UI/UX Lead (f/m/x)

Bonial International GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading digital advertising partner in Berlin seeks a UI/UX Lead to guide and mentor designers while collaborating with various stakeholders. This role emphasizes leadership in design strategy, enhancing user experience, and ensuring alignment between product vision and business goals. The ideal candidate should possess strong design expertise and a solid understanding of strategic and business context. Join a high-growth environment filled with opportunities for professional development and innovation.

Leistungen

Free lunch

Wellbeing programs

Visa sponsorship

28 days holiday plus additional days

Modern office facilities

Qualifikationen

• Expertise in designing strategies based on research to identify key problems.
• Proficiency in user research, prototyping, and design thinking.
• Strong grasp of the company's business model and goals.
• Skilled in guiding stakeholders toward user-centered decisions.
• Proven ability to align design with long-term business goals.

Aufgaben

• Lead key design projects ensuring alignment with customer problems.
• Drive results with hands-on leadership when necessary.
• Establish high-quality standards and ensure brand alignment.
• Collapse designs to improve user experience and meet standards.

Kenntnisse

Strategic Research

Design Expertise

Business Awareness

Stakeholder Influence

Strategic Thinking

Jobbeschreibung

bonial helps you save time, money and paper!

We are a digital advertising partner for offline businesses - we support retailers in their marketing activities and help them find a new audience. Would you like to join and be a part of digitalisation of retail?

Bonial is part of Axel Springer SE and is disrupting the retail landscape as the leading “Drive to Store” partner in Germany and France. Through our platforms “kaufDA” and “MeinProspekt” in Germany, and “Bonial” in France, we connect millions of users with their favorite shops and brands—driving real impact every single day. We are in the midst of an exciting growth phase, scaling fast and transforming the way people discover retail. At Bonial, we thrive in a high‑performance, fast‑paced environment fueled by motivated, results‑driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference. If you’re looking to be part of a dynamic team that’s shaping the future of retail, we’d love to meet you.

bonial welcomes both full‑and part‑timers!

INTRODUCTION

As a key member of our Product Team, your mission as UI/UX Lead is to lead, mentor and guide our UI/UX designers as well as collaborating with other functions. In your role, you will get in touch with a variety of stakeholders, product owners, engineers and people from the leadership. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll combine strong communication and strategic thinking with expertise in prototyping, interaction design, and visual design to create exceptional user journeys. Your leadership will shape the direction of our Product Design Guild, ensuring the product is functional, intuitive, visually captivating, and aligned with our broader business vision. Together with our Heads in Product and Engineering, you are ensuring strategic alignment and contribute in giving strategic guidance to all P&D teams.

Your responsibilities:

Lead Product Designer (70%)

• Leadership: Lead key design projects, ensuring alignment with stream goals and customer problems.
• Hands‑on: Drive results with hands‑on leadership when necessary, managing resources efficiently.
• Quality Control: Establish high‑quality standards and brand‑alignment within the teams.
• Strategy Alignment: Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure all work aligns with the product vision and strategy.
• Coordination: Plan and coordinate design work, oversee team rituals, and ensure timely delivery.
• Visibility: Keep design work visible and documented through Jira.
• Standards: Ensure all designs improve user experience and meet accessibility standards.

People Manager (30%)

• Mentorship: Offer guidance, feedback, and support for designers' growth.
• Career Development: Help define career paths and development frameworks.
• Team Culture: Foster collaboration, respect, and cross‑functional teamwork.
• Autonomy: Provide the team with clear purpose and tools to work effectively and autonomously while ensuring knowledge is being shared across all team members.

Your profile:

• Strategic Research: Expertise in designing strategies by triangulating research (market/user, quantitative/qualitative, behavioral/attitudinal) to identify key problems for Product leaders and strategists. A systems thinker who understands the root causes and effects at various levels.
• Design Expertise: Proficient in user research, prototyping, and design thinking, with a strong understanding of emerging trends and technologies to keep solutions innovative and competitive.
• Business Awareness: Strong grasp of the company’s business model, revenue streams, and goals. Ensures design decisions are tied to ROI and business outcomes, maintaining stakeholder support.
• Stakeholder Influence: Skilled in guiding stakeholders toward user‑centered decisions based on research and testing.
• Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to align design with long‑term business goals, developing strategies collaboratively with the P&D leadership that solve immediate challenges and contribute to broader business objectives.

Don’t have all the skills listed? No worries! We encourage you to apply anyway. Our team is excited to review your experience and see how you might fit into the role. We’d love to hear from you and see your portfolio!

What We Offer:

High growth story – Bonial is a high‑growth and dynamic company with continuous potential into the future. We are a leading player and a driving force in an industry that is undergoing a massive and a once‑in‑a‑lifetime shift from print to digital.

Innovation & tech – we are a high‑tech company focused on innovative technology, leveraging AI and other tools to maximize productivity and efficiency. We leverage these tools to continually enhance the performance of our company and our people, while driving results for our customers and users.

Exciting environment for professional development – strong support for your professional development, backed‑up by a feedback culture to help you identify your strengths and opportunities.

Diversity – proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace where we aim to enable everyone to show up as their full selves. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and to being a safe space regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender, gender identity or gender expression.

Wellbeing – we believe mental health is as important as being fit. That's why we're giving you free access to nilo.health, a mental health app. In terms of physical training, other than our awesome gym in the office, we also cover part of the subscription to the Urban Sports Club. We can also offer you a corporate pension scheme so you don't have to worry about your retirement.

Sustainability – together with our Green team, we offer you the opportunity to engage in projects that promote sustainability, environmental development and the impact that we make on our planet.

Flexibility – Currently, we have a policy that allows for up to 20% mobile work, which can be conducted from anywhere within Germany, and the option to work from abroad. Additionally, we offer 28 days of holiday. You also get an extra day for each calendar year (up to 30 days) as well as other occasions (moving, working on a social project, etc).*

Modern office – Zen Rooms where employees can pray, relax or simply have some quiet time; fully equipped gym in the office, and a roof terrace for amazing social events.

Free lunch – whenever you’re at the office, we offer you different lunch options – and it’s all on us! Enjoy your lunch at a nearby restaurant that partners with us! Hot and cold drinks, fruit, regular varied and healthy breakfasts and other snacks at the office are, of course, always available for free for our employees.*

Social Culture – which encourages people to start conversations, build relationships and participate together in the community through regular team events.

Visa Sponsorship – we provide visa sponsorship for those of you who are eager to join us from outside of Germany.

Partner for retail – we empower retailers to reach their customers in the most efficient and effective way possible. We see ourselves as a critical business partner for retail, and as highlighted in our Company Vision, we “Enrich local shopping for everyone. Everyday.”

As part of the Axel Springer Group, we also align with the Axel Springer Essentials.

If you think you could fit the bill, we'd love to hear from you!

You can check out our bonial_people Instagram or read more about bonial culture and tech on Medium.

*as per our current Works Agreements