Senior UX/UI Designer

Exoticca; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Permanent contract from start

Travel packages at reduced prices

Referral bonus

Unlimited coffee & team lunches

Cobee private health insurance

Job summary

Exoticca is seeking an experienced UX/UI Designer to craft efficient, scalable experiences for internal tools and customer-facing platforms. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to translate operational needs into intuitive designs and maintain a cohesive design system.

Join a fast-growing, multicultural team in a hybrid setup with Barcelona offices. A strong portfolio, user-centered approach, and proficiency in Figma are essential to success in this role.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in UX/UI design, with experience designing internal tools and customer-facing web platforms.
• Strong portfolio showing complex workflows, dashboards, or operational systems.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and design systems.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Experience conducting end-to-end user research and usability testing.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies and collaboration with developers.
• Experience in agile development environments.

Responsibilities

• Design efficient, scalable, and user-centred experiences across internal and customer-facing web products, focusing on operational tools.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate needs into intuitive designs.
• Work with design systems to document components and ensure consistency.
• Conduct usability testing, analyze data, and iterate designs based on insights.
• Partner with developers during implementation to ensure high-quality execution.
• Drive data-informed improvements, including A/B testing.

Skills

UX/UI Design

Cross-functional collaboration

User research

Usability testing

Design systems

Tools

Figma

Design System tooling

HTML/CSS/JS basics

Job description

What Is Exoticca?

Exoticca is a pioneering online travel agency that has revolutionized the conception, production, and e-commerce of long-distance dream trips. At the core of Exoticca's brand equity is the commitment to \"creating life milestones.\" We believe in delivering best-value trips, exploring unique destinations, curating extraordinary travel experiences, and demonstrating genuine care for both our customers and the planet.

What Is Exoticca?

Exoticca is a pioneering online travel agency that has revolutionized the conception, production, and e-commerce of long-distance dream trips. At the core of Exoticca's brand equity is the commitment to \"creating life milestones.\" We believe in delivering best-value trips, exploring unique destinations, curating extraordinary travel experiences, and demonstrating genuine care for both our customers and the planet.

We are a professional, dynamic, multicultural team in rapid international growth, seeking new partners to help us create the best and most forward-thinking travel company of our generation.

What about the team?

You will be responsible for designing efficient, scalable, and user-centred experiences across both internal platforms and customer-facing web products, with a strong focus on tools used by operational and business teams.

This role is key to improving complex workflows, productivity, and system usability, helping teams work more effectively through better design. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to turn operational needs into intuitive and high-impact solutions.

Experience working with design systems, strong attention to detail, and a solid technical understanding will be key to ensuring seamless collaboration with development teams.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into intuitive and effective user experiences aligned with business goals


• Conduct user research in operational environments: Run usability testing, interviews, and analyse data (e.g., analytics, heatmaps) to understand user needs, validate decisions, and improve workflows


• Create end-to-end designs: Develop wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs in Figma, ensuring scalability and consistency


• Improve usability and accessibility: Optimize interfaces for clarity, speed, and accessibility (WCAG), especially in complex systems


• Collaborate Closely with Developers: Work closely with developers during the design implementation process, providing detailed design specifications, style guides, assets, and any necessary clarifications to ensure high-quality execution. Utilise the Design System framework to document and manage UI components, ensuring consistent design implementation across teams


• Drive data-informed improvements: Participate in A/B testing and iterate designs based on qualitative and quantitative insights to optimise the user experience

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in UX/UI design, with experience designing both internal tools and customer-facing web platforms, including dashboards and complex systems


• A strong portfolio demonstrating experience designing complex workflows, data-heavy interfaces, or operational systems


• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, and design systems, with experience creating and maintaining them. Proficiency in Design System for managing design components is required


• Proficiency in Figma


• Experience conducting end-to-end user research and usability testing, with the ability to translate research insights into actionable design decisions


• Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript), and the ability to collaborate effectively with developers to bridge the gap between design and implementation


• Proven experience working in an agile development environment, with the ability to iterate quickly and prioritise design tasks in fast-paced, collaborative settings

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package in line with job responsibilities and experience


• Additionally, we propose the use of flexible compensation management for diet, transportation, and private health insurance with Cobee


• Hybrid work model: Offices in Barcelona city


• Permanent contract from the start


• Travel packages at reduced prices!


• Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you


• Unlimited coffee, team lunches, English lesson, bi-anual company parties


• And last but not least, becoming part of a fun and motivated multicultural team at an agile and rapidly growing organization!.

Join Exoticca and play a pivotal role in creating life milestones through unforgettable travel experiences! This is your opportunity to shape the future of a dynamic and innovative travel brand on a global scale.

Exoticca is an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusiveness are our core. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under European, country, or local law.