Product Designer (Specialized in Visual Design)

Kitro; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful work reducing food waste

Growth opportunities

Zurich team events

32h work week (80% dedication)

Job summary

Collaborate with the Product Experience Manager and cross‑functional teams to align with business goals and technical constraints, while contributing to a robust design system and UI strategy that scales across platforms.

Qualifications

• Ability to identify and frame user needs and translate them into clear design concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end interfaces and dashboards across KITRO product ecosystem.
• Build and scale the shared design system and component library with the software team.
• Translate research insights and objectives into information architecture and user journeys.
• Collaborate in an agile environment to align designs with technical constraints and roadmap.
• Establish a visual design strategy aligned with the team’s vision and roadmap.

Skills

User research

Information architecture

Data-driven design

Prototyping

Dashboard design

Design systems

Figma

Material Design

Accessibility

Cross-functional collaboration

Communicating with stakeholders

Omnichannel design

AI literacy

UI trends

Tools

Figma

Material Design

Design systems

Job description

Your mission

We're looking for a Mid Product Designer to help shape intuitive, data-driven experiences that enable our users to understand and reduce food waste.

In this role, you'll focus on visual design and information architecture, translating complex food waste data into intuitive, responsive dashboards and interactive prototypes. Working within an agile team using Material Design and Figma, you'll ensure KITRO's software is accessible, technically feasible, and thoughtfully structured for specialised users.

You'll collaborate closely with the Product Experience Manager and cross-functional teams to create user-centered experiences that align with both business goals and technical constraints.

What You'll Do

• Design end-to-end user interfaces and experiences by creating mockups, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and responsive dashboards across the KITRO product ecosystem.
• Build, maintain, document, and scale the shared design system and component library in collaboration with the software team and Product Experience Manager, ensuring consistency across hardware interfaces and software web views.
• Translate user research insights and business objectives into information architecture, user journeys, and interactive prototypes that define the structural design of the product.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Experience Manager and software team within an agile environment to ensure designs align with technical constraints and the overall product roadmap.
• Partner with the Product Experience Manager to establish an effective visual design strategy aligned with the team's vision and roadmap.

Your profile

Must-Have

• Ability to identify and frame user needs, distil requirements, and translate them into clear design concepts.
• Strong experience designing user-centered interfaces and interactive prototypes, using them effectively throughout the design process, including user research.
• Passion for information architecture and the ability to define the structural design of shared information environments.
• Strong understanding of interaction design and how interactions enhance the user experience.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary agile environments alongside designers and development teams.
• Experience working with style guides and design systems, including contributing to their development.
• Ability to transform user insights into actionable visual design requirements that inform prototype development and influence product direction.
• Strong understanding of accessible and inclusive design principles, with the ability to advocate for them throughout the design process.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to advocate for user needs to senior stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to staying up to date with state-of-the-art UI trends.
• Ability to analyse technological constraints and propose appropriate design solutions.
• Experience designing dashboards and complex, data-heavy solutions for specialised users.
• Ability to design with an omnichannel and responsive mindset.
• Passion for designing products that create positive impact at scale.
• AI Literacy & Continuous Adaptation: Actively learns and leverages emerging AI tools, methodologies, and technical best practices to continuously optimize development workflows, enhance code quality, and increase individual and team output.

Nice to Have

• Understanding of how design contributes to building sustainable digital products and services, with experience applying sustainable design techniques.
• Digital illustration skills and the ability to develop an original visual identity for a product.
• Experience storyboarding, designing, animating, and creating standout visuals across multiple formats and platforms.
• Passion for visual storytelling through design, motion graphics, animation, and video.
• Experience supporting user research and analysing consumer behaviour to uncover insights and improve product usability.
• Knowledge of the food industry.

Why KITRO?

What We Offer

• A dynamic, action-oriented work environment where you can make a real impact on food waste reduction.

• The chance to work with apassionate, innovative teamthat values experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement.

• Opportunities for personal growth and professional development within a purpose-driven company.

• A supportive and open-minded team culture, where every voice is heard, and we celebrate our successes (and learn from our failures) together.

• Quarterly team events in Zurich

• 30.000 - 36.000 € annual compensation for 80% dedication (around 32h weekly or 4 work days a week)