Senior Product Designer

At Journi, a creative tech company and Austria's most innovative start-up of 2024, we're on a mission to become the go-to place and easiest solution to relive your memories as stories. We're exploring new ways to help people capture, collect, and relive what matters most in their lives. Be part of a team of highly motivated and like-minded individuals who you can learn from and who are excited to learn from you too

As a Senior Product Designer, you're part of two teams. In our Innovation squad, you'll partner with Product Management (PM) and Engineering to explore new product concepts and business opportunities. You'll work in a zero-to-one environment where products don't have product-market fit  (PMF) yet. Your craft and ability to validate concepts will help us find ideas worth building and accelerate their path to PMF. You'll also join our Experience Design team. There, you'll work with other designers, researchers, and analysts to shape our practice.

If you thrive in ambiguity and get excited about discovering what will truly resonate with users, we'd love to hear from you

• 5+ years designing mobile apps and websites. Show us a portfolio with strong craft and successful zero-to-one work in pre-PMF consumer-facing environments.

• Strong design fundamentals. You're skilled at interaction design, visual design, and prototyping. Your work looks polished and intentional, even when it's exploratory.

• Proven experience validating early-stage concepts. You've successfully used research and experimentation to accelerate products toward PMF. You pick methods based on what you need to learn, not what you already know.

• Solid product sense. You think beyond pixels and balance user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.

• Strong Communication & Presentation Skills. You communicate with clarity and confidence. Your excellent English helps you present design work, lead workshops, and explain your decisions.

• You mentor through your work. You share context behind decisions and involve others in your process. You make your thinking visible so the team learns and grows.

• You are allowed to work in Austria and willing to move to (or are already in) Vienna.

A happy team makes for a happy workplace. We wouldn't be able to do what we are doing without our team, and that's why we offer:

• A fair annual gross salary in accordance with the Collective Agreement, starting at EUR 61,000. Our final offer depends on your experience and qualifications amongst other factors.

Plus, a bunch of awesome social benefits, such as:

• Vacation goals: 25 days off per year, plus 1 extra day for every year you stick around (up to 5 extra days)

• A space to thrive: a fun, bright and award-winning office built by the Journi Team, complete with ping-pong and foosball tables to blow off steam

• Work your way: enjoy a hybrid working model with 40% home office days and flexible hours (core hours: 10am-4pm Mo-Th; and 10am-2pm Fri)

• Lunch on us: we provide fresh daily lunches in our own eatery, with choices for almost all dietary requirements

• Go places: we reimburse your public transport card for Vienna €365 yearly

• Plan for tomorrow: additional €300 yearly towards your private pension fund

• Team first: join our yearly team-building Journi to exciting destinations

• Mac your life easier: with a company MacBook, also available for personal use

• Refresh and recharge: in-house or online yoga sessions every two weeks

• Stay healthy: regular in-house health check with Haelsi

• Unlock language skills: with a premium Busuu App membership

• Professional development: Access to resources, courses, and learning programs to help you excel in your role

• Boost your German: weekly in-house lessons in small groups

• Fuel your day: fruits, cereals, yogurt, and milk variations — on the house

• Brew up productivity: Italian-style coffee and teas in our coffee kitchen

• Special treatment: enjoy a premium membership on all Journi products

What to Expect After You Apply: 

Intro Call with the People & Culture Team and the hiring manager (1 h)

Time-boxed, asynchronous Challenge (4-5h)

Cross-functional interview with the Innovation Squad (1 h)

Final Interview with the Senior Leadership Team (1 h)

We'd love to hear from you - please include your CV, portfolio, and cover letter with your application

• Design and validate zero-to-one concepts. Move from rough ideas to testable prototypes that increase confidence and reduce risk. Drive the visual identity for concepts that feel like Journi or explore new directions.

• Frame problems with PM and Engineering. Collaborate to balance user needs, business opportunities, and technical constraints before designing solutions.

• Run lean research to learn fast. Choose the right methods to validate assumptions quickly. Share insights that move the team forward.

• Thrive in ambiguity and change. Pivot when you learn something new. Embrace the fast-paced, iterative nature of finding PMF.

• Drive user-centered thinking. Keep teams focused on solving real customer problems in meetings and workshops.