About the Role
This role offers a product designer the opportunity to work independently, manage projects end-to-end, and develop design processes.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and content designers to develop and ship ideas, maintaining high standards.
- Craft user journeys and interfaces, balancing content, design, and UI for effortless and considered experiences.
- Understand prospective customers and audiences, translating insights into design solutions.
- Champion design thinking, guiding problem-solving from initial concept to final release.
- Shape and steward a design system and shared principles to ensure scalable design integrity.
Requirements
- 3-5 years experience in a product design role
- Strong visual design skills, with dedication to quality and functionality
- Ability to take ownership of design in a product team, from ideation to shipping
- Eye for typography and visual hierarchy
- Attention to detail: pixel-perfect spacing, consistent alignment, and visual rhythm
- Experience with design systems or style guides, understanding visual consistency at scale
- Ability to clearly articulate how to bridge the gap between designers and engineers
- Ability to distill complex topics into simple and beautiful design solutions
- Proficiency in giving and receiving honest feedback, and pushing back with conviction and care
- Experience working with data and insights to nurture user empathy
- Selection of case studies showcasing your work
Skills
- Figma
- Adobe
- Mixpanel
Location
- London
- Amsterdam
Experience Level
- 3-5 years of experience
Benefits
- Generous equity allowance
- Private Healthcare (UK)
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Enhanced parental leave policies
- 25 days of holiday plus four extra company wide days
- L&D budget of €1000 per year per employee
- Regular company socials
- Art loan scheme for employees
About the Company
- Avant Arte is a curated platform connecting leading artists and public arts institutions with a new generation of enthusiasts, collectors, and patrons.
- Collaborates with contemporary artists like Ai Weiwei, Mickalene Thomas, Maurizio Cattelan, and Jenny Holzer to create high-quality limited editions (prints, sculptures, digital works).
- Global community of over 4 million collectors and art enthusiasts.
- Develops fundraising collaborations with museums and institutions to strengthen public access to art.
- Make-Ready, its North London print studio, is the largest fine art silkscreen printmaker globally.
- Mission: make discovering and collecting art more accessible, connecting artists, institutions, and audiences to expand art's reach and impact.
- Avant Arte is a small team with big ambitions for achievements and environment.
- Aims to be thoughtful and progressive in operations as it scales.
- Encourages ownership, autonomy, freedom to make mistakes, learn, and create meaningful work.
- Team is proactive, hungry to learn, and proud of collective achievements.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to creating an inclusive environment that promotes and values diversity.
- Believes diversity in age, background, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective leads to a better company.
- Shortlisted for Women in Tech’s Best Employer - Small Company and Best Benefits.
- Recognized as one of Otta’s top 100 startups to work at.
