Takeaway: Senior UX Designer - FTC

UX Designer is needed in Berlin, Germany.

Client: Takeaway

Location: Berlin, Germany

Contract: Not Found

Hungry for a challenge? That’s good, because at Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET) we have abundant opportunity or as we say, everything is on the table. We are a leading global online food delivery marketplace. Our tech ecosystem connects millions of active customers with hundreds of thousands of connected partners in countries across the globe. Our mission? To empower every food moment around the world, whether it’s through customer service, coding or couriers.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer who can take our courier services to the next level – someone who can create simple and intuitive user experiences. While much of your time will be spent working directly on problems, you will also be joining a global team of 60 creatives, made up Product Designers, UX Designers, UI Designers, User Researchers and Copywriters. If you are keen to join a growing and successful company and want to see your work help millions of people, please get in touch. This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

We think this job might be for you if:

• You care about creating great solutions that delight and inspire users.
• You like working alongside agile teams with Product Managers and Engineers to create inspiring solutions.
• You like working on problems, rather than features.
• You are keen to have users view your ideas, concepts and work regularly.
• You thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
• You like working client-side but are keen to see your work released quickly and regularly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Innovative solutions - The Senior Product Designer focuses on key user problems and comes up with innovative solutions while empowering consumers to love their takeaway experience. You own every aspect of the product’s design, from solving the core user problem to shipping a well-tested and pixel perfect UI.
• Create prototypes - The Senior Product Designer works across the entire product lifecycle from concept to delivery and will create documentation, wireframes, prototypes and pixel perfect UI. The Senior Product Designer creates hi- and lo-fi prototypes that can be validated with users, and is able to communicate the detail of these interactions to developers.
• Research - The Senior Product Designer conducts research and usability studies in conjunction with UX researchers.
• Data-driven - The Senior Product Designer uses qualitative and quantitative data to influence their work. In conjunction with the Product Manager you will measure and monitor performance of the products you work on.
• Communicate - The Senior Product Designer transparently communicates on their progress and discusses ideas with their cross-functional team. You can present well both within the Design team and to non-creative stakeholders.
• Teamwork - The Senior Product Designer takes a collaborative approach and fosters strong working relationships with their team, and with people in the wider JE team.

Your Profile & Experience:

• Minimum of 4+ years experience in a UX design role.
• Experience in designing and shipping consumer products or products for businesses.
• Excellent design skills (layout, typography, colour)
• High fidelity prototyping skills (We use Figma)
• Experience of user-centred design principles & working in agile development teams.
• Experience with workshop facilitation and design sprints.
• Experience having worked as an end to end designer, with varied processes and frameworks to deliver successful UX&D work as an individual contributor and part of a larger team.
• Experienced at evangelising and explaining to others in the organisation about UX&D processes, benefits of UX&D, UX&D methods
• Some experience of coaching or mentoring fellow designers.
• Will have strong business acumen and be able to contribute to their direct project domains.
• Experience designing user interface for both one app platform (iOS or Android) and responsive web preferred. An understanding of web and app development, ensuring that all your work is feasible and makes use of the latest best-practices in UX design and development.
• Extensive experience collaborating with senior stakeholders from Product and Technology departments. Significant experience working with other Designers and UX Researchers.
• Comfortable presenting to larger audiences and senior stakeholders.
• Experience of influencing and advocating for the user/customer to non-design audiences, such as Product or Technology Managers. Experience presenting or facilitating design talks/workshops internally.
• Ability to take ownership, creatively solve problems, and proactively contribute to the objectives of the business.

At JET, this is on the menu: Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging: No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colorful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking? Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people’s stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels.

Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now! #LI-CB2