Senior Product Designer

Wwshemi; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wwshemi in Berlin seeks a seasoned Product Designer to shape AI-native experiences and raise the bar for design craft. You will lead physical concepts to launch, work with engineering, and help mature a scalable design system that supports rapid iteration for student-facing products.

You will guide junior designers, advocate for high visual quality, and employ AI tools to accelerate product development in a fast-paced startup environment. This on-site role requires presence in Berlin.

Qualifications

• Several years of product design experience with ability to mentor junior colleagues.
• Portfolio showing polished visual craft and shipped work for consumer products, ideally student-facing or teenage users.
• Experience taking product designs from prototyping and research through delivery, focusing on shipping and improving user outcomes.
• Experience using AI tools to support design work and product development.
• Experience scaling quality through code-first design systems or AI-powered design reviews.
• Strong product judgment, clear communication, and comfort collaborating in a fast-paced startup.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site in Berlin. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

• Own product areas from early concepts and prototypes through research, collaboration with engineering, and launch.
• Improve the visual quality and usability of student-facing experiences, including thoughtful motion and interaction design.
• Build and evolve a design system that helps teams deliver consistent, high-quality interfaces.
• Develop AI-assisted design workflows and explore AI-native product experiences.
• Use rapid prototyping and experimentation to make progress in a fast-moving environment.
• Share feedback and help guide more junior designers as the team grows.

Skills

Mentor juniors

Polished visual design

Shipping products

AI in design

Design systems

Team collaboration

Job description

About the Role

Join a Series B education technology company building consumer learning experiences for students. You will shape polished, AI-native product experiences and help establish a high bar for design craft across the product.

What You'll Do

• Own product areas from early concepts and prototypes through research, collaboration with engineering, and launch.
• Improve the visual quality and usability of student-facing experiences, including thoughtful motion and interaction design.
• Build and evolve a design system that helps teams deliver consistent, high-quality interfaces.
• Develop AI-assisted design workflows and explore AI-native product experiences.
• Use rapid prototyping and experimentation to make progress in a fast-moving environment.
• Share feedback and help guide more junior designers as the team grows.

What We're Looking For

• Several years of product design experience, with the ability to mentor or guide junior colleagues.
• A portfolio showing polished visual craft and shipped work for consumer products, ideally student-facing or designed for teenage users.
• Experience taking product designs from prototyping and research through delivery, with a focus on shipping and improving user outcomes.
• Experience using AI tools to support design work and product development.
• Experience scaling quality through code-first design systems or AI-powered design reviews.
• Strong product judgment, clear communication, and comfort working collaboratively in a fast-paced startup.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site in Berlin. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Berlin, Germany. This role is not remote.