Senior UX/UI Designer

MerkleTech; Lisboa; Híbrido; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health insurance

Hybrid work

Mental Health First Aider

Dentsu Academy access

Wellness days

Vacation days

Resumo da oferta

Merkle, a dentsu company, seeks a Senior UX/UI Designer to craft innovative digital touchpoints and advocate for users throughout the lifecycle. You will translate visions into wireframes and high-fidelity interfaces, collaborating with CX strategists, designers, and developers in Agile teams.

You will design accessible, responsive experiences, contribute to design systems, and stay ahead of UX trends while ensuring high attention to detail and pixel-perfect execution.

Qualificações

• Senior UX/UI Designer with a strong portfolio covering the full design lifecycle.
• 3–5 years of professional experience designing complex digital products.
• Fluent English and ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate with clients and end users from concept to final delivery.
• Design end-to-end digital experiences in Agile, multidisciplinary teams.
• Create wireframes to high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes.
• Contribute to design systems ensuring consistency and scalability.
• Facilitate workshops, usability testing, and stakeholder reviews.

Conhecimentos

User-centered design

Information architecture

Interaction design

Usability

Design Thinking

Figma

Miro

Prototyping

Accessible design

Agile collaboration

English

Formação académica

Degree in design

Ferramentas

Figma

Miro

Prototyping tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About the Role

• Envisioning and shaping first-class, innovative digital touchpoints, and bringing new ideas to life and enthralling clients with unique digital experiences.
• Acting as the connecting piece between business goals, user needs, and technical implementation by collaborating deeply with CX strategists, other designers, and developers, and acting as an advocate for users’ needs throughout the entire process.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available.

What You'll Be Doing

• Demonstrating experience working collaboratively to align the needs of clients with those of end users, from initial concept through to final delivery.
• Working in Agile, multidisciplinary teams, designing end-to-end digital customer experiences (e.g. commerce, brand, and service experiences).
• Designing short-term experiments and learning prototypes, as well as scaling concepts into robust, long-term solutions.
• Translating visions and ideas into ambitious design concepts, from wireframes to high-fidelity user interfaces.
• Collaborating closely with other UX/UI designers to brainstorm concepts, sketch ideas, and create low- and high-fidelity prototypes to shape user-centered design solutions that can be rapidly tested with users.
• Designing accessible, intuitive, consistent, and delightful digital experiences, with strong attention to detail and pixel-perfect execution.
• Working with designers and developers to create responsive layouts, including interactive states, motion, and animation.
• Contributing to and working within design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across products.

What You'll Bring

• Proven, multi-skilled, flexible, and experienced Senior UX/UI Designer with a strong portfolio that demonstrates expertise across the full design lifecycle.
• Passion for digital creation and deep expertise in human-centered design, information architecture, interaction design, and usability.
• A completed degree in design (university or technical college), e.g. in the field of communication, web or interaction design, or a comparable qualification.
• Minimum 3–5 years of professional experience designing complex digital products and applications, preferably in an agency or product-driven environment.
• Strong creative and analytical thinking, with the ability to understand complex systems and processes.
• Excellent knowledge of core UX principles and methodologies (usability, accessibility, inclusive design, etc.).
• Practical experience with Design Thinking fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with industry-standard tools such as Figma, Miro and other prototyping and collaboration tools.
• Experience facilitating workshops, conducting benchmarking, usability testing, walkthroughs, and end-to-end UX processes.
• Strong understanding of UI design principles, interaction design and responsive design best practices.
• Experience applying user-centered and inclusive design principles.
• Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and contributing to design systems.
• Experience across B2B, B2C, and e-commerce projects.
• Solid technical understanding of modern web technologies.
• Experience working closely with development teams in Agile environments.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to support and enhance daily design workflows.
• Passion for staying up to date with the latest UX/UI trends, tools, and technologies.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate within cross-functional teams.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.
• A portfolio including detailed case studies demonstrating: design and problem-solving process, product vision and strategy, research insights and customer journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and final designs, team setup and collaboration approach, and project duration, challenges, and outcomes.

Compensation & Benefits

• 25 vacation days.
• 2 additional volunteering days to support your passion project.
• 3 extra wellness days on top of your vacation days.
• Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program.
• Health insurance (also possible for family members).
• Cutting Edge Technology & Latest IT tools.
• Software-house environment.
• Agile and flexible working hours.
• Hybrid working: 1 day per week/ 4 days per month in the office.
• Digital nomad policy.
• Focus on career development.
• Full access to Dentsu Academy, a global online learning platform.
• Beers, foosball, and ping-pong.
• Free breakfast every second Wednesday of the month.
• Employee discounts.
• Team & Company events.
• Referral bonus program.

About Merkle

• Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy by building apps, running CRM at scale, delivering technology architectures for millions of users, and providing data, identity, and insights solutions.
• Backed by dentsu's legacy of innovation and creativity originating in Japan, Merkle has spent over 35 years helping brands build loyalty, drive growth, and connect with audiences.
• Merkle has been named a global “Leader” by top industry analyst firms in digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management.
• Innovation at the Core: Merkle integrates creativity, technology, and data to drive real-world impact.
• Global Reach with Local Expertise: Merkle has over 16,000 employees across 30+ countries, part of a 70,000 employees’ network at dentsu.
• Collaborative Culture: Merkle fosters innovation, collaboration, and creative problem-solving on impactful international projects.
• dentsu has been innovating for over 120 years, developing Integrated Growth Solutions to help clients reach, engage, and nurture relationships with audiences.
• dentsu focuses on sustainability, being a force for good and helping to build a more sustainable planet.