Senior Product Designer mfd

Mastodon is the worlds largest decentralised social media network putting people back in control of their data and their reach . We are focused on creating a userfriendly opensource privacyconscious alternative to traditional social platforms because we believe that the digital public square must not be controlled by a wealthy few.

This approach brings exciting challenges as Mastodon runs on thousands of independent interconnected servers as well as interoperating with the broader fediverse of services running on the same shared protocol ActivityPub.

As a small agile remote team we are looking for an inhouse Senior Product Designer to take ownership of the endtoend user experience across our iOS Android and web applications.

This is a key role where youll shape product decisions design thoughtful user experiences and develop a cohesive design language across our product line all while getting your hands dirty with practical design work.

What youll be doing :

Driving UX strategy translating user needs and business goals into intuitive and accessible experiences across Mastodons platforms

Contributing at the product level setting up a design process for the product team and making informed decisions on features usability and the overall user journey

Taking ownership of design defining and evolving Mastodons design system and developing style guides for a consistent design language across products

Collaborating crossfunctionally working closely with our engineers CPO and the broader opensource community to build a seamless experience

Conducting user research gathering insights through user testing (limited) analytics and feedback loops to inform design decisions

Handson design work creating wireframes prototypes and highfidelity designs using Figma Penpot or similar tools

To succeed in this role we think you should be :

Proficient in UX design ideally with experience leading multiple interactive applications / projects from ideation to across web and mobile applications (iOS and Android)

Analytical and able to turn complex projects into intuitive seamless user experiences

Experienced with iOS and Android design patterns and familiar with their UI toolkits

Able to balance highlevel strategy with handson design

Experienced with designing for accessibility and responsiveness

Experienced with Figma Penpot or similar tools

Strong communication skills to work well in a remote asynchronous team

Flexible creative thinker and innovative problemsolver

Consistent with strong attention to detail

What will make you stand out :

Experience designing for privacyconscious and inclusive applications

A good understanding and / or experience working with opensource projects

A solid understanding of decentralised social media the fediverse or ActivityPub

Your work environment :

Youll work in a fully remote team with flexible hours but must have at least a 4hour crossover with the CET timezone between the hours of 10 : 0018 : 00

Youll work in a small talented agile team where crossfunctional collaboration is key

Youll be directly impacting the lives of millions of users by enhancing their experience with Mastodon

What we offer in return :

Working with the leading European opensource decentralised social media platform with a strong mission of giving people back control over their data

Strong value alignment and empowerment on the job supporting a nonprofit organisation

Opportunity to have a huge impact with over 7.6 million registered accounts

Interesting diverse and challenging work with plenty of moving parts and an opportunity to constantly learn evolve and creatively problemsolve

Potential for growth and progression taking the initiative being involved in the early decisionmaking process and the future of Mastodon

Close collaboration with a small extremely competent and passionate team

Remotefirst an opportunity to work remotely with no office to commute to

Open inclusive and international work environment with an opportunity to connect with the team facetoface in Europe

Our culture we encourage transparency openness autonomy integrity growth and creativity and we work with people we truly like!

Budget :

The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location the roles scope and complexity and the candidates experience and expertise and may vary from the range provided below.

The estimated base salary range for this role in Berlin is 65000EUR 80000EUR per year.

About Mastodon

Founded in 2016 and incorporated as a nonprofit in Germany in 2021 Mastodon gGmbH is a remoteonly primarily Englishspeaking team distributed across the world. Our funding comes from crowdfunding platforms like Patreon public grants and individual donors. Our product line includes the Mastodon software that people can install on their infrastructure an official iOS app and an Android app. As of April 2024 Mastodon established a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity in the United States enabling us to grow our operational capacity.

• Mastodon is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equalopportunity employer. We understand some people might not feel they meet all the criteria but if youre excited about the prospect of joining Mastodon and believe you can add value wed still love to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability or age.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

InVision,Interaction Design,Ux,Usability,Visual Design,Design Thinking,Zeplin,User Research,UI,IOS,Figma,Sketch

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 80000 - 80000