Early career Product Designer - Mobile App

Picnic
Amsterdam +1 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward early-career designers comfortable with end-to-end feature ownership and user research, in a collaborative, on-site environment in Amsterdam.

Best fit for

  • Early-career designers with a passion for user-centered problem solving and mobile app experiences
    — “you have 0-3 years of experience as a UX designer and have worked on or have a strong interest in building great products”
  • Candidates with strong exploratory research skills and a desire to work in a fast-scaling, creative environment
    — “have hands-on experience in exploratory research to discover and define user problems from scratch”
  • Individuals who thrive in a collaborative, autonomous setting with a focus on continuous improvement
    — “we value autonomy, collaboration, and adaptability over rigid processes”

Things to consider

  • On-site full-time work is expected, with no mention of remote flexibility
    — “open to work on-site fulltime”
  • Fluency in English and possession of an EU work permit are mandatory prerequisites
    — “you’re fluent in English and holder of an EU work permit”

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to shape user experiences from scratch with research-driven outcomes
    — “sharpen project briefs based on explorative research together with UX researchers and product owners”
  • Highlight your experience with Figma and designing within a structured system
    — “you know your way around Figma and are able to craft high-fidelity designs that fit into our design system”
  • Demonstrate your capability to document UI/interaction requirements clearly for developers
    — “document the final design requirements on interaction and UI level to brief and support developers during the development phase”
  • Emphasize your collaborative mindset and ability to work within a UX Guild environment
    — “you bring a low-ego, collaborative mindset and enjoy building solutions together”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • designing the core mobile app
  • shaping the daily shopping experience
  • initiating new projects and improvements
Typical background
degree in a relevant design field0-3 years of experience as a UX designer

Skills & requirements

Required

Product DesignUser-centered DesignUX ResearchPrototypingDesign System MaintenanceInteraction Design

Preferred

Master’s Degree In A Relevant Design FieldExperience In Building Great Products

Stack & domain

FigmaUX DesignCollaborationCuriosityMobile AppGrocery Shopping

About the role

Original posting from Picnic

In a nutshell

Join us in designing the future of grocery shopping. As a Product Designer in our consumer team, you'll own the design of our core mobile app, shaping the daily shopping experience for hundreds of thousands of people in The Netherlands, Germany and France. You'll tackle the unique challenge of designing for a task that is frequent, personal, and central to our customers' lives. You'll be part of a dedicated product team and our wider UX Guild, a creative community that ensures a world-class user experience across Picnic. We’re looking for a passionate designer to join our Amsterdam HQ and help build a product people genuinely love, in a fast-scaling environment that values autonomy, collaboration, and adaptability over rigid processes.

Tricks of the trade

Have the autonomy to own the design of new features from beginning to end. Everything you do matters and will be developed and tested at a fast pace.

Sharpen project briefs based on explorative research together with UX researchers and product owners. 

Build low and high fidelity prototypes to be tested and evaluated on a weekly basis with real users.

Document the final design requirements on interaction and UI level to brief and support developers during the development phase. 

Learn and grow through the continuous feedback and mentoring by seasoned UX designers and researchers. 

Support the development and maintenance of our design libraries and system.

Continuously explore new ideas in order to initiate new projects and improvements, design is never done ;). 

Your superpowers

You have a completed degree in a relevant design field (e.g. CMD, UX, Interaction or Product Design)

You have 0-3 years of experience as a UX designer and have worked on or have a strong interest in building great products

Your portfolio has user-centered design cases that show your problem solving capabilities

You have a deep curiosity to understand our customers and have hands-on experience in exploratory research to discover and define user problems from scratch

You know your way around Figma and are able to craft high-fidelity designs that fit into our design system

You bring a low-ego, collaborative mindset and enjoy building solutions together

You’re fluent in English and holder of an EU work permit

You're open to work on-site fulltime

Picnic perks 

🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.

🚴🏼‍♂️Health insurance discount & bike plan

We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate

🏠 Relocation

If you’re moving from another country to join Picnic we make it as smooth as possible for you. We’ll cover your flight costs for you and your partner and kids, your first month's rent and moving costs (up to €2000), and help you with the 30% tax ruling setup and application. 

✍🏼 Learning & development 

You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses. 

All the rest 

At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well. 

Source: Picnic careers

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