Senior Product Designer, VGo Carrier Technology

About the company

Vinted is a second-hand marketplace that connects buyers and sellers and operates integrated logistics and payments services.

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>Brief info about Vinted&nbsp;</strong></h2> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1"><span data-sheets-root="1">Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third. <br>The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:<br><br><strong><a href="https://careers.vinted.com/marketplace" target="_blank">Vinted Marketplace</a></strong> is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.<br><br><a href="https://careers.vinted.com/vintedgo" target="_blank"><strong>Vinted Go</strong></a> enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.<br><br><a href="https://careers.vinted.com/vintedpay" target="_blank"><strong>Vinted Pay</strong></a> is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.<br><br>Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people.&nbsp;</span></p></div><h2><strong>Information about the position&nbsp;</strong></h2> <p>We see design as a crucial element of achieving our mission, so designers are represented at all levels, including senior leadership. As our new Senior Product Designer, you will be empowered to concentrate on design solutions for people’s needs. The design organisation is well established and our impact is highly valued. That means you will be able to fully focus on your contribution to our success.&nbsp;</p> <p>We’re looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer to join Vinted Go. Vinted Go is a new brand and business of Vinted, focused on developing products and solutions for more convenient, affordable, and sustainable shipping and delivery across Europe. Vinted Go has connected more than 40 carriers and more than 200,000 pick-up/drop-off points across Europe to support the delivery of millions of parcels annually. Take a look at https://vintedgo.com/</p> <p>As a Senior Product Designer at Vinted Go, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that our services are useful and usable. You’ll get to design solutions for businesses and end consumers across a variety of channels. You’ll collaborate closely with researchers, visual designers, and content designers. Together you’ll transform complex issues into intuitive, accessible, and easy-to-use solutions.</p> <h2><strong>In this position, you’ll&nbsp;</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Work with cross-functional partners to be the voice of our members, define problems and goals, map flows, prototype interactions, and support the development process.</li> <li>Take charge of design planning and execution for the initiatives and features owned by your cross functional team.</li> <li>Partner up with other domain designers to work on initiatives that keep raising design quality and user-centeredness maturity.&nbsp;</li> <li>Conduct usability tests to assess and validate design ideas and collaborate with User Researchers on discovery and generative studies.</li> <li>Give and solicit feedback from designers and cross-functional partners.</li> <li>Be part of a Vinted Go business unit and report to the business unit Design Director.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>About you&nbsp;</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Proven strong senior-level experience designing and shipping web products and mobile native apps.</li> <li>Interaction design, visual design and evaluative user research skills.&nbsp;</li> <li>Good at working with complex systems</li> <li>Excellent communication skills, including excellent written and spoken English.</li> <li>Good understanding of the design process, designing with qualitative and quantitative insights.</li> <li>A strong collaborator with cross-functional peers</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Work perks&nbsp; </strong></h2> <ul> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">25 working days of holiday</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Access to all the tools &amp; tech needed for work</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Private health insurance</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Frequent team-building events</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">A dog-friendly office</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">A monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfast</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Working at Vinted&nbsp;</strong></h2> <