Senior Product Designer

Job Description

About Paired

At Paired, we’re on a mission to help couples stay in love. So we created a fun, safe, and award-winning app for couples who are already in love to explore their relationship, get to know one another in new ways, and ultimately grow together.
Our expert-backed questions, games and quizzes are designed to improve key relationship skills in just a few minutes each day. Because we know: The journey of love evolves beyond the initial spark - with beautiful moments but also a lot of challenges.

About the role

Paired is looking for a Senior Product Designer to elevate our user experience and drive long-term engagement for couples. In this fully remote senior role, you will lead the design process within our Engagement squad, covering everything from concept to execution. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and fellow designers to develop innovative features that enhance the Paired experience and broaden our app’s offerings.

Reporting to the Head of Design and working with a diverse team of seven designers, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how couples engage with the app and each other, fostering deeper connections and lasting engagement.

What Your Role Encompasses 

• Lead the end-to-end design process for innovative features from concept to launch
• Partner with Product Managers and Researchers to uncover the biggest problems and opportunities for our users via research
• Support Product Managers and Design Leads in shaping initiatives and define the roadmap
• Foster a strong, user-centered point of view on your product area and collaboratively advocate for user needs and your vision
• Develop rapid prototypes and conduct iterative design cycles to refine new concepts
• Design and execute new concepts from early-stage ideation to high-fidelity and visually appealing mock-ups
• Communicate design rationale and efficiently steer explorations of multiple solutions to problems
• Support Paired's Design System by promoting and reviewing major changes, and introducing new solutions
• Drive outcomes for our users and Paired through design, focusing on impact rather than just visual output
• Mentor other designers by giving constructive feedback to influence and strengthen your peers’ decision-making skills and quality of work

Requirements

• Extensive experience in product design for mobile applications with a focus on subscription-based apps
• Professional background in supporting the growth and scaling phase of at least one Tech company, ideally within industries such as femtech, self-improvement, education, health & fitness, and related fields
• Strong portfolio showcasing case studies that demonstrate great product thinking, user experience, interaction, and visual design skills, a clear process and results
• Proven ability to work on very broadly defined, loose concepts, as well as narrowly defined, tactical features
• Deep knowledge of best practices for information architecture, navigation, UX, and UI design
• Experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional product teams, with the ability to quickly adapt and respond to change
• Proactive self-starter who brings original ideas and fresh approaches to design challenges
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (we use Figma predominantly) with a healthy interest in learning new tools
• Good understanding of Design Systems and A11Y, to ensure consistency, scalability, and inclusivity
• Ability to use data and user research to understand user needs, and gather insights to justify and support design decisions 

Benefits

What we offer

• Yearly salary between £75-85k (role is available in other European markets, the salary will be slightly adjusted to the cost of living in your country)
• Significant stock options
• Fully remote work setup from any European country within ±1 hour of London time
• 3x company offsites every year (e.g. in Malaga, Florence, Lisbon...)
• Subsidised co-working space
• 25 days annual leave (+public holidays)
• Yearly learning budget of £1,000 / €1,150
• Three months paid maternity leave, one month paid paternity leave inclusive same-sex and adoptive parents
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Opportunity to help millions of people with their relationship

Hiring Process

• Application review 
• Initial Call with Martin (our recruiter) 
• First Interview with Riccardo (Head of Design) 
• Task Assignment - Complete a task at home, which you will present to Riccardo
• Team Interviews - The final step involves interviews with different team members you would be working with on a day-to-day basis

Diversity & Inclusion at Paired

• Our core value is championing relationships. Our app was built to serve all couples regardless of culture, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity
• We strive to create an inclusive environment where unique perspectives are encouraged, as we firmly believe that diversity enhances our company, culture and product
• We regularly review our hiring processes, materials and pipeline to ensure they are accessible and free of bias, offering equal opportunity to underrepresented groups. We are also always learning. We maintain open minds and welcome feedback on how we can improve, no matter where it comes from