UX/UI Designer (m,w,d)

Your Mission

As a UX/UI Designer at Polyteia you will play a crucial role in improving the lives of millions of citizens by simplifying complex digital user experiences. This role has a strong focus on gathering insights though user research and turning them into interactive design concepts.

Your Role

Own a significant part of product delivery to create best-in-class user experiences.
Collaborate with the HoP and Product Manager in the product discovery process. Assist in breaking down the opportunity space by mapping customer journeys and refining it through user interviews. Help the product team deliver desired outcomes.
Establish a common vision of key design concepts, product design strategy, and brand positioning.
Produce user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. Conduct user research and usability testing, incorporating feedback and insights into design iterations.
Collaborate with developers to refine designs during the development process, ensuring accurate implementation and maintaining a coherent design system.
Ensure designs are adaptable across various devices and screen sizes, focusing on accessibility principles to ensure inclusivity for all users.

Your Profile

Mastery of Figma: Ability to create high-quality wireframes for development handover and realistic prototypes.
Proficient in creating and maintaining design systems.
Strong portfolio showcasing your design work, particularly for large low-code/no-code platforms.
User-centred design approach: Design for users based on research data.
Skilled in conducting user research, interviews, usability testing, A/B testing, and other research methods.
Proven experience working with frontend engineers.
Strong sense of ownership and the ability to work independently in a result-oriented manner.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset, with a passion for delivering impactful user experiences for complex problems.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, ensuring effective stakeholder collaboration and building trust with users during interviews.
Deep understanding of accessibility principles and proven experience implementing WCAG standards in designs.
Ability to articulate design decisions through clear, empathic communication

Nice to Haves

Proficiency in German, comfortable conducting research interviews in German.
Coding skills are a big plus (we use Tailwind).

Why Us?

Societal Impact by driving the digital transformation of the public sector.
Join a highly motivated and performance-oriented team.
Enjoy rapid advancement and promotion opportunities.
Experience short decision-making paths, flat hierarchies, and considerable freedom of design, where your involvement and ideas are valued.
Flexible coordination of working hours and place – work in our modern HQ-office in Berlin directly at the Spree or from your home office.
Fixed hours for your development, and no work during our DEAL Hours (drop everything and learn)
Sponsored Urban Sports membership
Language Courses on the Lingoda platform
Part sponsorship of a company pension with Allianz.
Regular team events to celebrate us as a team.

About Us

We use technology to revolutionize the way how decisions are made in the public sector. We are backed by well-known VCs such as HV Capital and DvH Ventures. This allows us to accelerate our growth and soon offer our services across Europe.

We already have over 100+ costumers on local, federal and state level in Germany. With a team of 45+ employees in Berlin and remote, it is now the right time for you to join us! We are looking for ambitious, performance-driven employees that want to accompany us on this journey.

We aim to be an employer of equal opportunities and strive to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels welcome and supported. Therefore, we attribute highest relevance to the professional and personal development of every single employee. We are proud to be an integrative company, that encourages the growth of everyone regardless of gender, social background, sexual orientation, religion, age, level of education or origin.