UX/UI Designer

About Bending Spoons

At Bending Spoons, we are striving to build one of the all-time great companies. Our ambition is to serve a huge number of customers, foster team members' full potential, operate with unparalleled effectiveness, and create extraordinary value for shareowners, all while upholding high ethical standards.

Our strategy involves acquiring digital businesses with untapped potential and leveraging our robust platform—comprising our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and company culture—to maximize their success. The proceeds are then reinvested to strengthen our platform and acquire new ventures. This approach combines an investor's attention to capital allocation with the hands-on involvement of an operator.

For talented, driven, and collaborative individuals, working at Bending Spoons offers an exceptional opportunity to learn, make a significant impact, and accelerate their career growth at an extraordinary rate. This is our promise to every candidate.

Your Responsibilities as a UX/UI Designer

• Help shape outstanding user experiences and impact the success of our products by creating flawless UI and UX designs, from conceptualization to delivery. You’ll take a human-first approach to designing products, ensuring they delight users by being as effective as they are aesthetically pleasing.
• Make use of prototyping tools to ensure your designs are intuitive and to explore new, innovative ways of designing interactions.
• Work closely with product managers and software engineers to propose new features and improve the quality of both mobile and desktop apps.
• Focus on user testing and research to ensure our customers are always at the core of our product designs.
• Find, together with engineers, the most efficient trade-off between high-value solutions for users and the complexity of implementation.
• Leverage usage data to evaluate the impact of your designs, and apply your learnings to the next iterations.

What Bending Spoons Looks For

We seek talented individuals who demonstrate exceptional qualities, essential for driving success in our fast-paced environment:

• Reasoning ability: Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive: You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit: You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English: You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What Bending Spoons Offers

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams: You’ll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth: We go to great lengths to hire individuals of outstanding potential—then, our priority is to put them in the ideal position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you’ve got what it takes, you’ll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.
• Competitive pay and access to equity in the company: Typically, we offer individuals at the start of their career an annual salary of £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe. For a candidate that we assess as possessing considerable relevant experience, the salary on offer tends to be between £112,189 and £250,512 in London, and €107,837 and €188,848 elsewhere in Europe. Compensation varies by location and expected impact, and grows rapidly as you gain experience and translate it into greater contributions. For individuals who demonstrate exceptional capability, we may offer compensation that extends beyond the usual ranges to reflect their higher expected impact. If you're offered a permanent contract, you'll also be able to receive some of your pay in company equity at a discounted price, thus participating in the value creation we achieve together. If relocating to Italy, you may enjoy a 50% tax cut.
• Comprehensive benefits: Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location. We help each Spooner set up the conditions to do their best work.

Commitment & Contract

This is a permanent or fixed-term, full-time position.

Location

This role offers flexibility with primary office locations in Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), or Warsaw (Poland). Remote work is also available in selected countries. New hires are encouraged to spend their first few months in our Milan office to facilitate rapid integration and team bonding, with generous travel and accommodation assistance provided. After this initial period, you are welcome to work from our offices or remotely from approved countries, depending on what is agreed at the offer stage.

The Selection Process

Our rigorous selection process prioritizes verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, even if they feel they lack traditional experience or have an “imperfect” CV. The process typically includes challenging tests designed to assess problem-solving skills, which may involve unfamiliar problems and take several hours. We maintain a high bar and won’t extend an offer until we’re confident we’ve found the right candidate, which is why a job may remain open for months or be reposted several times. We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

Before You Apply

If you’ve applied before but didn't receive an offer, we recommend waiting at least one year before applying again. Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We’re extremely ambitious and hold ourselves—and one another—to a high standard. While this tends to lead to extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth, it also requires significant commitment.

We recommend spending your first few months working from our Milan office, regardless of your long-term work location. This is the best way to rapidly absorb our company culture and build trust with your new teammates. We’ll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance. If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to give your best, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now—we can’t wait to meet you.

Key skills/competency

• User Experience (UX) Design
• User Interface (UI) Design
• Prototyping Tools
• User Research
• Usability Testing
• Mobile App Design
• Desktop App Design
• Interaction Design
• Data-driven Design
• Product Design