Junior UX/UI Designer

About Meetup and Bending Spoons

Meetup is a platform for community building, connecting millions with events and shared interests. Now part of Bending Spoons, a portfolio of innovative digital businesses, you may work on Meetup or other leading products. You will join a high-performing, collaborative team focused on innovation and operational excellence. Bending Spoons aims to be an all-time great company, serving many customers, fostering team member growth, operating effectively, creating exceptional shareholder value, and upholding high ethical standards. We acquire and operate digital businesses for the long term, making deep transformations to enhance innovation, customer benefit, and business performance. We have minimal hierarchy and small, talent-dense teams, operating with startup agility. AI is deeply integrated into our workflow to enhance human judgment and machine intelligence. For talented, driven individuals, Bending Spoons offers unparalleled learning, impact, and career progression.

Responsibilities

• Shape high-leverage product experiences and design exceptional UI/UX.
• Utilize AI agents to create prototypes, integrate design systems, and generate frontend code.
• Rapidly prototype to validate interactions and accelerate development.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers from concept to release.
• Measure and improve product performance using qualitative and quantitative data.
• Identify high-leverage product improvements to unlock business value.

What We Look For

• Reasoning Ability: Solve complex problems with first-principles thinking, structured ideas, and attention to detail.
• Drive: Exhibit extreme ambition, initiative, effort, tenacity, and a deep sense of responsibility.
• Team Spirit: Be generous, supportive of the best ideas, willing to help, reliable, honest, and transparent.
• English Proficiency: Read, write, and speak English fluently.

What We Offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams focused on results.
• Exceptional opportunities for growth, with opportunities for rapid career progression.
• Competitive pay, including potential access to equity and a 50% tax cut in Italy for eligible employees.
• Comprehensive benefits: flexible hours, remote working, unlimited learning and training, top-tier health insurance, relocation assistance, generous parental support, and an annual retreat.

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. If you believe you can excel, don't self-reject due to perceived lack of experience. Our challenging tests may take several hours. We maintain high standards and only extend offers to the right candidates. Jobs may remain open or be reposted. Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities.

Before You Apply

If you've applied before without an offer, wait at least one year. Bending Spoons is demanding, requiring significant commitment for extraordinary growth. We recommend starting in our Milan office for the first few months, regardless of long-term work location, to quickly absorb company culture and build team trust. Relocation support is provided. After this initial period, you can work from Milan, London, or remotely from approved countries.

Key skills/competency

• UX/UI Design
• Prototyping
• Product Experience
• Design Systems
• Frontend Code Generation
• AI Integration
• User Research
• Data Analysis
• Collaboration
• Problem-Solving