Lead UX/UI Designer

Overview

As Lead UX/UI Designer, you’ll shape the design vision and elevate the product design function of a fast-growing entertainment technology company. This is your chance to make a lasting impact on a platform used by millions, with a focus on content discovery, player motivation, and engagement design.

You’ll bring proven expertise in gamification, with a demonstrated ability to create experiences that inspire players and drive retention. You’ll drive business impact through design, ensuring every player interaction contributes to product growth and user engagement.

You’ll also help unlock operational efficiency by integrating AI tools and workflows across the digital product development lifecycle, helping teams move faster and smarter.

As a leader, you’ll coach, mentor, and grow designers, fostering a culture of creativity, accountability, and learning. You’ll work closely with cross-functional partners to deliver both bold long-term ideas and immediate, high-impact improvements.

Job Responsibilities

Design Leadership

• Lead user experience from conception to launch, developing and advocating the design vision for a leading entertainment app
• Manage, mentor, and support a team of product designers across iOS, Android, and web
• Build a culture of craft, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Champion product design throughout the organization, educating stakeholders and establishing design-led practices
• Drive measurable business outcomes through design decisions that balance user delight and company growth
• Promote and integrate AI-assisted design tools to streamline creative workflows and improve quality, with a strong bias towards quality and velocity

Hands-On Design

• Create user-centric designs, wireframes, prototypes, and mockups for a mobile entertainment product
• Develop features that elevate the entire user journey, with emphasis on content discovery and loyalty gamification
• Build and evolve the product’s design guidelines and design system

Collaboration & Strategy

• Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to develop innovative solutions within technical constraints
• Apply platform best practices (iOS, Android) to ensure design quality and seamless interactions across devices
• Transform research insights and analytics into actionable design concepts
• Work with cross-functional leaders to identify where AI and automation can streamline design operations

Continuous Improvement

• Establish and maintain effective design processes that scale with your team
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance product usability
• Stay current with mobile gaming trends and the advertising ecosystem
• Foster a high-performing, growth-minded design team through mentorship and feedback

Job Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience leading a mobile product design team, ideally within entertainment or gaming
• Experience scaling or refining established design teams and processes
• A portfolio showcasing impactful mobile design work
• Proven expertise in gamification and user engagement
• Expert proficiency in Figma
• Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to craft
• Fluent English, both written and spoken

About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing entertainment technology company building the next generation of rewarded mobile gaming experiences. The company is on a mission to create a fairer, more sustainable gaming ecosystem where users earn real value for their time.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, the business has grown into a leading rewarded gaming platform, with millions of downloads and hundreds of thousands of daily active users. Backed by a global gaming powerhouse, it combines the speed, ownership, and ambition of a startup with the long-term backing of an established organization.

With a diverse, international team working across more than 20 countries, the company is shaping a major shift in mobile gaming. It’s still early enough for you to make your mark, build end-to-end, move fast, and ship work that reaches millions.