Junior UX/UI designer
Meetup · Paris, Île-de-France, France
- On site
- Full-time
- €66,065 / year
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Job highlights
- Shape product experiences with exceptional UI/UX design.
- Utilize AI for design concepts and prototyping.
- Collaborate closely with PMs and engineers.
- Validate designs through user research and testing.
- Identify high-leverage product improvements.
About the role
About Meetup and Bending Spoons
Meetup is a community-building platform used by millions to discover events and connect with others. Now part of Bending Spoons, a portfolio of innovative digital businesses, you'll join a high-performing, collaborative environment with opportunities to make a significant impact. You may work directly on Meetup or contribute to other leading products within the Bending Spoons family.
Bending Spoons is dedicated to building a great company that serves many customers, fosters team member growth, operates with high effectiveness and efficiency, and creates extraordinary value for shareholders while upholding ethical standards. We acquire and improve digital businesses for long-term ownership, implementing deep transformations to drive innovation and performance. Our structure features minimal hierarchy and small, talent-dense teams, operating with startup agility and ambition, integrating AI to enhance human judgment.
For talented, driven, and collaborative individuals, Bending Spoons offers exceptional opportunities for learning, impact, and rapid career progression.
Key Responsibilities
- Shape high-leverage product experiences by designing exceptional UI and UX, from concept to delivery, utilizing advanced tools to explore directions and elevate quality.
- Ensure every user experience is intuitive, effective, and delightful.
- Leverage AI tools (LLMs, Cursor, Claude Code) to clarify intent, draft specifications, identify risks, and generate interactive prototypes and production-ready frontend code.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Engineers from the initial definition of UX requirements through QA and release, making engineering-aware design decisions.
- Conduct user research, run tests, and analyze data (funnels, retention, adoption) to validate designs, adjust direction, and measure effectiveness.
- Identify high-leverage opportunities within the product backlog, align stakeholders, and deliver improvements to unlock business value.
What We Look For
- Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve complex problems from first principles, structure ideas sharply, resist biases, and identify critical details.
- Drive: Extreme ambition, initiative, effort, and tenacity, with a deep sense of responsibility and a consistently high standard of work.
- Team Spirit: Generosity, support for the best ideas, willingness to help the team, reliability, honesty, and transparency.
- English Proficiency: Proficient reading, writing, and speaking skills.
What We Offer
- Talented Teams: Work in small, autonomous, result-oriented teams with bright individuals.
- Growth Opportunities: Exceptional career progression, with opportunities to lead major projects and products.
- Competitive Compensation: Competitive pay with equity options. Typical starting salaries: £85,797 (London), €66,065 (Europe). Experienced candidates: £112,189 - £250,512 (London), €107,837 - €188,848 (Europe). Compensation is location and impact-dependent and grows with experience.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited learning and training support, top-tier health insurance, relocation package, generous parental support, and an annual retreat.
- Tax Benefits: Potential 50% tax cut for relocation to Italy.
Commitment & Contract
Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.
Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or remote in selected countries.
The Selection Process
We prioritize verifiable signals of excellence. Do not self-reject if you feel you lack experience; if you believe you can excel, we encourage you to apply. The process includes challenging tests that may take several hours. Offers are extended only when we are confident in finding the right candidate, which may lead to roles remaining open or being reposted.
We consider all applicants and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Before You Apply
If you've applied previously without an offer, we recommend waiting at least one year before reapplying. Bending Spoons is a demanding environment requiring significant commitment, but it offers extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth.
We recommend spending your initial months in our Milan office to rapidly absorb company culture and build team trust, with relocation assistance provided. Post-onboarding, you can work from Milan, London, or remotely from approved countries.
Key skills/competency
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Product Design
- Prototyping
- User Research
- Figma
- AI Tools
- Frontend Development
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Agile Development
Skills & topics
- UX Designer
- UI Designer
- Product Designer
- Junior Designer
- Design
- User Experience
- User Interface
- Figma
- Prototyping
- AI in Design
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight UX/UI design skills, AI tool proficiency, and collaborative project experience relevant to Meetup and Bending Spoons.
- Showcase your portfolio: Present a strong portfolio demonstrating your design process, problem-solving abilities, and impact on shipped products.
- Prepare for tests: Expect challenging design tests that require deep thinking and problem-solving skills. Practice with AI-assisted design workflows.
- Emphasize collaboration: Highlight your ability to co-create with PMs and engineers, and your team-player attitude.
- Demonstrate drive: Convey your ambition, initiative, and commitment to continuous learning and high standards.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the typical career progression for a Junior UX/UI Designer at Bending Spoons?
- At Bending Spoons, individuals with outstanding potential experience rapid career progression. Spooners in their 20s often lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. For a Junior UX/UI Designer, this means opportunities to quickly take on more responsibility, contribute to major projects, and potentially lead design efforts as you demonstrate capability and impact.
- How does Bending Spoons integrate AI into the UX/UI design process?
- Bending Spoons deeply integrates AI into its workflow. For UX/UI designers, this involves using AI tools like LLMs to clarify intent, draft specifications, identify risks, and even to generate interactive prototypes and production-ready frontend code with tools like Cursor and Claude Code. The aim is to accelerate innovation and raise the quality bar by augmenting human judgment with machine intelligence.
- What are the key differences between working at Meetup and other Bending Spoons companies?
- While you'd be applying through the Meetup brand, working at Bending Spoons means you might contribute to Meetup or any of their other leading digital products. The core experience remains consistent across the company: working in small, talent-dense teams, experiencing minimal hierarchy, and operating with startup-like agility. The specific product focus might differ, but the commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and rapid growth is universal.
- How challenging are the selection tests for the Junior UX/UI Designer role?
- The selection tests at Bending Spoons are designed to be challenging and may involve unfamiliar problems, potentially taking several hours. They are a crucial part of the screening process to identify verifiable signals of excellence. Candidates should be prepared for rigorous assessments that test their problem-solving skills, reasoning ability, and design thinking under pressure.
- What is the salary range for a Junior UX/UI Designer at Bending Spoons?
- For individuals starting their career, Bending Spoons typically offers an annual salary of £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe. Compensation varies by location and expected impact, and can grow rapidly with experience and demonstrated contributions. For candidates with considerable relevant experience, salaries can range significantly higher.
- Can I work remotely as a Junior UX/UI Designer?
- Yes, remote work is an option for the Junior UX/UI Designer role in selected countries. However, Bending Spoons recommends spending the first few months in their Milan office to rapidly absorb company culture and build team trust, with relocation assistance provided. Long-term work location, including remote arrangements, is agreed upon at the offer stage.