Senior Product Designer, AI & Web

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of entire projects or significant workstreams that encompass product, content, and brand within the product.

• Establish completion criteria in terms of product deliverables and communication standards.

• Collaborate with Strategy and Content to develop the central creative concept.

• Guide the design direction across all platforms.

• Create AI-native experiences, focusing on conversational UX, prompt-aware patterns, agentic flows, transparency, trust, and error management.

• Manage the architecture of the project design system, including tokens, components, governance, Code Connect, and handover documentation.

• Collaborate with engineering teams throughout the build process and prototype in code when necessary.

• Conduct design quality assurance against live implementations.

• Serve as the primary design contact for clients.

• Lead workshops, navigate challenging discussions, uphold quality standards, and make informed quality decisions.

• Direct project teams consisting of two to five designers and related disciplines.

• Review and approve design work.

• Mentor Junior and Intermediate designers.

• Utilize AI to establish innovative workflows and disseminate prompt libraries, generation playbooks, skills, and delivery patterns within the team.

• Optionally represent OH-SO in external engagements through case studies, presentations, and articles.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in German (C1 or native) and possess strong English communication skills.

• Typically have over 5 years of experience in designing digital products.

• Maintain a portfolio that showcases comprehensive ownership from concept development to product launch.

• Have recognized expertise in two or three specific areas, such as AI-native design, design systems, brand integration in products, or communication design.

• Possess hands-on experience in designing generative or agentic AI interfaces.

• Engage in daily usage of AI tools for research, exploration, prototyping, and production tasks.

• Have a working understanding of contemporary web development, including components, states, responsive layouts, performance, and animations in React and Next.js.

• Ability to read code, prototype in code, and communicate effectively with engineers using technical language.

• Demonstrate expert-level Figma skills, including proficiency in auto layout, variables, components, Dev Mode, and Code Connect.

• Experienced in building design systems that are adopted and maintained by engineering teams.

• Possess writing and copy skills tailored for AI-driven interfaces.

• Knowledge of accessibility standards, including WCAG.

• Cultivate a practice of testing and validating work, translating findings into informed design decisions.

• Capable of aligning design decisions with business objectives, making trade-offs explicit, and confidently standing by those decisions.

• Comfortable facilitating client workshops, design sprints, and critiques in collaboration with strategy and engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time permanent employee position.

• Access to WPP's extensive global network of over 115,000 talents and more than 35,000 tech experts.

• Opportunities to represent OH-SO externally through case studies, presentations, and published articles.

• Career advancement prospects and involvement in pitches, client discussions, and significant business decisions.