Senior Product Designer

CLERA; Berlin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. in Berlin is seeking a senior product designer to shape core product areas for AI-powered learning experiences, guiding teams from concept through delivery in a fast-paced startup environment. On-site in Berlin, you will craft interfaces, motion details, and a scalable design system.

The role emphasizes hands-on building, prototyping, and collaborating across product and engineering, with a focus on teenage learners and polished B2C experiences.

Qualifications

• Several years of product design experience, with the ability to guide more junior designers.
• Portfolio showing strong visual craft and shipped consumer products for teenage audiences.
• Experience taking designs from prototyping through to shipping.
• Experience using AI tools to support design work.
• Experience scaling product quality through design systems or AI-powered reviews.
• Comfort in a fast-moving startup with prototypes, experiments, and hands-on building.
• Strong systems thinking and clear, collaborative communication.

Responsibilities

• Own product areas from early concepts through research, delivery, and iteration with product and engineering partners.
• Design polished interfaces and motion details that make complex learning journeys feel simple and intuitive.
• Build and evolve a scalable design system, including reusable components and quality practices.
• Explore AI-assisted workflows and AI-native product experiences to improve how the team researches, prototypes, and ships.
• Share direct feedback and help raise design standards across the team.

Skills

Product design experience

Leadership

Visual craft

Systems thinking

Communication

Job description

About the Role

Join a consumer education technology team building AI-powered learning experiences for students. You will shape core product areas and help set a high bar for visual craft, usability, and design quality.

What You’ll Do

• Own product areas from early concepts and prototypes through research, delivery, and iteration with product and engineering partners.

• Design polished interfaces and motion details that make complex learning journeys feel simple and intuitive.

• Build and evolve a scalable design system, including reusable components and quality practices.

• Explore AI-assisted workflows and AI-native product experiences to improve how the team researches, prototypes, and ships.

• Share direct feedback and help raise design standards across the team.

What We’re Looking For

• Several years of product design experience, with the ability to guide more junior designers.

• A portfolio showing strong visual craft, shipped consumer products, and polished B2C experiences for teenage audiences.

• Experience taking designs from prototyping and research through to shipping, rather than focusing primarily on research.

• Experience using AI tools to support design work and developing product experiences that incorporate AI.

• Experience scaling product quality through code-first design systems or AI-powered design reviews.

• Comfort working in a fast-moving startup environment, with a bias toward prototypes, experiments, and hands-on building.

• Strong systems thinking, clear communication, and a collaborative approach to feedback.

Compensation & Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

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