Senior Product Designer, Community (Berlin, hybrid)

We’re in an exciting growth phase following our Series B funding and are expanding our team. Our hybrid working culture includes three office days per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at our Berlin headquarters. Looking ahead, we’re also growing London as our second location, with a new office planned for 2025.

A little about us

• Redefining graphic design: Kittl is transforming how creators work with an intuitive platform that stands as a modern, competitive alternative to traditional design tools: Build the new Adobe of tomorrow.

• Rapid growth: Millions of users within just two years of launch

• Diverse team: 120+ team members representing 30+ different countries

• Truly product-led company: Engineers, Product managers and designers are at the core of Kittl - shaping an engineering driven working culture

• Strong funding: Raised over $45M from world-renowned investors who have also backed companies like Slack, Dropbox, and Figma

Learn more: www.kittl.com/career

Your role at Kittl

As a Senior Product Designer on the Community team, your focus is on community-driven growth and retention, fostering a thriving ecosystem where professional designers can grow both personally and professionally while contributing to the broader Kittl community. You’ll collaborate with your product management and engineering partners to create delightful experiences that excite and engage people using the Kittl platform. You'll craft visually stunning, innovative designs that are both feasible and easy to implement.

You love designing visually stunning and engaging designs. You've helped to build websites that people eagerly share and discuss. Quick experimentation with different solutions comes naturally to you. You have a deep understanding of your target audience and strive to be the subject matter expert others seek out to collaborate with. For you, creating delightful interactions isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential. You elevate those around you by freely sharing new approaches, inspiring others with high-quality design, and thriving in collaborative teamwork with your partners.

What you’ll do

• Driving user engagement: As a growth designer, your focus will be on boosting user engagement through community features around social interaction (messaging, commenting, liking) and user-generated content

• Iterate: Wireframe and prototype new ideas, then swiftly refine them based on performance results

• User research: Conduct user research and usability testing to ensure interfaces are intuitive and effective

• Interpret data: Collaborate closely with data analysts to interpret user behavior, translating insights into actionable design improvements

• Collaborate: Partner with product teams to implement designs and maintain consistency throughout the product

What you’ll need

• Experience: You're a Senior Product Designer who has led growth initiatives to drive user engagement

• Portfolio: Your portfolio shows variety in your work with a case study on relevant growth projects backed up with success metrics

• Design skills: Expertise in design principles, typography, colour theory, and user-centered design principles with a proficiency in Figma and sharp eye for visual details

• Be KPI driven: An innate understanding of metrics, KPIs, and how design can impact them

• Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills whilst working cross functionally

• Be a self-starter: Motivated to take initiative and work independently, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

Interview process

• Recruiter interview (30 min)

• Take home design assignment OR expansive portfolio

• Technical interview with Head of Design (45 min)

• Interview with Head of Design & Senior Product Manager (60 min)

• Bar raiser interview with Chief of Staff, right hand to CEO (45 min)

We are looking for someone

• Exceptionally driven to drive impact and challenge the status quo

• Who takes extreme ownership & gets things done

• Who goes above and beyond in their role

• Who is deeply passionate about what they do

Benefits

• Maximise your impact: No matter if you’re leading a team or you stand out by your domain expertise - all we care about is supporting you to maximise your own impact

• Hackathons: Our quarterly hackathons provide an environment to experiment with new concepts, push boundaries, and potentially deliver the next big thing.

• Kittl Week: Each year, our global team gathers together for a whole week, to work, celebrate, get inspired, and have fun

• Flexible working hours: Our core hours are 11am–5pm CET, leaving the rest of your schedule flexible to fit your style

• Remote work: Work up to 50 days (10 weeks) fully remote per year from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain our core hours

• Mobility benefit: We fully cover your monthly BVG public transport ticket

• Health and fitness: Urban Sports Club membership discount

• Vacation: Up to 30 vacation days per year

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🌈 At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!