Senior Product Designer - parental leave cover

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM

The Foundational Product Experiences (FPX) design team at Zalando is responsible for core, high-impact interactions that define the customer journey, such as, product detail pages, ratings and reviews, navigation, customer account, accessibility, and such. Our mission is to create a reliable and intuitive backbone for the platform, ensuring that every user - regardless of their style or shopping intent - can have a frictionless experience.

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Product Designer to join the team. In this role you’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering a cohesive, intuitive experience across different areas at Zalando - empowering our customers to explore and discover with ease.

It is a parental cover and will have a 1 year limited contract.  

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
 

If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds.

We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.

We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you.

Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion

WHAT WE'D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

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.
   

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF ...
 

• 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 e-commerce best practices and web and app UI as well as UX patterns

• You have experience working with Design Systems and scaling design solutions

• 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.

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)

• 2 paid volunteering days a year

• Hybrid working model with up to 60% 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

• Employee shares program

• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners

• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

• Family services, including counseling and support

• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)

• Mental health support and coaching available

• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer revie