Digital Product Designer - Football Startup

Prematch Sports GmbH; Köln; Hybrid; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A dynamic sports technology startup in Germany is seeking a talented Product Designer to lead design efforts for user experiences. This role involves creating intuitive interfaces, conducting user research, and working closely with development teams. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of experience, is fluent in German and English, and understands the amateur football space. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible remote working options.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Employee participation (VSOP)

27 vacation days per year

Team events

Qualifikationen

• 2 years of proven experience as a Product Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing your skills.
• Experience in conducting user research and usability testing.
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction.

Aufgaben

• Design user-centric interfaces and experiences for mobile applications.
• Conduct product discovery and usability testing to gather insights.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for new features.

Kenntnisse

UX/UI Design

User Research

Visual Design

Design Principles

Fluent in German

Fluent in English

Jobbeschreibung

Hey, You! Nice to meet you!

As the leading platform for non-professional football in Europe, we bring professional experiences — from news and data to gamification — directly to a community of over 190 million footballers and fans.

We are Prematch, founded in 2021 in Cologne — a dynamic startup with a smart and ambitious team. Our marketing and business teams are based in Cologne, Berlin, and London, while our tech and product teams work remotely across Europe.

We’re backed by strong partners such as adidas, Krombacher, NIVEA MEN, and Techniker Krankenkasse — with a couple of exciting collaborations still in the pipeline. Successful investors like Ralf Reichert (CEO of ESL) and Verena Pausder are supporting us on our journey.

Already a good match if you....

• Location: 100% remote: you’re excited to work either from our offices in Cologne or fully remote — whatever suits you best.
• Experience: You have at least 2 years of relevant experience and feel confident in your role.
• You enjoy working in a growing team & startup environment.

Main information

• Start: Immediate (flexible)
• Workload: Full-time
• Area of responsibility: Product
• Fast, easy & transparent application process

For this we need you

Product Design: We’re seeking a talented Product Designer to lead our design efforts in creating intuitive and delightful user experiences. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of our product, from conceptualizing new features to refining existing ones. Your expertise in user research, interaction design, and visual design will be key in crafting solutions that meet our users’ needs and drive engagement. Working closely with our development and product teams, you’ll turn insights into beautiful, functional designs that enhance our user experience and contribute to our product’s success.

Your mission

• UX/UI Design: Design user-centric interfaces and experiences for mobile applications
• User Research: Conduct product discovery, user interviews and usability testing to gather insights and inform design decisions
• Prototyping: Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for new features and improvements
• Design Consistency: Ensure design consistency and coherence across the entire product
• Cross-Team Support: Take on further design tasks across departments (e.g. brand partnerships)

What do you need

• Experience: 2 years of proven experience as a Product Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing your design skills.
• You know football: Amateur football is not new to you - you’ve played yourself, and/or are still active in a club. You have a good feel for the people, processes, and challenges on and off the pitch
• Languages: You’re fluent in German & English
• User Research: Experience in conducting user research and usability testing
• Visual Design: Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
• Design Principles: Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, and responsive design

Advantage but not a must

• Motion Design Skills are a plus
• Frontend Dev Skills are a plus

Why us?

• Be part of it from the start – Shape how Prematch grows and transforms amateur football.
• Competitive salary that you can be proud of.
• Employee participation (VSOP) — directly benefit from the company’s success.
• Three cool offices in Cologne, Berlin, and London — true startup vibes to work and grow together. Want to visit another office? We support that too!
• Homeoffice — depending on your distance to the office, you work 1–3 days a week onsite and the rest flexibly remote (working from home at the start and end of the week is quite popular) — whatever suits you best. Tech & Product roles sometimes offer 100% remote.
• Remote, even from afar — Whether it’s a week of sunshine abroad or a few days with family — we allow flexible work from outside your usual location.
• Team spirit — whether in the office or at home, we use cool tools and a virtual office to keep the team tightly connected.
• Modern IT equipment — We provide the tools and devices you need to be productive.
• 27 vacation days per year — For your rest and to recharge. Plus special arrangements if you’re a parent, so you can better balance family and relaxation.
• Team events at our locations — Whether after work in Cologne, Berlin, or London: we regularly bring teams together to connect and grow stronger.
• Offsites with the whole team — Four days out of the daily grind with the entire team: trips, brainstorming, onsite collaboration, and real team spirit.

Right up your alley?

Then let's not waste any time! All we need is your current CV. You can easily submit further information about yourself in our short application form. Lisa will then get in touch with you! We can't wait to find out more about you!