Location: Berlin or Helsinki
Team size: 11
Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, connecting 50+ million active customers, brands and partners across 25 markets. Our aspiration is to reimagine fashion for the good of all and be a more sustainable platform that is inclusive by design.
Product Design at Zalando is a community of 200+ product designers, content designers, and user researchers.
Content Experiences is a growing multi-disciplinary group of 100+ data scientists, engineers, business developers, product designers, and product managers in Helsinki and Berlin working to inspire each individual customer with meaningful fashion moments beyond transactions in a very personalized way.
THE ROLE AND THE TEAM
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Product Designer to join the Content Experience (CXP) design team. In this role, you’ll be embedded in the Boards area, where you’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering a cohesive, intuitive experience across curated fashion collections, inspiration, and trend content at Zalando - empowering our customers to explore and discover with ease and creativity.
As a Senior Product Designer, you will contribute to the Zalando Product Design community and the larger European design industry by sharing best practices, mentoring and teaching colleagues, crafting best-in-class solutions, bar-raising in design reviews, and sparking inspiring conversations.
You will get the chance to work with multidisciplinary teams, product designers, product managers, and engineers to help shape and help bring to life remarkable customer and partner journeys.
The ideal candidate is an experienced, self-led UX/UI design profile that works fluently across various tools and systems and has strong prototyping and visual design skills alongside advanced UX/UI skills.
Interest and experience in new technologies (AI) is considered a strong plus.
You possess strong collaboration and communication skills.
As a thought leader and role model, you will contribute to the Zalando Product Design community and the larger European design industry by sharing best practices, mentoring and teaching colleagues, crafting best-in-class solutions, bar-raising in design reviews, and sparking inspiring conversations.
#content experience #uxdesign #uidesign
WE'D LIKE TO MEET YOU IF ...
You have worked on ambiguous strategic projects, are able to create clarity amid uncertainty, and can guide team members through such projects.
You have experience designing and delivering robust and scalable customer experiences by partnering with stakeholders, engineers and other designers to develop remarkable solutions that can be re-used and adapted.
You love designing innovative technology products and place humans at the center of your design process, ensuring that geeky tech and forward-looking experience design always serve real human needs.
You have in-depth knowledge and understanding of social media concepts, including their architecture, features, and user workflows.
You thrive in collaborative environments and can communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders, engineers, and other designers.
You bring a growth mindset and value experimentation — you’re not afraid to test bold ideas, learn from data, and evolve quickly.
You advocate for accessible, inclusive design and are passionate about creating experiences that are intuitive for everyone.
You mentor others and raise the quality of work across the team by giving thoughtful feedback and sharing your craft.
WHY JOIN US?
Inspiring peers. Product Design at Zalando is a highly diverse, international community of accomplished designers, writers, and researchers who drive our customer experiences to the next level.
Empowering culture. We value trust and have a bias for action. We are kind to each other. For us respect means challenging each other and giving direct feedback. We learn from mistakes. We laugh together. We share ideas freely.
Professional development. We believe in a purpose-driven approach to motivating and growing people. We help you to grow through mentoring, personal branding support, networking inside and outside the company, and rotation through diverse career opportunities within Zalando.
Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect depending on the preferred location. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.
OUR OFFER: BERLIN
Employee shares program
40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, and discounts from external partners
2 paid volunteering days a year
Hybrid working model with 60% (or more) remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
27 days of vacation a year to start
Family services, including counseling and support
Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
Mental health support and coaching are available
Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
OUR OFFER: HELSINKI
Centrally located and accessible office in Kamppi, Helsinki city center with diverse working and entertainment spaces and healthy snacks and drinks available.
Hybrid work model of up to 60% remote work and flexible working times.
40% Zalando shopping discount for employees, employee share shop, bike benefit, and Edenred benefits for lunch, sports and culture, commuting and massage.
Extensive occupational health care and child care benefits.
Additional holidays and volunteering time off.
Supportive and active international community of colleagues for onboarding, mentoring, continued learning and for having fun through diverse offering of meet- ups and events, knowledge guilds and Employee Resource Groups with open source commitment.
Relocation assistance for internationals.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.
Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us
For more information about our office and teams in Helsinki, please visit: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/where-we-work/helsinki
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit.
We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process.
do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy
Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups
