Senior Product Designer
Phenomenon Studio is a boutique product design and development agency founded in 2019. We work with teams who’ve outgrown what they’ve built — from venture-backed startups to established market leaders — and own the work end to end: strategy, design, development, and post-launch.
The team of 70+ senior specialists is based in Europe, with entities in the USA, Estonia, and Switzerland, serving SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and EdTech. Across 120+ launches, clients have raised $500M+. Phenomenon is HIPAA-compliant, Nielsen Norman Group UX certified, and a Webflow Experts partner, holding a 5.0 rating on Clutch — and most clients come back for a second project.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer who treats a brief as a hypothesis rather than a specification.
Advantages of the role
- You own complex projects end to end. You don’t just do one part of someone else’s plan — you find the problem, decide what to do, and take responsibility for the result
- You’ll talk directly with the client to understand their needs and expectations, then present your solutions and stand behind them
- We submit product work to awards that judge the thinking, not the surface — Red Dot, UX Design Awards
- A design community of 30+ designers who give honest feedback, share second opinions, and help you think through decisions — people who’ve been in your shoes
- You’ll have a personal mentor to support you. Down the line, you’ll get to be that person for someone else
Requirements
- 5+ years of commercial product design experience, a substantial part of it in an agency or outsourcing setup
- Ability to take a project from 0 to 1 as the only designer on it
- Experience across both web and mobile products (iOS, Android)
- Strong visual craft — work that carries a brand and holds up in use, not just structurally sound layouts
- Experience optimising user journeys against metrics: engagement, conversion, retention
- Experience with UX research and behaviour analysis tools (Hotjar, Amplitude, Google Analytics, etc.)
- Proficiency in Figma (tokens, components, variables, auto-layout)
- Proficiency in modern AI tools for building live demo prototypes and products — Claude Code, Cursor, and similar — and using AI in your workflow without losing quality
- Strong spoken English (B2+ level). You’ll run calls, present and defend solutions, and handle client disagreements directly, alongside the PM.
- A case showing measurable impact on product metrics — required, either in your cover letter or already in your portfolio
What the role actually asks of you
- Identifying the real problem, even when it’s not what the client originally asked for — and being able to explain its importance.
- Adapting the process to the project instead of running the framework to the end
- Identifying the outcome your work should produce, and how anyone would know you met it
- Deciding without complete information — judging business, tech, and budget factors yourself, and acting on it
- Explaining the reasoning behind your solutions to the client, not just presenting layouts
This role is probably not a fit if
- Your answer to “why is it built this way?” is “that’s what the client / PM / Lead asked for”
- You need a detailed PRD or spec before you can start working
- You pass decisions upward instead of bringing a recommendation and the reasoning behind it
- Your case studies show only deliverables — flows, wireframes, a design system, not your reasoning, decisions, or the results.
What we offer
- Remote work format and flexible schedule
- Autonomy in work, opportunity to build processes, and grow within the company
- Individual development plan and annual performance review
- Workshops and playgrounds for continuous learning
- Compensation for subject-matter training
- Corporate English classes
- Access to IT Loyalty Club
- Accounting support
- 18 working days of annual leave
- 7 working days of sick leave and 7 working days of unpaid leave
- All national public holidays off
Recruitment process: Recruitment interview — Technical interview — Final interview