Product Designer

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

We are looking for an expert designer to be a strategic contributor and lead projects for our mobile web and native app platforms! You must have a developed aesthetic taste that is distinctive and admired. You love details and pixel-perfection. You will concept, design and ship applications that millions of people use in order to find and book their travel. You will be working with a diverse team of Product Managers, Engineers and Designers to build, deliver, and test digital travel products.

This role will require you to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.

In this role, you will:

• Understand customer needs in our markets around the world and shape our experiences to meet those needs.
• Take into account existing insights, technical constraints, platform guidelines, and business needs to craft high-quality, user-centered app designs.
• Be autonomous. Take full ownership of your work and full responsibility for every last detail. Own the success or failure of your design work.
• Rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes for A/B experiments, using data and user insights to determine when to deepen exploration or pivot toward more effective solutions that drive user and business impact.
• ‘Systems Thinking' of how to approach scalable design and each of the areas it impacts, both now and in the potential future.

Please apply if you have:

• Deep knowledge of Android design patterns, guidelines, and interaction models.
• Proven experience designing at consumer-focused product companies delivering outstanding user experiences.
• The ability to drive, and ship features inside an ever-growing and experimenting company.
• Excellent communication skills, together with analytical thinking and problem-solving capability. Able to break down and simplify sophisticated problems and be confident at presenting to a mixed audience of different levels in the organization
• An appreciation of the entire product development process, from problem solving through to detailed interaction and visual design
• A user–focused design mentality. Experienced in acquiring user feedback, whether its, conducting usability studies, performing user research, or crafting options for experimentation
• Experienced working in a dynamic design process where we let quantitative and qualitative customer data guide our designs
• Strong time management skills and the ability to be self-directed and prioritize. Demonstrate an attention to detail about your work that your teammates can rely on
• A positive demeanor toward your work, including curiosity to learn and a willingness to adapt as new and different challenges constantly emerge
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices for mobile platforms, including experience designing for screen readers, color contrast, and adaptable text sizes.

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being:
  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
  • No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Focus on your career growth:
  • Development Dollars
  • Leadership development
  • Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• 6 weeks paid vacation
• Free lunch 2 days per week
• Pension plan contributions
• Public transportation subsidies
• Bike leasing program
• Monthly social events, Thursday socials, sports teams
• An beautiful office in Friedrichshain, Berlin

Inclusion

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.

Need an accommodation for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.

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