Product Designer Innovation

Who are we looking for?

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 Product Designer Innovation, 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!

What you'll do

• Design and validate zero-to-one concepts. Move from rough ideas to testable prototypes that increase confidence and reduce risk. Explore different visual identities for concepts that feel like Journi.
• Support PM and Engineering with problem framing. Collaborate to balance user needs, business opportunities, and technical constraints before designing solutions.
• Run lean research with support. Choose the right methods to validate assumptions as you lean on research experts. 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.
• Encourage user-centered thinking. Remind teams to focus on solving customer problems in meetings and workshops.

Who we're looking for

• 2+ years designing mobile apps. Show us a mobile-focused portfolio with strong craft, cross-functional collaboration and tangible impact.
• Solid UX fundamentals. You're competent at interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and can run user research with lightweight support.
• Base understanding of information architecture and service design. If this is an area where you’re experienced, even better.
• Experience validating early-stage concepts. You've successfully used research and experimentation to accelerate products toward PMF.
• Solid Communication & Presentation Skills. Your excellent English helps you to present design work, facilitate workshops, and explain your decisions.
• You are allowed to work in Austria and willing to move to (or are already in) Vienna.

What We Offer

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 54,000. 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!)
• 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)
• Daily fuel: Enjoy complimentary breakfast, Italian-style coffee and tea, and fresh daily lunches in our own eatery, with options for most dietary preferences
• Go places: we reimburse your public transport card for Vienna
• Team first: join our yearly team-building Journi to exciting destinations
• Mac your life easier: with a company MacBook, also available for personal use
• 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

… and more!

What To Expect After You Apply

• Intro Call with the People & Culture Team (30 min.)
• Time-boxed, asynchronous Challenge (4-5h) with an optional follow-up call (25 min.)
• 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! Applications without a portfolio will be rejected.

Key skills/competency

• Product Design
• UX/UI Design
• Mobile App Design
• Concept Validation
• User Research
• Prototyping
• Interaction Design
• Visual Design
• Problem Framing
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Information Architecture