UI/UX Lead

Company Description

Bonial helps you save time, money, and paper!

We are a digital advertising partner for offline businesses – we support retailers in their marketing activities and help them find a new audience. Would you like to join and be a part of the digitalization of retail?

Bonial is part of Axel Springer SE and is the leading “Drive to Store” partner in Germany and France. Every day we inspire millions of users by connecting them to their favourite shops and brands via our platforms “kaufDA” and “MeinProspekt” in Germany, and “Bonial” in France.

Bonial welcomes both full- and part-timers!

Your Responsibilities

Lead Product Designer (70%)

• Leadership: Lead key design projects, ensuring alignment with stream goals and customer problems.
• Hands-on: Drive results with hands-on leadership when necessary, managing resources efficiently.
• Quality Control: Establish high-quality standards and brand-alignment within the teams.
• Strategy Alignment: Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure all work aligns with the product vision and strategy.
• Coordination: Plan and coordinate design work, oversee team rituals, and ensure timely delivery.
• Visibility: Keep design work visible and documented through Jira.
• Standards: Ensure all designs improve user experience and meet accessibility standards.

People Manager (30%)

• Mentorship: Offer guidance, feedback, and support for designers’ growth.
• Career Development: Help define career paths and development frameworks.
• Team Culture: Foster collaboration, respect, and cross-functional teamwork.
• Autonomy: Provide the team with clear purpose and tools to work effectively and autonomously while ensuring knowledge is shared across all team members.

Job Requirements

• Strategic Research: Expertise in designing strategies by triangulating research (market/user, quantitative/qualitative, behavioral/attitudinal) to identify key problems for Product leaders and strategists. A systems thinker who understands the root causes and effects at various levels.
• Design Expertise: Proficient in user research, prototyping, and design thinking, with a strong understanding of emerging trends and technologies to keep solutions innovative and competitive.
• Business Awareness: Strong grasp of the company’s business model, revenue streams, and goals. Ensures design decisions are tied to ROI and business outcomes, maintaining stakeholder support.
• Stakeholder Influence: Skilled in guiding stakeholders toward user-centered decisions based on research and testing.
• Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to align design with long-term business goals, developing strategies collaboratively with the P&D leadership that solve immediate challenges and contribute to broader business objectives.

What We Offer

• Diversity: Proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where we aim to enable everyone to show up as their full selves. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and being a safe space regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender, gender identity, or gender expression.
• Development: Strong support for your professional development, backed-up by a feedback culture to help you identify your strengths and opportunities.
• Wellbeing: Free access to nilo.health, a mental health app. We also cover part of the subscription to the Urban Sports Club and offer a corporate pension scheme for retirement security.
• Sustainability: Opportunities to engage in projects that promote sustainability, environmental development, and the impact we make on our planet.
• Flexibility: Flexible hours, hybrid setup, and the option to work from abroad 30 days per year. We offer 28 days of holiday, with an additional day for each calendar year (up to 30 days), and other occasions (moving, working on a social project, etc.).
• Modern Office: Zen rooms, a fully equipped gym, and a roof terrace for amazing social events.
• Free Lunch: Enjoy various lunch options from nearby restaurants, all on us! Hot and cold drinks, fruit, regular varied and healthy breakfasts, and snacks are also available for free in the office.
• Social Culture: A culture that encourages team conversations, building relationships, and participating in community events.
• Visa Sponsorship: We provide visa sponsorship for those of you who are eager to join us from outside of Germany.

Apply Now

If you think you could fit the bill, we’d love to hear from you!