Staff Product Designer

Our hybrid working culture includes three office days per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at our Berlin headquarters. Looking ahead, we're also growing London as our second location.

A Little About Us

• Redefining graphic design: Kittl is transforming how creators work with an intuitive platform that stands as a modern, competitive alternative to traditional design tools: Build the new Adobe of tomorrow
• Rapid growth: Millions of users within just two years of launch
• Diverse team: 120+ team members representing 30+ different countries
• Truly product-led company: Engineers, Product managers and designers are at the core of Kittl - shaping an engineering driven working culture
• Strong funding: Raised over $45M from world-renowned investors who have also backed companies like Slack, Dropbox, and Figma

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Your role at Kittl
As a Staff Product Designer at Kittl, you'll shape experiences that millions of creatives use daily to bring their creative visions to life. You're joining at a pivotal moment—we're redefining how AI empowers creators, and your work will directly influence how the next generation of creative tools evolve.

You'll collaborate with product management, engineering, and design colleagues to craft delightful experiences. You'll design visually stunning, innovative solutions that push boundaries while remaining feasible and elegant to implement.

What You'll Do

• Champion user needs: Conduct research and usability testing to deeply understand designer pain points, then translate those insights into elegant solutions
• Experiment and iterate rapidly: Prototype multiple solutions, test with users, analyze performance data, and refine quickly based on what works
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and data analysts to bring designs from concept to launch while maintaining quality and consistency
• Shape the AI design experience: Shape how designers interact with AI-powered features—making them feel magical, not complicated. You'll be responsible for turning powerful technology into intuitive, designer-friendly experiences
• Drive core product engagement: Focus on key areas of the product to boost engagement and help users achieve their goals faster

What You'll Need

• Experience: 6+ years designing digital products with a strong portfolio showing craft, user-centric thinking, and measurable impact
• Visual & interaction design: Mastery of Figma and strong fundamentals in layout, typography, color, and UX for digital products
• Ownership mindset: Lead your product area, drive prioritization, and use data and user behavior to shape the roadmap
• Data-informed approach: Track metrics proactively and understand how design decisions influence outcomes
• User empathy: Deep curiosity about user behavior and research that leads to actionable insights
• Communication & collaboration: Articulate design decisions clearly, work cross-functionally, and manage multiple projects independently

We are looking for someone

• Exceptionally driven to drive impact and challenge the status quo
• Who takes extreme ownership & gets things done
• Who goes above and beyond in their role

Interview process

• Recruiter interview (30 min)
• Design Producer & Senior Product Designer interview (45 min)
• Take-home design task + presentation and discussion with the hiring team (60 min)
• Interview with Chief Design Officer (45min)
• Bar raiser interview with Chief of Staff, right hand to CEO (45 min)

Benefits

• Maximise your impact: No matter if you're leading a team or you stand out by your domain expertise - all we care about is supporting you to maximise your own impact
• Hackathons: Our quarterly hackathons provide an environment to experiment with new concepts, push boundaries, and potentially deliver the next big thing
• Kittl Week: Each year, our global team gathers together for a whole week, to work, celebrate, get inspired, and have fun
• Flexible working hours: Our core hours are 11am–5pm CET, leaving the rest of your schedule flexible to fit your style
• Remote work: Work up to 50 days (10 weeks) fully remote per year from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain our core hours
• Learning & development: Our L&D budget supports your professional growth
• Vacation: Up to 30 vacation days per year

At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better