thinker with a hands-on mentality with excellent visual design skills & love for designing emotional connections with users
• In-depth knowledge of adapting a brand & brand's values to a living system across multiple touchpoints (UI's, Comm. Materials, etc)
• You understand how to match design decisions to business objectives
• You have strong analytical design problem-solving skills and can focus on the big picture, while keeping an eye on the details.
• You enjoy working independently, and know how to find answers to problems.
• You are an empathetic leader and care about providing direction and support in developing junior team members
• Highly developed design skills, demonstrated in your portfolio of recent work. You champion craft every chance you get. Best quality is a must!

Bonus points if you have:

• A relevant degree in Communication, Interaction Design or a related design discipline
• Skills in animation & utilizing motion for use in user interfaces
• You are fluent in both English & German
• Words like "Jira, Notion, Kanban, Agile & Sprints" are not foreign words
• Interest/knowledge in UX related design patterns & methodologies
• Theoretical knowledge of frontend technologies & software development processes

Benefits

• An important role in a small but very selected team of friendly and inspiring people
• Competitive Salary
• Subsidy for an HVV ProfiTicket
• 30 vacation days per year
• A modern office in a very central location in Ottensen, 5 minutes to S-Bahn and Bus
• Meaningful work, actively pushing the boundaries of what a strictly human-centered approach in product design can do in business and society
• A high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom with great team spirit
• A respectful and appreciative team culture
• No overtime! We work in a focused, effective and passionate way and we value the free time to rest and gather enough energy for new ideas.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working from home
• The freedom to develop your own job. We are convinced the most talents know best, how to organize themselves to a large extent and create their own jobs.
• Personal and professional development according to your skills and interests (Conferences, seminars)
• Regular team events (team breakfast, Lunch, thirsty Thursday, ..)

Think we might fit well together? Then let's set a date and get to know each other. Send us your application in German or English, with:

• Your Resume
• A Portfolio with examples of your best work
• Earliest possible start date
• And a general idea of an expected salary

Your contact for this position is Sean Loomis.

Can't wait to meet you soon!