Principal Product Designer

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design of new features and updates across our mobile app portfolio, ensuring a best in class user experience
• Hire and lead a team of freelancers overseeing creative direction, project allocation and performance
• Lead the redesign of our Galatea App, craft intuitive and delightful user experiences that our readers will love
• Conduct user research to understand our audience's needs and behaviors, translating insights into design decisions
• Perform competitive analysis and research on winning User Flows that we can adapt and iterate
• Develop and maintain design wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and our creative team, to ensure design vision is executed accurately
• Utilize and contribute to the design system, ensuring consistency across all products
• Stay abreast of UX trends and look for creative ideas and inspiration in parallel analogous worlds
• Deeply understand our authors and readers using data and user interviews to iterate and refine UX and Designs

What You'll Bring:

• 8+ years of experience in UX/UI design, specifically for mobile applications
• BS or MS in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or additional relevant experience
• Experience designing various, mobile application products for millions of b2c users
• Experience working in an agile environment with fellow design, product, engineering, and insights leaders
• Experience communicating design decisions with fellow designers, engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders alike
• Experience data-informed product design and development
• Experience designing for Android and iOS products as well as responsive Web Sites
• Fluent with different level of prototyping tools such as Invision, Figma, Whimsical or Flinto
• Track record of rapidly producing multiple concepts and prototypes and have an understanding of when deeper exploration and research is warranted and when it's best to change paths and try another approach
• Defined or improved product design processes within your organization
• Built or significantly contributed to a product's design system and understand their value
• Understand the value of stripping a design back and testing individual effects

What We’ll Offer:

• 401k plan, designed to help you save for the future
• Health benefits tailored to your needs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Professional coaching for everyone
• Team-building events, including our annual Tulum trip
• Unlimited access to our Galatea app and Galatea TV app. 
• Unlimited budget for self-development books
• Charity donation of your choice at your one year anniversary
• Free lunch in office everyday
• Class Pass membership for US based employee and gym access for Berlin employees
• Dog/cat friendly offices in Berlin and San Francisco

Who We Are Looking For:

• Autonomous
• Bring solutions instead of problems
• Data driven
• Quick to action
• A high functioning workaholic
• Looking for exponential career growth
• Have lots of fun building a generational AI x Entertainment company